Progress on My Case

I chose the Supreme Court Case of Campbell v. Acuff-Rose. This Supreme Court Case involves utilizing the Fair Use Doctrine to allow parodies of copyrighted works. Luther Campbell a recording artist from the band 2 Live Crew had sampled a bass line riff from the song "Oh, Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison. Acuff-Rose the publishing firm with the rights to the original song filed a lawsuit saying that they didn't recieve a request for permission to use the recording. 2 Live Crew claimed that it was okay due to the Fair use Doctrine. I have researched numerous websites about this court case case. One of the predominant websites that has given me the most information has been Cornell University University Law School. A link to this website can be found here. Another website that has the most useful information pertaining to copyright is the United States Copyright Service. A link to that website can be found here. I plan to use these 2 websites as well as others, hand-in-hand to present the data of the court case as thourougly as possible. I personally think the case is a kind of foul. Roy Orbison put a lot of work into the original "Oh Pretty Woman". I think the someone shoudl have gotten a percentage of the royalties. Whether it be Acuff-Rose Music, or the family members of Roy Orbision, somone should've recieved reparations.