ORINDA D. EVANS, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.
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ATTACHMENT: Permissions and Book Sales Revenue for Books Involved on Remand
This copyright infringement case is before the Court on remand from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. The case was previously tried to the undersigned sitting without a jury in May 2011. An Order
Briefly, the fair use defense in this case centers on a program at Georgia State University ("Georgia State") which allows a professor to make small excerpts of copyrighted books available to students enrolled in his or her class without paying royalties or other fees to the publisher.
Plaintiffs argue that students' unpaid use of the excerpts infringes their copyrights, cutting into their revenues and diminishing the value of their copyrights. Defendants argue that Georgia State's program is sanctioned by the fair use section of the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 107. They argue that all of Plaintiffs' infringement claims are barred by the defense of fair use. Plaintiffs disagree.
The fair use doctrine is codified at 17 U.S.C. § 107, as follows:
17 U.S.C. § 107.
In reversing this Court's Order, the Court of Appeals held as follows:
(1) This Court erred in giving each of the four factors equal weight, and in evaluating the four § 107 factors in a segmented add-up-the-factors analysis, rather than conducting a holistic analysis. Op. at 56-57;
(2) Fair use factor one favors fair use in this case despite the nontransformative nature of Georgia State's use (the excerpts are nontransformative because they are mirror-image copies of a part of the book); Georgia State is a nonprofit educational institution and the excerpts were used for the purpose of teaching students. Op. at 60-75;
(3) "Where the excerpts of Plaintiffs' works contained evaluative, analytical, or subjectively descriptive material that surpasses the bare facts necessary to communicate information, or derives from the author's experiences or opinions, the District Court should have held that the second factor was neutral, or even weighed against fair use in cases of excerpts that were dominated by such material. That being said, the second fair use factor is of relatively little importance in this case."
(4) This Court erred in holding that factor two favored fair use in every case. Op. at 79;
(5) The third factor addresses whether Defendants have "`helped themselves overmuch' of the copyrighted work in light of the purpose and character of the use," citing
(6) in determining the permissible quantity of materials which may be copied under factor three, the Court must consider "not only ... the quantity of the materials used, but ... their quality and importance, too." Op. at 83;
(7) This Court erred in holding that factor three always favored fair use when the excerpt was no more than ten percent of the copyrighted book, or one chapter in the case of a book with ten or more chapters. Op. at 83;
(8) Because Defendants' use is wholly nontransformative, the threat of market substitution under factor four is severe, strengthening the importance of factor four in the overall analysis. Op. at 92-93;
(9) This Court erred in not assigning more weight to factor four than to the other factors because "... Defendants' unpaid copying was nontransformative and they used Plaintiffs' works for one of the purposes for which they were marketed." Op. at 111;
(10) Under factor four, the Court must consider "(1) the extent of the market harm caused by the particular actions of the alleged infringer," and "(2) whether unrestricted and widespread conduct of the sort engaged in by the defendant[ ] would result in a substantially adverse impact on the potential market." Op. at 92;
(11) "... the District Court did not err in finding that `Defendants' use of small excerpts did not affect Plaintiffs' actual or potential sales of books.'" Op. at 94;
(12) "[Therefore] this case [now] concerns not the market for Plaintiffs' original works themselves or for derivative works based upon those works, but rather a market for licenses to use Plaintiffs' works in a particular way." Op. at 98;
(13) "Cognizant that fair use is an affirmative defense, the District Court kept the overall burden on Defendants to show that `no substantial damage was caused to the potential market for or the value of Plaintiffs' `works' in order to prevail on the question of whether the fourth factor should favor fair use." Op. at 101;
(14) "The central question under the fourth factor is not whether Defendants' use of Plaintiffs' works caused Plaintiffs to lose
(15) "... keeping in mind the purposes animating copyright law—the fostering of learning and the creation of new works—
(16) Copyright Clearance Center's ("CCC") licensing program and Plaintiffs' own permissions programs constitute workable markets through which universities like Georgia State may purchase licenses to copy excerpts of Plaintiffs' works. Op. at 94;
(17) Plaintiffs bear the burden of showing that CCC provided in 2009 "reasonably efficient, reasonably priced, convenient access" to users who wanted to copy the excerpt in question. Op. at 101;
(18) Where a license to make digital copies of an excerpt was not available in 2009, there is a presumption that Defendants' use of the excerpt did not harm the plaintiff-publisher. Plaintiffs can overcome the presumption of no market by going forward with evidence of license availability and also with evidence of a potential, future market.
(19) Defendants bear the ultimate burden of persuasion to show that their use did not materially impair the existing or potential market in order to prevail. Op. at 103;
(20) "Where the evidence showed that there was a ready market for digital excerpts of a work in 2009, the time of the purported infringements, the District Court found that there was small—due to the amount of money involved—but actual damage to the value of Plaintiffs' copyright. The District Court also properly took into account that widespread use of similar unlicensed excerpts could cause substantial harm to the potential market. Thus, where there was a license for digital excerpts available, the District Court generally held that the fourth factor weighed against a finding of fair use. In close cases, the District Court went further and examined the amount of permissions income a work had generated in order to determine how much this particular revenue source contributed to the value of the copyright in the work, noting that where there is no significant demand for excerpts, the likelihood of repetitive unpaid use is diminished." Op. at 99-100;
(21) Where the evidence shows there is no significant demand for an excerpt, the likelihood of repetitive unpaid use is diminished.
(22) The fact that programs exist through which universities may license excerpts of Plaintiffs' works does not automatically mean that the Plaintiffs are entitled to payment for use of the excerpts. Op. at 95;
(23) Plaintiffs may not "head off a defense of fair use by complaining that every potential licensing opportunity represents a potential market for purposes of the fourth fair use factor." Op. at 98;
(24) This Court erred in considering as a supplemental factor that Defendants' use promotes the dissemination of knowledge;
(25) This Court erred in considering as a supplemental factor that limited unpaid copying will not deter academic authors from creating new academic works; this should have been considered as part of the factor one analysis. Op. at 107-08;
(26) This Court erred in considering as a supplemental factor that "[t]he slight limitation of permissions income caused by the fair use authorized by this Order will not appreciably diminish Plaintiffs' ability to publish scholarly works and will promote the spread of knowledge"; this should have been considered as part of the factor four analysis. Op. at 107;
In its original Order, this Court used a general model to analyze fair use which was not specific to nontransformative non-profit educational uses. Factor one was held to strongly favor fair use in all cases because of the nonprofit educational nature of the use. After examination of the nature of the work in question, factor two was found to favor (but not strongly favor) fair use in all instances. With respect to factor three, the Court set a cutoff of 10% of the pages of the book or one chapter for a book of ten chapters or more as the limit of fair use. In instances where the use fell within the limit, this Court held that Defendants' use favored (but did not strongly favor) fair use. Finally, the Court held that in all instances where permissions were available and were not paid, factor four strongly disfavored fair use. In those cases where factors one and two favored Defendants (factor one weighing heavily in Defendants' favor and factor two weighing in Defendants' favor) and both factors three and four weighed in favor of Plaintiffs (factor three weighing in Plaintiffs' favor and factor four weighing heavily in Plaintiffs' favor), a tie was created which the Court went on to resolve by considering the evidence concerning damage to the potential permissions market.
In light of the Court of Appeals' direction, that approach must be modified. First, in the fair use analysis for each infringement claim this Court will use the same fair use model as the Court of Appeals. It will be specific to the nonprofit educational purpose of teaching and the nontransformative nature of the use (mirror image copying). The method which will be used is to first evaluate each factor. The evaluation of factor one ("purpose and character of the use") will reflect the nontransformative nature of Defendants' use. Factor one will favor fair use in all cases. It will not "strongly favor" fair use. Op. at 74;
The evaluation of factor four ("effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work") will first look to see whether permissions were available to make digital copies of the excerpt in 2009, the year in which the claimed infringements occurred. If so, it follows that widespread copying of unpaid copyrighted excerpts at colleges and universities
However, the Court of Appeals held that Defendants may seek to prove that in fact, the demand for excerpts of a particular copyrighted work was so limited that repetitive unpaid copying of excerpts from that work would have been unlikely even if unpaid copying of excerpts was a widespread practice in colleges and universities. In such a case the actions of Defendants in using unpaid excerpts would not have caused substantial damage to the potential market for the copyrighted work to such a degree that Plaintiffs would lose the incentive to publish the work. Defendants may also seek to prove that their actions (even assuming widespread availability of unpaid excerpts) did not substantially affect the value of the copyrighted work in 2009. Defendants can do this by pointing to the records of permissions sales for excerpts from the book, as well as any other evidence which bears on harm to the potential market for the copyrighted work or harm to the value of the copyrighted work. Defendants may also seek to prove that the portion of the market captured by unpaid use is so slight that it would have had no effect on the author's or the Plaintiffs' decision to propagate the work in the first place. The outcome on factor four will vary according to the evidence. Whether factor four "strongly" favors fair use will depend on the evidence. Defendants have the final, overall burden of proof on factor four.
An initial determination will be made as to whether each of the four factors favors or disfavors fair use. The factors then will be weighed together. Factor four will be given additional weight and factor two will be given comparatively little weight for this purpose, as directed by the Court of Appeals. If a particular factor has noteworthy strength or weakness, the weight of that factor will be adjusted for purposes of the final weighing process.
Regarding the relative importance of the factors in a case involving nonprofit educational use of a mirror image of an excerpt, generally speaking factors one and three will rank close together, but a good bit behind factor four.
This Court has previously held that CCC was a ready market
Plaintiffs oppose Defendants' request [Pls. Remand Reply Br., Doc. 503 at 11], characterizing it as arbitrary. The Court does not agree that it is arbitrary.
The infringement claims in this case arise from the use of unlicensed excerpts in 24 classes at Georgia State in 2009. Two-thirds of these classes (16 classes) had fewer than 20 students; four classes had 20-30 students; and the four remaining classes had between 42 and 114 students. The Court does believe there is merit in an argument that, for very large classes, basing the price charged (in part) on the number of students in the class could result in an excessive fee and that this reality should be taken into account in the fair use analysis. It is potentially applicable to Professor Dixon's class of 59 students, Professor Lasner's class of 114 students, Professor Hankla's class of 48 students, and Professor Ohmer's class of 42 students.
On February 24, 2015 Plaintiffs filed a motion to reopen the record on remand [Doc. 489]. The motion sought to reopen the record to add evidence that permissions to make digital copies of certain of Plaintiffs' works were available in 2009. Defendants opposed the motion. Plaintiffs asked that the Court admit new evidence and re-evaluate 17 infringement claims of Oxford and Cambridge (9 from Oxford, 8 from Cambridge), asserting that this would be helpful in fashioning injunctive relief. An order entered April 22, 2015 [Doc. 494] commented "Plaintiffs have the cart before the horse" and stated that the Court would first make rulings on the infringement claims which were already before it; it would then determine what future course of action might be appropriate. Plaintiffs' motion was dismissed without prejudice.
Undeterred by the Court's April ruling, on June 1, 2015 Plaintiffs unilaterally filed a document titled Notice of Filing [Doc. 499]; a Declaration of Debra J. Mariniello, an officer of Copyright Clearance Center, was attached. The declaration states that 17 of Oxford's and Cambridge's excerpts involved in this case were available for digital copying through CCC in 2009. These excerpts save one had not been identified by the trial evidence as being available for digital copying. On the same date Plaintiffs filed Plaintiffs' Remand Brief [Doc. 500] which contains fair use analysis for 39 of the 48 infringement claims which are presented for fair use analysis. This includes 16 claims for which Plaintiffs rely exclusively on the Mariniello declaration to establish availability of digital permissions in 2009.
Defendants object to the filing and move that Plaintiffs' Remand Brief and the Mariniello declaration be stricken [Doc. 502]. The Court grants Defendants' motion. Plaintiffs' reliance on the Mariniello declaration in the Remand Brief is obviously improper. It is offered years after the close of the trial and entry of the judgment and after review by the Court of Appeals. The declaration is not in evidence. Defendants have had no opportunity to question Mariniello about the opinions referenced in her declaration. Also, Mariniello's stated opinions are conclusory. She does not explain how the information in CCC's computer led her to the conclusion that digital permissions for the various works were available in 2009. Allowing consideration of her declaration would fly in the face of precedent and logic. The Mariniello declaration [Doc. 499] is stricken from the record. All references in Plaintiffs' Remand Brief [Doc. 500] to the Mariniello declaration are stricken; all arguments in the remand brief based on the Mariniello declaration are stricken.
In the fair use analyses for the various claims which follow, factor one ("the purpose and character of the use") will uniformly favor fair use because all uses were strictly of a nonprofit educational character for the sole purpose of teaching students in classes at a nonprofit educational institution, notwithstanding the nontransformative nature of the use. This outcome will be stated summarily in each fair use analysis to avoid repetition.
Factor two is "the nature of the copyrighted work." 17 U.S.C. 107(2). To undertake this analysis the Court has focused on the particular chapter(s) used by the professor, rather than on the entire copyrighted
The Court now turns to fair use analysis for individual infringement claims. They will be considered in the same sequence as in this Court's original Order, but omitting the claims already finally adjudicated by the Court of Appeals.
Professor Kaufmann is an assistant professor at Georgia State in the College of Education [Tr. Vol. 5, Doc. 403 at 35-36]. Professor Kaufmann's courses teach students methods for conducting qualitative research, and consist predominantly of Ph.D. students [
EPRS 8500 was taught by Professor Jodie Kaufmann during Maymester and fall of 2009. The course syllabus required that students buy three texts, and that they complete several required readings which had been posted on Georgia State's electronic reserves system ("ERES") [Tr. Vol. 5, Doc. 403 at 68-76, 143-45; Pls. Exs. 516, 518].
One of the posted readings was an excerpt from The Craft of Inquiry: Theories, Methods, Evidence ("The Craft of Inquiry"), by Robert R. Alford [Pls. Ex. 372]. Pages 21-31 (11 pages) of The Craft of Inquiry, the entirety of chapter two and 6.25% of the book, were uploaded to ERES for distribution to the students in Professor Kaufmann's EPRS 8500 Maymester 2009 course. This was required reading [Doc. 403 at 120-21].
Factor one ("the purpose and character of the use") favors fair use.
As to factor two ("the nature of the copyrighted work"), The Craft of Inquiry is an academic
The writer's style in this chapter is modestly conversational but still rather formal. He addresses the reader as "you" and occasionally refers to himself as "I." The chapter is objectively descriptive of the various steps in developing a research question and the theoretical and empirical "tracks of analysis." Chapter two has no humorous or fanciful aspects. It is didactic and prescriptive in a conventionally academic manner. It does contain some elements of author opinion, though they are not identified as such. Author opinion does not dominate. Under the standard set by the Court of Appeals, factor two neither favors nor disfavors fair use. It is neutral.
As to factor three ("the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole"), Professor Kaufmann uploaded one full chapter, 6.25% of the book (11 pages) [Pls. Ex. 372]. This selection was narrowly tailored to fit the pedagogical aim of the course and was not excessive for this purpose. The percentage of the book used (6.25%) is small. This chapter is not the heart of the work. While chapter two has no greater value than any other chapter of the book, the Court does consider that a whole chapter of the book has greater value (quality) than part of a chapter, because it covers a complete, cohesive topic. The favored educational use of factor one—rather than a commercial use—tends to support more copying rather than less; on the other hand, the threat of market substitution pulls toward favoring less copying, rather than more. Taking into account the small number of pages (11 pages) in the excerpt and the small percentage of the book, the Court finds the impact of market substitution to be well within acceptable limits. Taking all of the foregoing into account, factor three favors fair use.
As to factor four ("the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work"), the Court of Appeals held that the small excerpts involved in this case did not substitute for the books. Op. at 94;
Nonetheless, Defendants claim there was no substantial actual or potential damage to Oxford stemming from widespread use of excerpts of The Craft of Inquiry, much less the sort of damage which could impact Oxford's desire to publish the work. Defendants point to the evidence which shows that Oxford has gotten little to no permissions income from sales of excerpts of the book since its publication in 1998. Specifically, Oxford only received $ 12.36 in electronic course content service
Weighing the four factors together, giving factor four extra weight and factor two insubstantial weight as directed by the Court of Appeals, Defendants prevail on the fair use defense.
Professor Kaufmann distributed unpaid digital copies of chapter 26 from the Handbook of Feminist Research: Theory and Praxis ("Handbook of Feminist Research") for her Maymester 2009 Qualitative/Interpretive Research in Education course. The excerpt is titled "Feminist Research Ethics," by Judith Preissle [Tr. Vol. 5, Doc. 403 at 112; Pls. Ex. 243], The excerpt (pages 515-534) is 20 pages long and constitutes 2.61% of the book's 767 total pages [Pls. Ex. 243]. It was required reading [Doc. 403 at 112; Pls. Ex. 516].
Factor one favors fair use.
Moving to factor two, the Handbook of Feminist Research is an academic book that aims to enhance the reader's understanding of feminist research. Through the introduction of different feminist theories and methods, the book teaches the reader how feminist schools of thought impact both feminist research and scholarship in women's studies. The book contains four sections which (1) detail the rise of feminist research; (2) debate the existence of a unique feminist method; (3) investigate theoretical and practical issues for feminist researchers; and (4) present a combination of various views within the field to foster the creation of new research paradigms.
Chapter 26, "Feminist Research Ethics," begins by framing a concept of feminist ethics that focuses on relationships between the researcher and their subjects. The chapter then addresses how feminist ethics has affected three areas of traditional research: ethics of research purpose, ethics of research roles and conduct, and ethics of representation. The conclusion of the chapter focuses on how conducting feminist research amplifies certain ethical challenges, including the disadvantages a researcher faces by remaining detached from their subjects and the potential power wielded by participants.
Moving to factor three, Professor Kaufmann uploaded 20 pages of the Handbook of Feminist Research to ERES. These pages make up 2.61% of the total book, which is a very small (not merely small) amount [Pls. Ex. 243]. This excerpt was narrowly tailored to fit the pedagogical aim of the course. Additionally, chapter 26 does not constitute the heart of the book. Factor three also considers the purpose of the use and the impact of substitution on the market for the work. Op. at 82;
Factor four looks to the effect of Defendants' use on the value of the copyrighted work and the potential market for the work. Digital permissions were available for excerpts of the Handbook of Feminist Research in 2009 [Pls. Ex, 248]. By providing the excerpts free to her class, Professor Kaufmann deprived Sage of $ 31.30, less royalties payable to the external editor, in net revenue from permissions. Order at 111;
Defendants can still prevail on factor four by proving that widespread unpaid copying practices would not "cause substantial economic harm such that allowing it would frustrate the purposes of copyright by materially impairing [the publisher's] incentive to publish the work." Op. at 93;
Year Book Sales Net Revenue 2006 $17,241.00 2007 $4,153.45 2008 $15,015.80 2009 $12,052.65 2010 $5,623.08Total $94,085.88
Over that same period of time, the Handbook of Feminist Research generated a small amount of permissions revenue.
There is no evidence of CCC revenues for the Handbook of Feminist Research, but Sage did provide the figures for their in-house (presumably digital) permissions sales. Those figures are listed below:
Year Permissions Sales 2006 $0.00 2007 $0.00 2008 $116.29 2009 $96.45 2010 $770.72Total $983.46
[Pls. Ex. 248].
The question here is twofold. It pertains to harm to the potential market for the copyrighted work beginning in 2009, the time that the alleged infringement occurred. It also pertains to damage to the value of the copyrighted work in 2009. For both, the Court assumes that "everybody" (all colleges and universities) had programs similar to Georgia State's (allowing unpaid copying of small excerpts of copyrighted works) in 2009 and thereafter.
Based on the data listed above, the Court finds that the value of the copyrighted work in 2009 was almost exclusively in book sales, not permissions. Defendants' actions had no impact on book sales. Op. at 94;
In summary, factors one, three, and four favor fair use, while factor two is neutral. Weighting these factors as directed by the Court of Appeals, the Court finds that the overall weight of the four factors favors fair use. Defendants accordingly prevail on their fair use defense as to the Handbook of Feminist Research.
Professor Kaufmann assigned chapter 17 of the Handbook of Social Theory for her May 20, 2009 class session in EPRS 8500 [Tr. Vol. 5, Doc. 403 at 113; Pls. Ex. 516]. The chapter is titled "Symbolic Interactionism at the End of the Century" ("Symbolic Interactionism"), and it was written by Kent L. Sandstrom, Daniel D. Martin, and Gary Alan Fine. The chapter (pages 217-228), is 12 pages long and 2.12% of the 564-page total book [Pls. Ex. 288]. It was required reading [Doc. 403 at 113; Pls. Ex. 516].
Factor one favors fair use.
Factor two looks to the nature of the copyrighted work. The Handbook of Social Theory is an academic book that seeks to
Chapter 17, "Symbolic Interactionism," provides an overview of the developments within symbolic interactionism, which is a subset of social theory. The chapter begins by providing six guiding premises of symbolic interactionism: (1) people are unique creatures because of their ability to use symbols; (2) people become distinctively human through their interaction; (3) people are conscious and self-reflexive beings who actively shape their own behavior; (4) people are purposive creatures who act in and towards situations; (5) human society consists of people engaging in symbolic interaction; and (6) to understand people's social acts, we need to use methods that enable us to discern the meanings they attribute to these acts.
With these premises in mind, the bulk of the chapter surveys the contributions made by various lines of social interactionism research. These lines include work on the concept of self, emotional contributions, and the construction of social problems. The authors close by discussing how issues relating to developments in feminism, critical interactionism, and postmodernism will shape the discussion of symbolic interactionism in the future.
Chapter 17 is written in a formal tone, with no use of the first person or conversational techniques. The majority of the excerpt is spent summarizing and comparing other scholarly research in the field. Chapter 17 presents little to no direct opinion of the authors beyond the summaries of their previous works and is devoid of discussion of the authors' personal experiences. The chapter is both objectively and subjectively descriptive. Because the authors' opinion and subjective description do not dominate the discussion, factor two neither favors nor disfavors fair use.
Factor three requires an analysis of the quantity and quality of the excerpt in light of factors one and four. "Social Interactionism" is a 12-page chapter, making up 2.12% of the total pages in the Handbook of Social Theory [Pls. Ex. 288]. The amount taken is tiny, even without the leavening effect of the nonprofit educational purpose and character of the use. Professor Kaufmann assigned the entire chapter, which gives the excerpt greater value than if only part of the chapter had been assigned. However, this chapter does not have any greater value than the other chapters in the work, and does not constitute the heart of the work. The excerpt fit Professor Kaufmann's pedagogical purpose, and the very small number of pages portends a small impact on the permissions market. Taking all of the foregoing into account, factor three easily favors fair use.
Factor four measures the effect of the unpaid use on the value of the copyrighted work and on the potential market for the copyrighted work. Permissions to make digital copies of the Handbook of Social Theory were available in 2009 from Sage [Pls. Ex. 291]. Because Defendants used Sage's copyrighted material without paying for available permissions, Sage lost $ 18.72 in net revenue as a result of Professor Kaufmann's use. Order at 116, 116 n.57;
Sage presents evidence that it made £63,483.74 in net revenue from book sales of the Handbook of Social Theory from the date of publication in 2001 to the end of the calendar year in 2010 [Pls. Ex. 291]. The following table shows net book revenues for the Handbook of Social Theory from 2001 to 2010:
Year Net Salem Revenue (Books) 2001 £32,922.61 2002 £5,978.00 2003 £10,066.04 2004 £3,484.36 2005 £1,639.93 2006 £2,136.26 2007 £1,680.54 2008 £3,109.30 2009 £1,028.64 2010 £1,438.06Total £63,483.74
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The following table shows all permissions revenues from the Handbook of Social Theory since 2004:
Year APS 16 ECCS In-House 2005 $47.12 No Evidence £0.00 2006 $0.00 No Evidence £0.00 2007 $127.50 No Evidence £25.74 2008 $298.86 No Evidence £12.48 2009 $18.32 No Evidence £116.48 2010 $13.10 No Evidence £2,309.26Total $504.90 £2,470.01
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The question here is twofold. It pertains to harm to the potential market for the copyrighted work beginning in 2009, the time that the alleged infringement occurred. It also pertains to the damage to the value of the copyrighted work in 2009. For both, the Court assumes that "everybody" (all colleges and universities) had programs similar to Georgia State's (allowing unpaid copying of small excerpts of copyrighted works) in 2009 and thereafter.
In summary, factors one, three and four favor fair use while factor two is neutral. Weighting all factors in the manner directed and considering them together, the Court finds that the use of the Handbook of Social Theory constitutes fair use. Sage's claim of infringement fails as to this work.
Professor Kaufmann caused pages 1-32, 357-375, 443-465, and 651-679 of The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research (Third Edition) ("Handbook, Third Ed.")
Factor one favors fair use.
Regarding factor two, the first excerpt was pages 1-32, the Introduction to the book. The Introduction, which was written by the external editors of the book, forecasts what will be in the book. It states: "[i]n this introductory chapter, we define the field of qualitative research, then navigate, chart, and review the history of qualitative research in the human disciplines" [
Pages 357-375: The second reading assignment was all of chapter 14, titled "Critical Humanism and Queer Theory— Living With the Tensions." The material addresses what the author sees as the need to deal with the tensions between critical humanism and gay/queer research. The author's presentation is straightforward. He' recognizes the inherent conflicts in the two traditions, but concludes that "there are some commonalities" [
Pages 443-465: This excerpt is the entirety of chapter 17, "Qualitative Case Studies." The author describes the nature of various types of case studies; the intrinsic case study; the instrumental case study; and the multiple case or collective case study. The chapter discusses case selection, the interactivity of the case study, the process of data gathering and the matter of triangulation. This chapter is objectively and subjectively descriptive. It contains author opinion.
Pages 651-679: This excerpt is chapter 25, titled "Narrative Inquiry-Multiple Lenses, Approaches, Voices." The chapter describes the diverse approaches to narrative inquiry, and various methodological issues in contemporary narrative inquiry. The author notes that "a major goal of this edition of the Handbook is exploring how qualitative research can `advance a democratic project committed to social justice in an age of uncertainty'" [
Under the standard set by the Court of Appeals, the foregoing excerpts as a whole disfavor fair use because author opinion, subjective description and evaluative expression dominate. Factor two disfavors fair use.
As to factor three, Professor Kaufmann's selected excerpts constitute 8.30% of the pages in the book (102 pages in total) and the entirety of four chapters, one of which is the Introduction. The selections fit the pedagogical aim of the course. None of the chapters constitutes the heart of the work. However, even taking into account the impact of the favored nature of the use under factor one, the quantity of
As to factor four, permissions to make digital copies of excerpts were available in 2009 from both Sage and CCC. Sage lost permissions income in the amount of $ 159.34 on account of Defendants' unpaid use. Order at 120;
While the Court of Appeals' ruling leaves open to Defendants a possible argument to rebut Plaintiffs' showing, Defendants concede this argument for Professor Kaufmann's use in the Maymester 2009 course [
In summary, factor one favors Defendants; factors two, three and four favor Sage. In addition, the Court gives factor three extra weight in the final analysis because of the strength of the evidence on factor three.
After considering all four factors together, giving factor three extra weight and factors four and two the weight directed by the Court of Appeals, the Court finds Defendants' use of excerpts from the Handbook, Third Ed. was not a fair use. Thus, this claim of copyright infringement succeeds.
Professor Kaufmann assigned two chapters from the Handbook of Critical and Indigenous Methodologies for her EPRS 8500 course: chapter five (pages 85-99), titled "Critical Race Theory and Indigenous Methodologies," by Christopher Dunbar, Jr.; and chapter seven (pages 135-156), titled "Indigenous Knowledges in Education" by Joe L. Kinchole and Shirley R. Steinberg [Tr. Vol. 5, Doc. 403 at 114-16; Pls. Ex. 516]. These excerpts, which totaled 37 pages (5.98% of the 619-page book), were required reading [Doc. 404 at 116; Pls. Exs. 231, 516].
Factor one favors fair use.
Factor two requires an analysis of the two chapters in question. The Handbook of Critical and Indigenous' Methodologies is an academic book. The introduction states that the book looks to develop and connect indigenous methodologies
Chapter five, "Critical Race Theory and Indigenous Methodologies," rests on two themes which are interwoven throughout the chapter. The chapter first provides an overview and critique of critical race theory, which seeks to analyze both the racially insensitive segments of the American psyche as well as enhance and expand upon race consciousness in people of color [
Chapter five is formally written to inform the reader of previous critical race literature, with the author adding analytical discussion to link the various aspects of the literature together. Further, the excerpt devotes a section to a discussion of the author's personal experiences in doing research.
Chapter seven, `"Indigenous Inowledges in Education," calls for an evaluation of how indigenous knowledge can change the way educators approach research. The authors argue that methods of creating and maintaining indigenous knowledge must be sustained in order for the greater academic community to better access and appreciate the contributions indigenous knowledge can make to the field. Chapter seven goes on to discuss the benefits of incorporating indigenous knowledge, including the reciprocal effect indigenous knowledge may have on dominant cultures and the ability to create a body of knowledge which better serves those indigenous people.
Chapter seven is highly evaluative, relying heavily on the authors' experiences and opinions. The writing style is formal, but also somewhat conversational. The chapter is didactic, inviting the reader to understand the benefits of protecting and incorporating indigenous knowledge in the hope that future researchers will accept and implement the authors' premise. Given the dominance of author opinion and the evaluative nature of these two chapters, factor two weighs against a finding of fair use.
Factor three assesses the quantity and quality of the amount taken from the book, in light of the purpose of the use and the likelihood of market substitution. Here, the chapters in question total 37 pages, or 5.98% of the entire work [
Factor four addresses the effect of the use on the value of the copyrighted work and on the potential market for the work. Permissions to make digital copies of excerpts were available in 2009 [Pls. Exs. 237, 238]. Georgia State's use caused actual damage to the value of Sage's copyrighted work, as Sage would have earned an amount slightly less than $ 57.24 in permissions income from CCC for this excerpt. Order at 127, 127 n.65;
Defendants argue that repetitive use of unpaid excerpts of the book is unlikely. The record contains data for past permissions sales and sales of the book. Between publication in 2008 and the end of calendar year 2010, the Handbook of Critical and Indigenous Methodologies had $ 161,204.62 in book sales [Pls. Ex. 237]. However, Sage realized only $ 559.03 in permissions income from the Handbook of Critical and Indigenous Methodologies over the same time period. Of this permissions income, $ 37.84 came in the form of APS income, $ 138.04 was from ECCS income, and the remaining $ 383.15 came from in-house permission/licensing sales [Pls. Exs. 237, 238].
Defendants bear the burden of proving that the potential loss of permissions sales to Sage is insubstantial, such that it would not impair Sage's willingness to publish the Handbook of Critical and Indigenous Methodologies. Based on the evidence before the Court, there is a small demand for excerpts of this book, and a small likelihood that use of unpaid excerpts from this book will cause substantial harm to Sage or to the value of its copyrighted work. It is unlikely that loss of permissions income would cause Sage to discontinue publishing this work. In addition, Defendants' use has had and will have no impact on the value of the copyrighted book or the potential market for the copyrighted book. Factor four, therefore, favors fair use.
In summary, factors one and four favor fair use and factors two and three disfavor fair use. Taking all of these factors into account, and weighting them as directed, Professor Kaufmann's use of the Handbook of Critical and Indigenous Methodologies was a fair use, and Plaintiffs do not succeed on a claim of copyright infringement.
Professor Kaufmann also assigned chapter one, titled "Locating Narrative Inquiry Historically: Thematics in the Turn to Narrative" ("Locating the Narrative Inquiry Historically") by Stefinee Pinnegar and J. Gary Daynes, from the Handbook of Narrative Inquiry: Mapping a Methodology ("Handbook of Narrative Inquiry") [Pls. Ex. 516]. The chapter (pages 3-34) is 4.51% of the 710-page book, or 32 pages, and was required reading [Tr. Vol. 5, Doc. 403 at 117-18; Pls. Ex. 258].
Factor one favors fair use.
Turning to factor two, the Handbook of Narrative Inquiry is an academic book which provides a comprehensive analysis of the field of narrative research. The book begins by discussing the historical background of the field, and then moves to analyze different areas of narrative inquiry including traditional methodologies and professions driving narrative research. This investigation of the field is expanded by the introduction of ethical concerns, representation issues, and a discussion of areas of narrative inquiry that need special attention, before finishing with a forward-looking overview of the field.
Chapter one's stated goal is "marking off the territory of this methodology" [Pls. Ex. 258 at 3]. The chapter provides definitions for qualitative inquiry and narrative inquiry, detailing the differences between the two. The discussion then shifts to the four themes in research which cause a researcher to "turn," or change his way of thinking. These themes, which include the relationship between the researcher and the researched and the jump from numbers
"Locating Narrative Inquiry Historically" is simultaneously objectively and subjectively descriptive, as the chapter aims to acquaint readers with narrative inquiry through summaries and explanations of previous work in the field, The chapter is formally written, and stems more from the authors' knowledge of the literature rather than their experiences and opinions. Fair use factor two is neutral for this work.
Factor three looks to the quantity and quality of the excerpt. Here, Professor Kaufmann used 32 pages, which equates to 4.51% of the work [Pls. Ex. 258]. This is a very small percentage, especially taking into account the favored educational purpose established by factor one. As to the quality of the excerpt, the use of a whole chapter increases the excerpt's value. But the chapter selected by Professor Kaufmann is not the heart of the work. It did fit Professor Kaufmann's pedagogical purpose. And the impact of market substitution is sufficiently blunted by the size of the excerpt. Taking all of this into account, factor three favors fair use.
Factor four evaluates the effect of Defendants' use on the value of and the potential market for the copyrighted work. Permissions to make digital excerpts from CCC and Sage were available in 2009 [Pls. Exs. 262, 264]. Had permissions been paid, Sage would have earned less than $ 33.32 in net permissions revenue from Professor Kaufmann's class. Order at 134, 134 n.66;
Defendants argue that it is, nonetheless, unlikely that substantial damage to the potential market is demonstrated. The following table demonstrates book sales data for the Handbook of Narrative Inquiry since its publication in 2006:
Year Book Sales 2007 $66,332.82 2008 $31,868.12 2009 $22,510.10 2010 $10,804.62Total $131,515.66
[Pls. Ex. 262]. The following table demonstrates permissions sales data for the Handbook of Narrative Inquiry since 2006:
Year APS ECCS In-house Total 2007 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 2008 $94.08 $0.00 $0.00 $94.08 2009 $0.00 $18.52 $112.60 $131.12 2010 $0.00 $0.00 $324.68 $324.68 Total $94.08 $18.52 $437.28 $549.88
[Pls. Exs. 262, 264].
The question here is twofold. It pertains to harm to the potential market for the copyrighted work beginning in 2009, the time that the alleged infringement occurred. It also pertains to the damage to the value of the copyrighted work in 2009. For both, the Court assumes that "everybody" (all colleges and universities) had programs similar to Georgia State's (allowing unpaid copying of small excerpts of copyrighted works) in 2009 and thereafter.
Defendants have met their burden under factor four. Defendants' use did not have any actual or potential impact on sales of the copyrighted book, or on the value of the copyrighted book.
In summary, factors one, three, and four all favor fair use and factor two is neutral. Weighting the factors in the manner directed, the Court finds that Professor Kaufmann's use of the Handbook of Narrative Inquiry was protected by fair use.
Professor Kaufmann's EPRS 8510 course looks at ways for students to collect data for qualitative research [Tr. Vol. 5, Doc. 403 at 38, 135]. Nine students were enrolled in the course during the summer 2009 semester [
Professor Kaufmann caused pages 717-732 and 923-943 of The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research (Second Edition) ("Handbook, Second Ed."), the entirety of chapters 27 and 36, to be uploaded to Georgia State's ERES system for distribution to the students in her EPRS 8510 summer 2009 course as required reading [Tr. Vol. 403, Doc. 403 at 136-41; Pls. Ex. 517]. The excerpted chapters were "Reimagining Visual Methods:
Factor one favors fair use.
As to factor two, the first excerpt utilized was chapter 27, "Reimagining Visual Methods—Galileo to Neuromancer," pages 717-732. At the beginning of this chapter the author outlines his approach to the subject:
[Pls. Ex. 265 at 717]. The author's style is somewhat conversational, though still fairly formal. The first section of the chapter, titled "Visual Methods and the History of Recorded Perception," outlines the development of recorded perception though the telescope, the camera, motion pictures, television, video cameras, digital imagery, compact discs, and the creation of a virtual reality through electronic manipulation. This section is objectively descriptive.
The next section of the chapter, titled "A Visual Social Science through Research Photography," pages 720-724, shifts to the idea that the creator of images has opportunities to make visual statements by "knowing how the camera interprets social reality" [
The next section of chapter 26, "Visual Narratives," pages 724-725, expands on the idea of the photographer as narrator, particularly when a succession of photographs may be used to develop a point of view. The author states,
[
The next section, "Eliciting Cultural Explanation," pages 725-727, explains that photographic images "elicit cultural information that ranges from the micro (normative negotiation of social action) to cultural definition" [
The next section, "Experience and Image," page 727, discusses the "phenomenological mode." "The vantage point from this view is the self ...." [
The next section of chapter 26 is titled "The Social Construction of Photography
In the final section of chapter 26, "The Essence of Visual Sociology; and Where Are We Going?," pages 728-731, the author summarizes as follows:
[
Overall, this chapter seeks to instruct a sociology student on how to use photographic technology to make a sociological point. Most basically, it is a how-to-do-it instruction. It includes author opinion plus elements which are objectively and subjectively descriptive.
The second excerpt assigned by Professor Kaufmann from the Handbook, Second Ed. was chapter 36, titled "Writing—A Method of Inquiry" [
The second part of the chapter, "Writing Practices," pages 940-943, urges the use of metaphors which enable the reader to derive sensory content from the material. It advocates careful choice of topic including, for example, consideration of who is the audience. It advocates choosing a journal article "that exemplifies excellence in qualitative research" [
Viewed together, the two chapters chosen by Professor Kaufmann contain some objective description, but subjective description and author opinion dominate. Factor two disfavors fair use.
As to factor three, Professor Kaufmann uploaded two full chapters of the Handbook, Second Ed. to ERES. This represents 37 pages and 3.01% of the total book [Doc. 265]. The chapters are not the heart of the book. The amount of material used by Professor Kaufmann was very small (not merely small) as a percentage of the total book. Factor three's relationship to factor one makes it even clearer that 3.24% of the total work tends to favor fair use. The selection fit Professor Kaufmann's pedagogical purpose. Nonetheless, two full chapters were copied, and chapters have greater value than parts of chapters. In addition, the amount taken is a heuristic for impact on the market (it has a relationship to the amount of lost permissions); the Court finds that the market impact caused by use of 37 pages combined with the use of two chapters causes factor three to disfavor fair use.
Turning to factor four, Plaintiffs produced evidence that there was a ready market for licensed digital excerpts of this work in 2009 through CCC and Sage's in-house program [Pls. Exs. 283, 286]. If Georgia State had purchased permissions for its digital use of the instant excerpts, Sage would have earned $ 34.04 in net
The Court of Appeals' Opinion leaves open to Defendants the possibility of prevailing on factor four if they can shoulder the burden of proving that they did not cause substantial damage to the potential market for and the value of the copyrighted work. Defendants have conceded they cannot prevail on this argument [Defs. Remand Br., Doc. 501 at 43]. Accordingly, factor four disfavors fair use.
To summarize, factors two, three, and four disfavor fair use, while factor one favors fair use. Thus, Defendants have not met their burden of proving that Professor Kaufmann's use of the Handbook, Second Ed. was a fair use under the Copyright Act. This copyright infringement claim succeeds.
Professor Kaufmann also taught EPRS 8500 in the fall of 2009 [Tr. Vol. 5, Doc. 403 at 143-45; Pls. Ex. 518].
One of the posted readings for EPRS 8500 in the fall 2009 semester was an excerpt from The Craft of Inquiry [Pls. Ex. 372]. Professor Kaufmann uploaded the entirety of chapter two, or 6.25% of the book, to Georgia State's ERES system [Doc. 403 at 168; Pls. Ex. 372].
Because Professor Kaufmann used this excerpt previously during the Maymester term, and it has already been discussed above,
Professor Kaufmann assigned chapter 21 of Approaches to Qualitative Research for her November 30, 2009 class session [Pls. Ex. 518]. The chapter, pages 447-472, is titled "The Art and Politics of Interpretation," and was written by Norman K. Denzin [Pls. Ex. 349]. The chapter is 26 pages long and 4.61% of the 564-page book [
Factor one favors fair use.
Factor two looks to the nature of the copyrighted work. Approaches to Qualitative Research is an academic book that aims to provide the reader with both a survey of qualitative research and the tools and skills necessary to conduct qualitative studies. The book starts by discussing the various epistemological and theoretical choices a researcher considers in designing and approaching qualitative research. The range of analytical choices and methods of studying culture are also presented, with emphasis on potential concerns researchers face in their role as both individuals interacting with subjects and researchers trying to avoid intrusion on their subjects. Finally, the book teaches the reader how to interpret qualitative data and transform that data into scholarship.
Chapter 21, "The Art and Politics of Interpretation," addresses the ways in
Chapter 21 is didactic; it seeks to teach techniques for writing about qualitative research. It is also evaluative, analyzing the merits of various methods of writing about qualitative research. The chapter has a formal style. While it is a close question, the Court finds that author opinion and evaluative style dominate. Factor two thus disfavors fair use.
Factor three requires an analysis of the quantity and value of the excerpt in light of factors one and four. "The Art and Politics of Interpretation" is a 26-page chapter, making up 4.61% of the total pages in Approaches to Qualitative Research [Pls. Ex. 349]. This is a very small percentage of the overall book; it is more than easily validated by the purpose and character of the use under factor one, and is small enough to mitigate the substitution effect under factor four. Professor Kaufmann assigned the entire chapter, which gives the excerpt greater value than if only part of the chapter had been assigned. However, the chapter is not the heart of the work. The chapter narrowly served Professor Kaufmann's pedagogical purpose. Weighing the foregoing considerations, factor three favors fair use.
Factor four measures the effect of Defendants' use on the value of the copyrighted work and on the potential market for the copyrighted work. Because Defendants used Oxford's copyrighted material without payment, the value of Oxford's copyright was impaired to a minuscule degree. Sage lost approximately $ 55.69 in net revenue as a result of Professor Kaufmann's use. Order at 146, 146 n.72;
Defendants nonetheless contend there was no substantial harm to the potential market for the copyrighted work and that the value of the copyrighted work was not substantially damaged in 2009. The record reflects that Oxford received only $ 131.29 in APS income and $ 172.59 in ECCS income through CCC from January 1, 2005 to November 19, 2010 [Pls. Ex. 353]. The record contains no other evidence of permissions sales, which demonstrates a low risk of repetitive use of unpaid excerpts for Approaches to Qualitative Research. The record also contains no data concerning revenue from book sales which occurred.
Defendants have the ultimate burden of proof on factor four. Defendants have carried this burden with evidence of very small permissions sales, the loss of which would cause no substantial harm to Sage and the fact that available permissions means the copyrighted work is still in publication. Factor four favors fair use.
Professor Kaufmann used tyro chapters from the Handbook of Feminist Research in her fall 2009 Qualitative/Interpretive Research in Education course [Tr. Vol. 5, Doc. 403 at 154; Pls. Ex. 518]. The first excerpt, chapter 26 of the book (pages 515-534), is titled "Feminist Research Ethics," by Judith Preissle [Pls. Ex. 243]. The second excerpt, chapter eight of the book (pages 155-172), is titled "Toward Understandings of Feminist Ethnography," by Wanda S. Pillow and Cris Mayo [
Factor one favors fair use.
Moving to factor two, the Court notes that it has already assessed the Handbook of Feminist Research and specifically, chapter 26, under the fair use factor two rubric.
Chapter eight, "Toward Understandings of Feminist Ethnography," starts by establishing the benefits of using identity categories, such as race and gender, in qualitative research. Noting that these categories can also overlap, the chapter also discusses the intersection of identity categories. The chapter then narrows its focus to feminist custom and culture by chronicling past work on feminist ethnography. Using these past works as an example, the chapter concludes by developing the distinctions created between feminist ethnography and other identity categories when a researcher studies, analyzes, and writes about feminist culture.
Chapter eight is primarily objective, with long descriptions of previous authors' work. Complementing these objective descriptions are analytical passages which develop and explore various issues present when researching feminism and feminist cultures. The authors write in a formal tone with little to no discussion of their own experiences or opinions.
Considering the content and nature of chapters eight and 26 together, the Court finds that factor two weighs neither for nor against fair use in this instance. It is neutral.
Moving to factor three, Professor Kaufmann uploaded two chapters of the Handbook of Feminist Research to ERES. Chapter eight totals 18 pages, while chapter 26 totals 20 pages, bringing the combined total of the two excerpts to 38 pages, which is not a small number of pages [Pls. Ex. 243]. That combined total is 4.95% of the total book, which is a very small percentage of the copyrighted work. The excerpts were tailored to fit Professor Kaufmann's pedagogical purpose. Chapters eight and 26 do not constitute the heart of the book. Even though two whole chapters were used, the very small percentage of the book is mitigating. The page count (38 pages) is acceptable (though barely acceptable) mitigation of the impact of market substitution when considered together with all other factors. Factor three favors fair use.
Defendants can still prevail on factor four by proving that widespread unpaid copying practices would not "cause substantial economic harm such that allowing it would frustrate the purposes of copyright by materially impairing [the publisher's] incentive to publish the work." Op. at 93;
Year Book Sales Net Revenue 2006 $17,241.00 2007 $4,153.45 2008 $15,015.80 2009 $12,052.55 2010 $5,623.08Total $94,085.88
[Pls. Ex. 248].
Over that same period of time, the Handbook of Feminist Research generated a small amount of permissions revenue. There is no evidence of CCC revenues for the Handbook of Feminist Research, but Sage did provide the figures for their in-house (presumably digital) permissions sales. Those figures are listed below:
Year Permissions Sales 2006 $0.00 2007 $0.00 2008 $116.29 2009 $96.45 2010 $770.72Total $983.46
[Pls. Ex. 248].
The question here is twofold. It pertains to harm to the potential market for the copyrighted work beginning in 2009, the time that the alleged infringement occurred. It also pertains to damage to the value of the copyrighted work in 2009. For both, the Court assumes that "everybody" (all colleges and universities) had programs similar to Georgia State's (allowing
Based on the data listed above, the Court finds that the value of the copyrighted work in 2009 was almost exclusively in book sales, not permissions. Defendants' actions had no impact on book sales. Op. at 94;
In Summary, factors one, three, and four favor fair use, while factor two is neutral. Weighing these factors as directed, and weighing them together, the Court finds that Defendants prevail on their fair use defense.
Professor Kaufmann again used the Handbook of Narrative Inquiry in her fall 2009 Qualitative/Interpretive Research in Education Course, but assigned a different chapter than the one used in her Maymester class [Tr. Vol. 6, Doc. 404 at 21; Pls. Ex. 518]. That new assignment required her students to read chapter two (pages 35-75), titled "Mapping a Landscape of Narrative Inquiry: Borderland Spaces and Tensions" ("Mapping a Landscape"), by D. Jean Clandinin and Jerry Rosiek [Pls. Ex. 258]. The chapter totaled 41 pages, or 5.77% of the overall book [
Factor one favors fair use.
Factor two assesses the nature of the copyrighted work. As previously discussed, the Handbook of Narrative Inquiry is an academic book.
Chapter two, "Mapping a Landscape," begins by defining narrative inquiry as the studying of experiences, as embodied in the continuous interaction of human thought with the personal, social, and material environment. With this definition in mind, the chapter then compares and contrasts narrative inquiry with other forms of inquiry, such as post-postivism, Marxism, critical theory, and post-structuralism. By performing this comparison, the chapter creates its metaphorical "map," noting where the fields of inquiry reside and intersect with one another. The chapter concludes with a closer look at the "borders" of the various methods of inquiry and addresses what occurs when the different fields of inquiry blur together.
Chapter two is primarily objective, as the authors describe the different methods of inquiry and the general theories which underlie those methods. The chapter is written in a formal tone, and aims 6 provide the reader with a brief education on various forms of narrative inquiry. Author analysis does not dominate. Taking all of this into account, factor two is neutral for this work.
Factor three addresses the quantity and quality of the excerpt used as it relates to the work as a whole. Here, Professor Kaufmann used 41 pages of the Handbook of Narrative Inquiry, which is the equivalent of 5.77% of the overall book [Pls. Ex. 258]. This is a small percentage. As for the value of the excerpt, chapter two is not the
Factor four evaluates the effect of Defendants' use on the value of and the potential market for the copyrighted work. Permissions to make digital excerpts from CCC and Sage were available in 2009 [Pls. Exs. 262, 264]. Had permissions been paid, Sage would have earned less than $ 102.46 in net revenues from digital permissions. Order at 153, 153 n.73;
Defendants argue that it is, nonetheless, unlikely that substantial damage to the potential market is demonstrated. The following table demonstrates book sales data for the Handbook of Narrative Inquiry since its publication in 2006:
Year Book Sales 2007 $66,332.82 2008 $11,868,12 2009 $22,510.10 2010 $10,804.62Total $131,515.66
[Pls. Ex. 262]. The following table demonstrates permissions sales data for the Handbook of Narrative Inquiry since 2006:
Year APS ECCS In-house Total 2007 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 2008 $94.08 $0.00 $0.00 $94.08 2009 $0.00 $18.52 $112.60 $131.12 2010 $0.00 $0.00 $324.68 $324.68Total $94.08 $18.52 $437.28 $549.88
[Pls. Exs. 262, 264].
The question here is twofold. It pertains to harm to the potential market for the copyrighted work beginning in 2009, the time that the alleged infringement occurred. It also pertains to the damage to the value of the copyrighted work in 2009. For both, the Court assumes that "everybody" (all colleges and universities) had programs similar to Georgia State's (allowing unpaid copying of small excerpts of copyrighted works) in 2009 and thereafter.
Defendants have met their burden under factor four. Defendants' use did not have any actual or potential impact on the market for the copyrighted book, or on the value of the copyrighted book.
In summary, factors one, three, and four favor a finding of fair use, while factor two is neutral. Weighting these factors in the proportions required by the Court of Appeals' Opinion, Professor Kaufmann's use of the Handbook of Narrative Inquiry qualifies as a fair use. Sage's claim of infringement as to this work, therefore, fails.
In the fall semester of 2009, Professor Kaufmann again assigned excerpts from the Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research, Third Edition ("Handbook, Third Ed.") as required reading for her EPRS 8500 course on Qualitative/Interpretive Research in Education [Tr. Vol. 5, Doc. 403 at 145-152; Pls. Ex. 518]. Specifically, she requested that seven chapters, or pages 1-32, 109-138, 357-375, 443-465, 547-557, 915-932, and 959-978 of the Handbook, Third Ed. be uploaded to ERES [Doc. 403 at 145-152; Pls. Ex. 518]. The excerpts posted to ERES consisted of 153 pages total or 12.45% of the 1,229-page book [Pls. Ex. 267].
Factor one favors fair use.
Factor two disfavors fair use for the reasons which follow. As an initial matter, the Court has already evaluated three of the seven total excerpts under the rubric of factor two, including (1) pages 1-32 (introduction); (2) pages 357-375 (chapter 14); and (3) pages 443-465 (chapter 17) [
This Court has yet to assess four of the seven excerpts in light of factor two. The first relevant excerpt is pages 109-138, or the whole of chapter five, "Freeing Ourselves from Neocolonial Domination in Research: A Kaupapa Maori Approach to Creating Knowledge," by Russell Bishop. In this chapter, the author identifies and sets aside research traditions that reinforce or reflect colonial power imbalances in the study of indigenous cultures. He also explores alternative paradigms that embody non-Western experiences and values by focusing on research on the Maori people, an indigenous community in New Zealand. After describing background issues involved in studying indigenous people, the author introduces the "Kaupapa Maori" approach to research. The remainder of the chapter is devoted to describing three research studies that the author performed
The second excerpt is pages 547-557, or all of chapter 22, "Testimonio, Subalternity, and Narrative Authority," by John Beverly. In chapter 22, the author discusses the "testimonio," which is a testimonial narrative "produced in the form of a printed text, told in the first person by a narrator who is also the real protagonist or, witness of the events she or he recounts" [
The third relevant excerpt is pages 915-931, or the whole of chapter 36, "Relativism, Criteria, and Politics," by John K. Smith and Phil Hodkinson. In the chapter, the authors respond to an issue touched on in the first edition of the Handbook: the age of relativism in research, or the realization that there is no possibility of theory-free observation and knowledge. In this vein, the authors discuss two ideas: (1) that researchers cannot step outside of their own social and historical standpoints; and (2) the decisions about research criteria and judgments about the worth of research represent social activities. The authors summarize several responses to the question of how to select criteria to evaluate research quality and methodology. Chapter 36 is academic and somewhat philosophical. It contains relatively equal parts objective description of historical research, and subjective evaluation and analysis.
The final excerpt is pages 959-978, or all of chapter 38, "Writing: A Method of Inquiry," by Laurel Richardson and Elizabeth Adams St. Pierre, which is a revision of a chapter by the same name in previous editions of the Handbook. Chapter 38 is divided into three parts. The first part, written by Richardson, discusses creative and analytical social scientific writing, writing in the genre of ethnography, and the direction that her work has taken. The second part, written by St. Pierre, analyzes writing as a method of qualitative inquiry, with reference to the author's own personal experiences using writing as a method. In the third and final part, Richardson gives 16 examples of exercises that help engage the writer to write as a method of knowing. The nature of this chapter, which is fueled primarily by the authors' own personal experiences and opinions, does not support a finding of fair use.
Overall, the nature of the excerpts disfavors fair use. In particular, the excerpted portions of the work are dominated by author opinion, analysis, evaluation, and subjective description. Thus, factor two disfavors fair use.
Turning to factor three, Professor Kaufmann uploaded 153 pages, or 12.45% of the Handbook, Third Ed., to ERES [Pls. Ex. 267]. The number of pages copied is extremely large, even considering that the excerpts served the pedagogical aims of
Turning to factor four, digital permissions were available for excerpts of the Handbook, Third Ed., in 2009 through CCC and Sage's in-house permissions program [Pls. Exs. 283, 286, 287]. If Georgia State had purchased permissions from Sage for its use of the Handbook, Third Ed. in Professor Kaufmann's class, Sage would have earned less than $ 467.31 in net revenue from permissions.
The Court of Appeals' Opinion leaves room for Defendants to rebut Plaintiffs' showing, depending on the facts of the case. However, Defendants have conceded that factor four weighs against fair use in this instance [
To recap, factor one favors fair use, and factors two, three and four disfavor fair use. Consistent with the Court of Appeals' direction, factor four is the most substantial factor, and factor two has insubstantial weight. Additionally, the Court affords factor three substantial additional weight in this instance because Defendants used a notably excessive quantity and quality of the copyrighted work. Defendants have clearly failed to discharge their burden with respect to this use. The Court thus finds that Professor Kaufmann's use of the Handbook, Third Ed. in the fall of 2009 was not a fair use. Accordingly, this claim of copyright infringement succeeds.
Professor Kaufmann assigned chapter 17 of the Handbook of Social Theory for her September 28, 2009 class session in EPRS 8500 [Tr. Vol, 5, Doc. 403 at 157; Pls. EX. 518]. The chapter (pages 217-228) is titled "Symbolic Interactionism at the End of the Century," ("Symbolic Interactionism"), and was written by Kent L. Sandstrom, Daniel D. Martin, and Gary Alan Fine [Pls. Ex. 288]. The chapter is 12 pages long and 2.12% of the 564-page book [
Professor Kaufmann used the same excerpt previously during the Maymester term. The fair use analysis is on pages 29-34 above. The use of this excerpt was a fair use.
Professor Esposito is a professor in the Educational Policy Studies department at Georgia State [Tr. Vol. 6, Doc. 404 at 52],
In the summer of 2009, Professor Esposito taught EPSF 8280, Anthropology of
Professor Esposito assigned chapter eight, titled "Toward Understandings of Feminist Ethnography," of the Handbook of Feminist Research [Tr. Vol. 6, Doc. 404 at 56]. The excerpt (pages 155-172) is 18 pages long and 2.35% of the pages in the 767-page book [Pls. Ex. 243]. It was required reading [Doc. 404 at 56-57; Pls. Ex. 547].
Factor one favors fair use.
As previously discussed, the Handbook of Feminist Research broadly covers feminist theories, research, and practice.
Moving to factor three, Professor Esposito uploaded one chapter of the Handbook of Feminist Research to ERES. Chapter eight totals 18 pages, which is 2.35% of the book [Pls. Ex. 243]. This is a very small number of pages and a very small percentage of the overall book. Even though a whole chapter was used—and a whole chapter has more value than part of a chapter—chapter eight does not constitute the heart of the work. Analysis of factor three requires assessing the quality and quantity of the work in light of the purpose of the use and the threat of substitution on the market for the work. The book's use for a nonprofit, educational purpose amply endorses the amount and percentage of the book which was used. The small page count strongly mitigates the impact of market substitution. Moreover, the excerpt was narrowly tailored to fit Professor Esposito's pedagogical purpose. Weighing all of these considerations together, factor three easily favors fair use.
Factor four looks to the effect of Defendants' use on the value of the copyrighted work and the potential market for the work. Digital permissions were available for excerpts of the Handbook of Feminist Research in 2009 [Pls. Ex. 248]. By providing the excerpts free to her class, Professor Esposito deprived Sage of $ 47.52, less royalties payable to the external editor, in net revenue from permissions. Order at 170;
Defendants can still prevail on factor four by proving that widespread unpaid copying practices would not "cause substantial economic harm such that allowing it would frustrate the purposes of copyright by materially impairing [the publisher's] incentive to publish the work." Op. at 93;
Year Book Sales Net Revenue 2006 $17,241.00 2007 $4,153.45 2008 $15,015.80 2009 $12,052.55 2010 $5,623.08Total $94,085.88
[Pls. Ex. 248].
Over that same period of time, the Handbook of Feminist Research generated a small amount of permissions revenue. There is no evidence of CCC revenues for the Handbook of Feminist Research, but Sage did provide the figures for its inhouse (presumably digital) permissions sales. Those figures are listed below:
Year Permissions Sales 2006 $0.00 2007 $0.00 2008 $116.29 2009 $96.45 2010 $770.72Total $983.46
[Pls. Ex. 248].
The question, here is twofold. It pertains to harm to the potential market for the copyrighted work beginning in 2009, the time that the alleged infringement occurred. It also pertains to damage to the value of the copyrighted work in 2009. For both, the Court assumes that "everybody" (all colleges and universities) had programs similar to Georgia State's (allowing unpaid copying of small excerpts of copyrighted works) in 2009 and thereafter.
Based on the data listed above, the Court finds that the value of the copyrighted work in 2009 was almost exclusively in book sales, not permissions. Defendants' actions had no impact on book sales. Op. at 94;
In summary, factors one, three, and four favor fair use while factor two is neutral. Weighting these factors as directed, and considering them together, the Court finds that the overall weight of the four factors favors fair use. Defendants accordingly prevail on their fair use defense as to this work.
Professor Esposito assigned "Ethnography and Ethnographic Representation," by Barbara Tedlock for her summer 2009 class [Tr. Vol. 6, Doc. 404 at 53; Pls. Ex. 547]. This excerpt (pages 955-986), which is chapter 17 in the Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research, Second Edition ("Handbook, Second Ed."), is 32 pages long, 2.80% of the 1,142-page book, and was required reading [Pls. Ex. 265].
Factor one favors fair use.
As to factor two, chapter 17 begins with an introduction to the work done by ethnographers
Chapter 17 consists primarily of objective surveys of the field of ethnography. The excerpt goes to great lengths to describe the studies and works of ethnographers, but does not incorporate the author's experiences. The chapter is didactic; using a formal tone to teach individuals how to approach ethnography and ethnographic studies. Chapter 17 is neutral under factor two of the fair use analysis.
Factor three assesses the quantity and quality of the material taken. Here, Professor Esposito used 32 pages of the Handbook, Second Ed., which represents 2.80% of the overall page count for the book [Pls. Ex. 265]. The excerpt fit Professor Esposito's pedagogical purpose. The percentage of the book used by Professor Esposito was very small (not merely small) as a percentage of the total work. The favored educational nature of the use further suggests that this percentage and the length of the excerpt favors fair use. The number of pages taken is also a heuristic for impact on the market (it has a relationship to the amount of lost permissions); the Court finds that the impact is small enough given the very small percentage of the work which was used. While Professor Esposito used a whole chapter of the book it is not the heart of the work. Taking all of this into account, factor three weighs in favor of Defendants.
Turning to factor four, digital permissions were available for excerpts of the Handbook, Second Ed. through both CCC and Sage's in-house permissions program in 2009 [
The record indicates that the first edition of the Handbook was published in 1994; a second edition, at issue here, was published in 200 0; a third edition was published in 2005; and a fourth edition was published in 2011 [Pls. Ex. 283]. The Handbook, Second Ed. has not been printed since 2007.
Year Book Sales 2000 $311,125.03 2001 $360,496.82 2002 $219,452.98 2003 $201,082.70 2004 $197,120.59 2005 $9,984.18 2006 $791.24 2007 $0,00 2008 $0.00 2009 $0.00 2010 $0.00Total $1,300,053.54
The evidence shows the following permissions sales for excerpts of the Handbook, Second Ed.:
Year APS ECCS In-House Total 2000 No Evidence No Evidence $2,000.00 $2,000.00 2001 No Evidence No Evidence $864.27 $864.27 2002 No Evidence No Evidence $3,741.74 $3,741.74 2003 No Evidence No Evidence $6,799.74 $6,799.74 2004 $1,507.09 $617.33 $8,792.24 $10,916.66 2005 $365.05 $263.37 $7,068.89 $7,697.31 2006 $479.40 $365.57 $6,932.44 $7,777.41 2007 $935.43 $187.27 $10,150.49 $11,273.19 2008 $703.96 $311.63 $6,949.23 $7,964.82 2009 $999.47 $302.98 $3,814.52 $5,116.97 2010 $418.64 $228.23 $1,790.91 $2,437.78 Total $5,409.04 $2,276.38 $58,904.47 25 $65,589.89
[Docs. 283, 286, 287].
Georgia State's unpaid use of the excerpts caused tiny but actual harm to the value of Sage's copyrighted work. If all colleges and universities had programs that allowed unpaid use of copyrighted excerpts, it could cause substantial damage to the potential market for and the value of the copyrighted work. This leads to the initial determination that factor four disfavors fair use.
Defendants can still prevail on factor four if they can prove that their unpaid use, even if coupled with widespread unpaid copying practices, did not cause substantial damage to the potential market for and the value of the copyrighted work, or that it did not "cause substantial economic harm such that allowing it would frustrate the purposes of copyright by materially impairing [the publisher's] incentive to publish the work." Op. at 93;
Defendants' only arguments are as follows: "Regarding factor four, use of only 2.6%
Regarding Defendants' first argument, the Court finds that copying 2.8% of a work could cause substantial harm if a large number of excerpt copies was made. In 2009 Sage received permissions income of $ 5,116.97 for excerpts of the Handbook, Second Ed. This is not a huge amount of sales, but it is enough to cause hesitation on the question whether Defendants have carried their burden of proof, particularly given the history of permissions sales for excerpts of this book.
In summary, factors one and three favor fair use, factor two is neutral, and factor four disfavors fair use. Weighting the factors as directed by the Court of Appeals, and weighing all factors together, Defendants prevail on the fair use defense. Accordingly, Sage cannot sustain this claim of copyright infringement for the Handbook, Second Ed.
For her summer 2009 class, Professor Esposito assigned "Working the Hyphens: Reinventing Self and Other in Qualitative Research" ("Working the Hyphens") by Michelle Fine [Tr. Vol. 6, Doc. 404 at 58; Pls. Ex. 547]. "Working the Hyphens" (pages 70-82) is the fourth of 36 chapters in the Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research, First Edition ("Handbook, First Ed.") [Defs. Ex. 739]. The chapter is 13 pages in length and represents 1.99% of the pages in the 653-page book [
Factor one favors fair use.
Factor two analyzes the nature of the work. The Handbook, First Ed. roughly divides into three sections. First, the book locates the field of qualitative research by analyzing historical qualitative studies and discussing major research paradigms which influence modern qualitative fieldwork. The book then moves to the more practical aspects of performing qualitative research, including qualitative study design and ways to collect and interpret qualitative data. The concluding section of the book discusses where qualitative research may go in the future.
Chapter four, "Working the Hyphens," alludes to the qualitative research concept of "self-other," in which a qualitative researcher maintains separation and independence from the study subjects. The author of the chapter suggests that researchers should abandon this separation and examine their relationships with their subjects instead. This examination includes re-evaluating common assumptions of qualitative research, including the characterization that qualitative research subjects, such as indigenous peoples, are separated from the general population. The chapter also details various qualitative research writings that speak against separating the researcher from the subject.
These works voice their discontent by either offering critiques which disturb the division between researcher and subject or encouraging researchers to let their personal characteristics overcome the separation to enhance the resulting qualitative scholarship.
The chapter objectively describes two forms of previous qualitative literature: (1) examples of the self-other separation or (2) works that call for a re-analysis of the separation. The chapter is written in a formal tone and is devoid of any fanciful language or descriptions. The author includes some personal accounts of her struggle with the self-other separation at the beginning of the chapter, but the remainder of the excerpt does not draw extensively on her experience. Overall, author opinion, subjective description and evaluative approach are present but do not dominate. Based on these aspects of the excerpt, fair use factor two is neutral.
Factor three assesses the amount and substantiality of the excerpt in relation to the work as a whole. The chapter, "Working the Hyphens" is 13 pages long, and represents 1.99% of the total pages of the Handbook, First Ed. [Defs. Ex. 739]. The chapter is a tiny part of the total work, and it is adequately tailored to the pedagogical purpose of Professor Esposito's course. It does not constitute the heart of the work. The 13-page length of the excerpt is easily accommodated by the nonprofit,
Factor four looks to the effect of Professor Esposito's use on the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work. Digital permissions of the Handbook, First Ed. were available in 2009 [Pls. Ex. 287]. The unpaid use by Professor Esposito cost Sage less than $ 34.03 in net revenue. Order at 177, 177 n.87;
Defendants argue that as of 2009 there was no substantial damage to the potential market for the copyrighted work such that Sage's incentive to publish the book would be undermined, and no substantial damage to the value of the copyrighted work. To begin, the Handbook, First Ed. was no longer in print in 2009 [Jt. Ex. 5, Doc. 266-4 D-24]. Any potential market for the Handbook, First Ed. consisted solely of potential permissions income.
Year APS ECCS Total 2004 $751.84 $601.29 $1,353.13 2005 $1,990.94 $1,777.86 $3,768.80 2006 $2,000.72 $1,455.03 $3,455.75 2007 $48.45 $0.00 $48.45 2008 $74.36 $19.58 $93.94 2009 $43.31 $30.23 $73.54 2010 $28.56 $0.00 $28.56Total $4,938.18 $3,883.99 $8,822.17
[Docs. 286, 287].
The inquiry under factor four pertains to harm to the potential permissions market. The potential market in this instance would begin in 2009, the year in which Sage alleges Georgia State infringed upon its copyright. At that time, the permissions income for the Handbook, First Ed. had shrunk to $ 73.54, and continued to fall in 2010 with total permissions income of $ 28.56 [
From these figures, the Court makes the following findings. First, the tiny amounts of permissions income, beginning in 2007, show that in 2009 there was very low risk of repetitive use of unpaid excerpts of the Handbook, First Ed., resulting
In summary, factors one, three, and four favor a finding a fair use, while factor two is neutral. The Court therefore finds that Professor Esposito's use of the Handbook, First Ed. was a fair use.
Professor Esposito also taught a course in the fall of 2009 for which Sage alleges an infringement. That course, Qualitative Research in Education III, or EPRS 8520, was a course on data analysis [Tr. Vol. 6, Doc. 404 at 87].
Fourteen doctoral candidates were enrolled in the course [
Factor one favors fair use.
Factor two requires the Court to assess the nature of the copyrighted work. Theoretical Frameworks in Qualitative Research is an academic work which provides an overarching explanation of theoretical frameworks, both in their use in and effect on qualitative research. The book first discusses the role of theory in qualitative research, defining a "theoretical framework" as "any empirical or quasi-empirical theory of social and/or psychological processes... that can be applied to the understanding of phenomena" [Pls. Ex. 305 at xxvii]. Relying on this definition, the book presents ten chapters in which various qualitative researchers discuss the theoretical frameworks they applied in select qualitative studies. The conclusion reflects on the different chapters and attempts to abstract key points for application in future qualitative research.
The section of the Introduction assigned by Professor Esposito, pages xxiii-xxxii, begins by using summaries of other authors' works to demonstrate two instances where theory directly affects qualitative
The Introduction is didactic, teaching the reader about the role of theory in qualitative research and defining theoretical frameworks for use in the remainder of the book. The central takeaway from the excerpt, the definition of theoretical frameworks, seems to come directly from the authors' opinions or experience in qualitative research. The other parts of the excerpt consist of objective descriptions of either previous qualitative studies or the other chapters of the book.
The Conclusion, pages 189-196, highlights two questions about theoretical frameworks: (1) how to find a theoretical framework, and (2) what type of effect the theoretical framework will have on the research. The authors then answer these questions by emphasizing key points from the previous chapters. The Conclusion includes insight from the authors themselves, with suggestions such as finding theoretical frameworks by searching other forms of scholarship and realizing that a theoretical framework will focus the study and reveal more meaningful conclusions within the study itself.
The Conclusion is also didactic, providing the reader with concrete advice on how to use a theoretical framework when performing qualitative research. The excerpt also synthesizes the previous chapters' analysis into additional advice, using the high points of the other authors' work as teaching tools and examples. The Conclusion maintains a formal tone, and does not contain any fanciful or humorous elements. Author opinion dominates both excerpts. Factor two disfavors fair use.
Factor three looks to "the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole." Op. at 82;
The educational purpose of the use justifies the amount of material used, and harm from market substitution is reduced by the small size of the excerpts. But the small excerpts of Theoretical Frameworks in Qualitative Research that Professor Esposito used include the heart of the work, which makes factor three ultimately come down against fair use.
Factor four looks to the effect of the use on both the value of the copyrighted work and the potential market for the work. Sage presented evidence that digital excerpts were available for purchase through Sage's in-house permissions/licensing department in 2009 [Pls. Ex. 308]. By utilizing
The next step requires Defendants to prove that their use (assuming the widespread availability of programs like Georgia State's) likely did not cause substantial damage to the potential market for the copyrighted work or to the value of Sage's copyrighted work. Record evidence demonstrates, that Sage did have revenue from digital excerpt sales of Theoretical Frameworks in Qualitative Research, but these sales were quite low. The book was initially published by Sage in 2006. Book sales between publication in 2006 and the end of calendar year 2010 totaled $ 75,320.69 [Pls. Ex. 308]. During the same time, Sage received only $ 118.61 in in-house permissions licenses for digital copies of excerpts [
In summary, factors one and four favor fair use; factors two and three disfavor fair use. Weighting the four factors as directed, and considering them together, the Court holds that Professor Esposito's use of Theoretical Frameworks in Qualitative Research qualifies as a fair use.
Dr. Anne Cale Kruger was an Associate Professor who taught graduate courses in educational psychology and special education [Tr. Vol. 10, Doc. 393 at 4, 6],
In the summer and fall semesters of 2009, Professor Kruger taught EPY 7090, or "Psychology of Learning and the Learner," which was a single course that spanned over two semesters [Pls. Ex. 553]. The course covered the psychological principles that underlie teaching and learning that occur in school, and it was taught to master's degree students studying early childhood [
One such required reading was an excerpt from Awakening Children's Minds by Laura E. Berk. The excerpt consisted of pages 181-219 (39 pages), or the whole of chapter six: "Learning in Classrooms" [Pls. EX. 354]. It constituted 12.19%. of the 320-page book [
Factor one favors fair use.
Chapter six focuses on the application of sociocultural theory to early childhood classrooms. The author discusses three themes: (1) teaching in the "zone," or in the range of tasks that a child cannot yet master independently but can master through collaboration; (2) ensuring that the classroom is rich in dialogue; and (3) ensuring that the classroom provides an abundance of literacy related activities.
The tone of chapter six is conversational, and the writing is straightforward. The excerpt does not contain any humorous or fanciful elements. It provides some examples that may come from the author's own imagination and experiences. However, the author primarily presents information and support derived from others' works in a way that is practical and useful for parents. For example, while the chapter provides contemporary examples of classroom methods, it repeatedly traces those methods to principles from Vygotsky's psychology. The chapter is not analytical or evaluative. The chapter does convey the author's overall opinion that the sociocultural approach to early childhood education is preferable to a traditional "whole-classroom" approach, but it is not dominated by the author's opinion. Accordingly, factor two is neutral.
Turning to factor three, the uploaded excerpt contains 39 pages, and represents 12.19% of the entire book. Use of this excerpt served the course's pedagogical purpose. Even taking into account Defendants' favored nonprofit use, the quantity of material used is excessive, particularly when the impact of market substitution is considered. Here, no evidence exists to demonstrate a digital permissions market for excerpts of Awakening Children's Minds in 2009 or thereafter making the likelihood that the unpaid excerpt will substitute for the paid market nonexistent. Also, the quality (value) of the excerpt is somewhat greater as an entire chapter— which covers a discrete topic—as opposed to a portion of a chapter. Even though chapter six is not the heart of the work, the Court concludes that factor three disfavors fair use.
Factor four requires this Court to determine whether Professor Kruger's use substantially diminished the value of Oxford's copyright in Awakening Children's Minds or the potential market for the work. Oxford has produced no evidence that digital excerpts of Awakening Children's Minds were available for purchase in 2009. Accordingly, the unpaid use did not actually harm Oxford, as digital permissions were not available.
The record does contain evidence that Oxford earned $ 140.55 in royalties from digital permissions sales through ECCS in 2010 [Pls. Ex. 358]. Even if that evidence of the future market for Awakening Children's Minds is considered, the result is the same. Between the date of publication in 2001 and November 7, 2010, actual book sales of Awakening Children's Minds netted $ 130,482.00 [Pls. Ex. 357]. Defendants' actions did not impact book sales at all. There is no evidence that the work has earned any in-house permissions income or APS permissions income. The only evidence pertaining to ECCS income is for 2010, in which Oxford earned $ 140.55 in ECCS permissions sales [Pls. Ex. 358]. At that time, Awakening Children's Minds had been in publication for nearly ten years, and permissions income was slight. Demand for excerpts of the work was low. The Court is persuaded that even assuming widespread unpaid copying of excerpts,
In this instance, factors one and four weigh in favor of fair use, factor two is neutral, and factor three disfavors fair use. As such, the overall balance fairly tips in Georgia State's favor. Georgia State's use of Awakening Children's Minds was a fair use.
Professor Kruger taught a seminar called "Advanced Developmental Psychology: Personality and Socialization," or EPY 8220, to doctoral students at Georgia State in the fall 2009 semester [Tr. Vol. 10, Doc. 393 at 7-8]. The seminar sought to actively explore and generate independent thinking and communication regarding research in social and personality development [Pls. Ex. 554]. Professor Kruger did not assign any required textbooks for the course, and all required readings were uploaded to ERES [
Professor Kruger uploaded to ERES an excerpt from Understanding Trauma [Pls. Ex. 554]. Specifically, she assigned chapter 11: "The Developmental Impact of Childhood Trauma" by Bessel A. van der Kolk [Pls. Ex. 142]. The excerpt consisted of pages 224-241 (18 pages), or 3.29% of the 547 pages in Understanding Trauma [
Factor one favors fair use.
With respect to factor two, Understanding Trauma is an academic work comprised of writings from multidisciplinary researchers and scholars. It seeks to provide an interdisciplinary model on the impact of trauma from the perspectives of neurobiology, clinical science, and anthropology. Using "post-traumatic stress disorder" ("PTSD") as a baseline, Understanding Trauma seeks to present an integrated framework on the effects and the scope of individual trauma and large-scale collective trauma. Understanding Trauma is divided into three sections which provide perspectives from each of the three fields.
Chapter 11 is located in Understanding Trauma's second section, which examines trauma from a clinical science perspective. In general, the chapter examines the developmental consequences of pervasive interpersonal childhood trauma, including physical, sexual, or emotional abuse and neglect, typically perpetrated by a caregiver. The author begins by explaining that the effects of childhood trauma are often described under the rubric of PTSD because it is the only trauma-related diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual ("DSM") IV, even though PTSD does not accurately reflect all of the symptoms of childhood trauma, such as impulse control, aggression, attentional and dissociative problems, and relationship problems. Moreover, the author notes, other symptoms are often diagnosed as separate psychiatric illnesses and described as being "comorbid" with PTSD, which incorrectly reflects that they occurred independently from the PTSD symptoms rather than as a result of the same traumatic event. The author cautions that these imprecise diagnoses may result in application of unhelpful treatment methods.
After proposing that PTSD is an ill-fitting diagnosis for the full range of
The writing in this chapter is formal, clinical, and precise. The chapter is devoid of any anecdotal information or fanciful elements. The author frequently cites the work of others, but he also cites a great deal of his own research. Portions of the chapter are strictly informational, but much of the chapter conveys the author's own analysis regarding the limitations of the PTSD diagnostic criterion, how the experience of childhood trauma impacts development, and how a more precise diagnostic criterion would benefit treatment options. All of these ideas, however, are grounded in an established body of research and knowledge. Here, chapter 11 is fairly split between objectively descriptive writing and the author's own analysis. Accordingly, factor two is neutral, and it weighs neither for nor against fair use.
Turning to factor three, Professor Kruger uploaded one full chapter. This was 3.29%, or 18 of the 547 pages in Understanding Trauma [Pls. Ex. 142]. As a percentage of the copyrighted work, the excerpt was very small. The number of pages was also very small. Further, no evidence exists to demonstrate a digital permissions market for excerpts of Understanding Trauma in 2009 or thereafter making the likelihood that the unpaid excerpt will substitute for the paid market nonexistent. The work also served the pedagogical purpose of the course. With respect to the value of the excerpt, chapter 11 was not the heart of the work, although it was a complete chapter. The overall work embraces a broad, interdisciplinary approach to individual and wide-scale trauma, while chapter 11 narrows in on trauma and childhood development. Considering the very small percentage of the work uploaded, the important educational purpose served, and the lack of market substitution, the portion that Professor Kruger uploaded easily qualifies as favoring fair use. Thus, factor three weighs in favor of fair use.
With respect to factor four, the record before the Court contains no evidence that digital permissions licensing was available for Understanding Trauma in 2009. However, Cambridge earned £33,639.00 in revenue from book sales between the book's publication in 2007 and November 2010 [Pls. Ex. 146]. As no digital market for the work existed in 2009, and Defendants' use caused no harm to the potential market for the copyrighted book, it follows that Defendants' unpaid use that year did not cause any harm to the potential market for the copyrighted work.
Here, factors one, three, and four all weigh in favor of fair use, and factor two is neutral. Weighting the factors as directed, Georgia State has succeeded in carrying its burden. The use of Understanding Trauma was a fair use.
Professor Orr is a tenured professor in the Music History and Literature Department at Georgia State [Tr. Vol. 7, Doc. 405 at 55].
Professor Orr taught MUS 8860, a graduate course, in the summer session of 2009 [
Professor Orr assigned chapter three of Liszt: Sonata in B Minor ("Liszt"), by Kenneth Hamilton, for his summer 2009 class, "Paris from 1830 to 1848" [Tr. Vol. 7, Doc. 405 at 66-67; Pls. Ex. 523]. That chapter (pages 28-48), titled "Understanding the Sonata in B minor," is 21 pages in length and 20.79% of the book [Pls. Ex. 130]. It was, required reading [Doc. 405 at 67; Pls. Ex. 523].
Factor one favors fair use.
As to factor two, Liszt is an academic work which analyzes musician and composer Franz Liszt's "Sonata in B Minor." In addition to an in-depth discussion on the musical composition itself, the book discusses Liszt's personal situation at the time he wrote the work, as well as how some of Liszt's earlier works influenced the Sonata. The first few chapters, along with the historical interpretations of the Sonata included with the author's personal views, provide multiple perspectives from which the reader can understand the music. The book also includes a section on performance practices and performance histories of the Sonata for those who may be interested in performing the piece.
Chapter three, "Understanding the Sonata in B minor," consists of two sections interpreting the Sonata. The first section is a short analysis of various programmatic interpretations, or interpretations of music where the analysis determines what images or impressions the listener is supposed to receive from hearing the music. After claiming that the Sonata does not have a programme, the author shifts into a musical analysis. In order to analyze the piece on its musical merits, the author compares his interpretation of the Sonata to three historical interpretations. The remainder of chapter three is spent discussing the actual score of the piece, with the analysis contrasting how the four interpretations of the piece disagree on the location of the movements
Chapter three is dominated by analysis, either from the author himself or from the three other historical analyses used in the excerpt. The objective music of the Sonata
As to factor three, Professor Orr assigned 21 pages of Liszt as required reading for his class [Pls. Ex. 523]. These pages represent 20.79% of the work, which is a large amount of the work, even in light of the educational nature of Professor Orr's use. [Pls. Ex. 130]. Chapter three also constitutes the heart of the work, as it provides the in-depth analysis and interpretation of the piece for which the book is named. No evidence exists to demonstrate a digital permissions market for excerpts of Liszt in 2009 or thereafter making the likelihood that the unpaid excerpt will substitute for the paid market nonexistent. Also, the excerpt did fit Professor Orr's pedagogical purpose. However, the percentage of the book which was used and the fact that the chapter is the heart of the work disfavor Defendants' position. On balance, factor three goes against a finding of fair use.
As to factor four, Cambridge presented no evidence of digital license availability for Liszt in 2009. Cambridge does present evidence that, since its publication, Liszt has generated £19,322 in book sales from its date of publication to the end of October 2010 [Pls. Ex. 133]. But in this case, the unpaid use by Professor Orr did not actually harm Cambridge, as digital licenses for the book were not available. Similarly, Cambridge fails to present any evidence of a potential future market for digital excerpts. This lack of future market evidence is especially important in the case of Liszt, a book that had been published, for 15 years at the time discovery occurred in this case. Defendants therefore demonstrate that their use had no actual effect on the value of Cambridge's copyrighted work or on the potential future market for the work. Factor four favors fair use.
The Court's analysis of Liszt has factors one and four favoring fair use and factors two and three disfavoring fair use. This split is settled based on the Court of Appeals holding that factor four weighs the heaviest of all factors, while factor two weighs the least. Op. at 81, 93;
Professor Orr also required his students to read an uploaded excerpt of chapter six of The Cambridge Companion to Mendelssohn ("Mendelssohn"), which was edited by Peter Mercer-Taylor [Tr. Vol. 7, Doc. 405 at 77; Pls. Ex. 523]. The excerpt (pages 96-111), taken from a chapter titled "Symphony and overture," by Douglass Seaton, was 16 pages, or 4.83% of the 331-page book [Pls. Ex, 65].
Factor one favors fair use.
Turning to factor two, Mendelssohn is an academic work which surveys the life and works of composer Felix Mendelssohn. The book devotes the majority of its pages to his music, with the majority of chapters discussing the various styles of music Mendelssohn composed during his life. The other parts of the book look to the surrounding details of the composer's life, including
The excerpt used by Professor Orr in his course was a section of chapter six, titled "Symphony and overture." The excerpt tracks the development of Mendelssohn's music over the later half of his life. Eight different works by the composer are included in the excerpt: two musical interpretations of literary works, three overtures, and three symphonies. The author analyzes each piece of music, explaining what Mendelssohn was doing at that stage of his life and how those outside life experiences influenced and manifested themselves in his works. The analysis includes the actual sheet music from each of the pieces, such that the analysis of the themes and images created by the music are intertwined with the musical notes themselves.
The excerpt of chapter six objectively describes the later half of Mendelssohn's life in order to map the development of his music. The excerpt also relies heavily on two subjectively descriptive techniques to fully develop its discussion about Mendelssohn. First, the excerpt ties the musical work to the external details of Mendelssohn's life. Second, the chapter attempts to capture the effect Mendelssohn desired his listeners to experience when they heard his music. Both of these subjective components appear to come from the author's personal experience with the works of, Mendelssohn, but they do not dominate the excerpt. Factor two, therefore, is neutral, neither favoring nor disfavoring fair use.
Factor three assesses the amount and importance of the excerpt in light of the purpose of the use and the harm of market substitution. The excerpt used by Professor Orr totaled 16 pages, making up 4.83% of the overall book [Pls. Ex. 65]. This is a very small part of the overall book, even in the more favorable viewing created by Professor Orr's educational nature of the use. The excerpt also takes from a chapter which is not the heart of the work, as chapter six is one of multiple chapters which analyzes various works produced by Mendelssohn over his life. Professor Orr's use of this excerpt is validated by his purpose in using the passage: the excerpt fit his pedagogical purpose. Finally, the very small number of pages used mitigates the impact of market substitution, especially considering that digital permissions were not available for this work in 2009. Factor three favors fair use.
Factor four measures the effect of Defendants' use on the value of the copyrighted work and on the potential market for the copyrighted work. Cambridge did not present evidence of digital license availability for Mendelssohn in 2009. It also did not present evidence suggesting a potential future market for digital excerpts of Mendelssohn, leading the Court to find that Professor Orr's use did not cause any harm to the potential market for digital permissions of Mendelssohn. Cambridge does provide evidence demonstrating that Mendelssohn had generated £24,826 in book sales from its date of publication to the end of October 2010 [Pls. Ex. 69]. But because Professor Orr's use also had no impact on book sales, it did not affect the potential market for the copyrighted work or the value of the copyrighted work. Thus, factor four favors fair use.
In summary, factors one, three, and four favor fair use, while factor two is neutral. Taking these factors together, the Court finds that Professor Orr's use qualifies as fair use, protecting his use from a claim of copyright infringement by Cambridge.
One of the excerpts used in Professor Orr's summer 2009 Romantic Music course came from The Cambridge Companion to Schumann ("Schumann"), which was edited by Beate Perrey [Tr. Vol. 7, Doc. 405 at 80; Pls. Ex. 523]. The excerpt (pages 105-119), taken from a chapter titled "Why sing? Lieder and song cycles," is 15 pages, or 4.63% of the 324-page book [Pls. Ex. 75].
Factor one favors fair use.
Factor two requires assessment of the nature of the work. Schumann is an academic work that aims to introduce the reader to various aspects of composer Robert Schumann's life and works. The book begins with a discussion of Schumann's nature, personality, and the influences that affected the composer. The book then moves to discuss Schumann's works, analyzing, the various forms of music Schumann produced during his career. The later chapters provide multiple accounts of the influence of Schumann's work on composers following his death.
The excerpt in question was taken from chapter six, which is titled "Why sing? Lieder and song cycles." The excerpt critically analyzes various works by Schumann, who is best known for his composition of lieder, which are a form of German folk songs. The excerpt focuses on song cycles, which are a group of songs based on the same general subject or having some unifying feature. The two song cycles discussed in this excerpt, Dichterliebe and Frauenliebe und-leben, are each based on a different German poem. The excerpt discusses both the poems that the song cycles are based on and the methods used by Schumann to capture the poems in musical form.
The excerpt from chapter six shifts between objective descriptions of previous scholarship on Schumann's works and personal observations by the authors about the music. The tone of the chapter remains formal between both the objective descriptions and the personal observations. Because the chapter relies more on the objective scholarship and the descriptions' of Schumann's work instead of the author's personal observations, factor two is neutral for this excerpt.
Turning to factor three, Professor Orr used 15 pages, or 4.63% of the 324-page book [Pls. Ex. 75]. This is a very small percentage, and a very small number of pages even without accounting for the favored educational purpose served by Professor Orr's use of the excerpt. It is sufficiently tailored to serve the pedagogical aims of Professor Orr's course. Additionally, it is acceptably small taking into account the impact of market substitution, especially considering that digital permissions licensing was not available for this work at the time and that Professor Orr assigned only a partial chapter. Further, the excerpt does not constitute the heart of the work. Factor three easily favors fair use.
Factor four considers what effect Defendants' use has on the value of the copyrighted work and on the potential market for the copyrighted work. Here, Cambridge presented no evidence of digital license availability in 2009 and no evidence of a potential future market for digital excerpts of Schumann. The only evidence that Cambridge presented for any sales of Schumann were of £27,866 in book sales from publication through October 2010 [Pls. Ex. 78]. Given that lack of evidence, plus the fact that Defendants' actions had no impact on book sales, Defendants demonstrate
Reviewing the above analysis, factors one, three, and four all favor fair use, while factor two is neutral. Weighing all of these factors together and adjusting their weights in accord with the Court of Appeals' holdings, the combined factors determine that Professor Orr's use of Schumann was fair. In light of this finding of fair use, Cambridge's copyright infringement claim necessarily fails.
Professor Orr uploaded an excerpt from The Music of Berlioz ("Berlioz"), by Julian Rushton, to ERES for the students in his summer 2009 Romantic Music course [Tr. Vol. 7, Doc. 405 at 83-84; Pls. Ex. 523]. The 18-page excerpt (pages 250-267), comes from chapter nine of the book, and constituted 4.75% of the overall book [Pls. Ex. 427].
Factor one favors fair use.
Turning to factor two, Berlioz is an academic discussion of various works by the composer Hector Berlioz. The book begins with a biography of Berlioz's music, which attempts to set forth a chronological narrative of his works. The book goes on to interpret Berlioz's "musical data," discussing and dissecting the artist's technique. The final chapters of the book focus on Berlioz's works, offering new arguments for the meanings of Berlioz's various musical pieces.
The excerpt used in Professor Orr's class was taken from chapter nine, which is titled "A Fantastic Symphony." The excerpt analyzes Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique, a piece considered to be one of Berlioz's finest works. The excerpt first assesses the programme of the work, or the images and pictures Berlioz wanted the listener to see and experience upon hearing the music. The excerpt notes how the symphony builds on the work of Beethoven, who had been a mentor to Berlioz. Chapter nine dives into the music of the Symphonie, analyzing the piece section by section and noting the various musical techniques utilized by Berlioz. The excerpt ends with a brief discussion of Harold en Italie, another symphony written by Berlioz.
The excerpt used by Professor Orr is evaluative, providing both a thematic and musical analysis of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique. The chapter relies on the sheet music of the piece, allowing the reader to see the notes of the music as the author explains his analysis. The analysis moves between a restatement of previous scholarship on Berlioz and the author's own opinion of the music, with the author's opinion taking up slightly more of the excerpt. The excerpt is written in a formal tone, with any fanciful language strictly used to describe the nature of the music. Even though the author's analysis is featured more prominently than the other scholarship, his opinion and analysis do not dominate the excerpt. Because of that, factor two neither favors nor disfavors a finding of fair use for this excerpt.
Factor three looks to the quantity and the quality of the excerpt, assessing whether these elements of the excerpt are fair in light of the purpose and character of the use and the threat of market substitution. Here, Professor Orr used 18 pages of the book, which totals 4.75% of the overall book [Pls. Ex. 427]. This is a very small percentage of the work and a very small number of pages, particularly taking Professor Orr's educational use into account. Moreover, the excerpted portion
As to factor four, Oxford presented no evidence of either digital license availability in 2009 or a potential future market for digital excerpts of Berlioz. The only evidence provided by Oxford on sales of Berlioz demonstrate that, as of November 2010, book sales from Berlioz have generated $ 9,580 in revenue [Pls. Ex. 357]. Defendants have the ultimate burden to prove, under factor four, that their use will not substantially impact the potential market' for the copyrighted work such that Oxford's incentive to publish the work would be affected. With no record of any permissions sales, the Court finds there is little reason to believe that there will be repetitive sales of excerpts of Berlioz. Defendants' actions had no effect on potential book sales. The Court accepts Defendants' argument that their use of this excerpt did not affect either the value of Oxford's copyrighted work or the potential market for the copyrighted work. Although Professor Orr's own use did cause some slight actual harm, factor four favors fair use.
Summarizing, fair use factors one, three, and four favor fair use, while factor two is neutral. Weighting these factors as directed and considering them together, Professor Orr's use of an excerpt of Berlioz qualifies as a fair use, thereby defeating Oxford's claim of copyright infringement.
Professor Orr also taught a course on Baroque music in the fall of 2009 [Tr. Vol. 7, Doc. 405 at 85].
For this course, Professor Orr assigned an excerpt from The Organ as a Mirror of Its Time, edited by Kerala J. Snyder [
Factor one favors fair use.
Factor two requires assessment of the nature of the work. The Organ as a Mirror of Its Time is an academic work that examines six organs located throughout northern Europe. The discussion of each organ follows a similar structure. The book first discusses the historical and economic circumstances leading to the creation of the organ. The historical discussion is then followed by a more technical discussion in which the authors explain the aspects which make the organ unique. Finally, the discussion of the organ resumes its historical bent as the later chapters detail the life of the organ after its creation. The book also comes with a compact disc containing music played on each of the six organs discussed in the book.
Chapter six, titled "The Organ in Seventeenth Century Cosmology," builds on a connection between organs and the heavenly bodies. The chapter starts with a discussion about astrologer Johannes Kepler, who noted that planets moved at different speeds depending on how close they are to the sun. Expressing these speeds as a ratio, Kepler realized that the range of movement of each planet could be expressed as musical tones over an interval
This symbolism is then further developed in the context of two organ s: the organ in St. Jacobi, Hamburg and the Compenius organ in Fredericksborg Castle. The chapter concludes with a comparison of the organs, which details the creation and physical descriptions of each organ.
Chapter six is an objective chapter which primarily relays both the concept of cosmic harmony and the physical description of two organs to the reader. Each of these topics of discussion are based heavily on the work of other scholars, with the author of the chapter distilling the information into his own words. The opinion of the author briefly emerges in comparing the two organs. The chapter is written in a formal tone, with little to no fanciful language. Because the chapter is dominated by the objective descriptions of both previous scholarship and the organs themselves, factor two is neutral.
Factor three determines whether the quantity and quality of the book used is fair in light of the purpose of the use and the harm that could occur based on market substitution. Here, Professor Orr used 14 pages, or 3.57%, of the 392 page book [Pls. Ex. 441]. That is a very small percentage of the book and a very small number of pages. Moreover, the portion was tailored to serve the pedagogical aims of Professor Orr's course. The excerpt is not the heart of the work: while the book addresses six different organs from northern Europe, the chapter in question addresses only two, and focuses more on the theory of cosmic harmony than on the organs themselves. Because Professor Orr used the excerpt for an educational purpose, the quantity of pages provided to students is well within the range which could be considered fair. Finally, the very small number of pages reduces the impact of substitution, especially considering that digital permissions licensing was not available for this work at the time. Factor three, therefore, favors fair use.
Factor four requires this Court to determine whether Professor Orr's use substantially diminished the value of Oxford's copyright in The Organ as a Mirror of Its Time or the potential market for the work. Oxford has not produced any evidence that digital excerpts of The Organ as a Mirror of Its Time were available in 2009 and has provided no other evidence of a potential market for digital excerpts of the book. The evidence of sales that Oxford does provide only demonstrates that, as of November 2010, The Organ as a Mirror of its Time had generated $ 55,682 in book sales [Pls. Ex. 357]. In the absence of permissions sales evidence, and given that Defendants' actions had no effect on actual or potential book sales, the Court accepts Defendants' argument that there was no harm to the actual or potential market for the copyrighted work and no impact on the value of the copyrighted work. Factor four thus favors fair use.
In summary, factors one, three, and four all favor a finding of fair use for Professor Orr's use of The Organ, while factor two is neutral, Adjusting the weight of the factors in accordance with the Court of Appeals' decision and weighing them together, Professor Orr's use qualifies as a fair use, and defeats the claim of copyright infringement by Oxford.
Professor Dixon is a tenured professor in the African American Studies department
In the fall of 2009, Professor Dixon taught AAS 3000, a course which was titled African American Family [
Professor Dixon assigned chapter seven (pages 249-283) of The Slave Community: Plantation Life in the Antebellum South, Revised and Enlarged Edition ("The Slave Community") to her students for their classes during the week of August 25-27 [Tr. Vol. 9, Doc. 407 at 59-60; Pls. Ex. 542]. The chapter, titled "Plantation Realities," was 35 pages long (8.14% of the 430-page book), and was required reading [Pls. Ex. 460; Doc. 407 at 60].
Factor one favors fair use.
Factor two requires the Court to determine the nature of the work. The Slave Community is an academic work that describes the lives of black slaves in the southern United States prior to the Civil War. It is heavily documented, drawing from personal records left by slaves. The author seeks to present slavery from the viewpoint of the slaves themselves. Various chapters discuss the manner in which Africans were enslaved, the impact of slavery on the South, the culture of slaves, and various personality types exhibited by slaves.
Chapter seven, titled "Plantation Realities," provides an overview of a slave's life on the antebellum plantation. It details the various functions slaves performed on plantations, and discusses the power dynamics which existed between plantation owner, overseers, and slaves. The author occasionally compares accounts of plantation life by non-slave authors, such as plantation owners, to the personal memoirs of slaves. These comparisons highlight both areas of agreement, such as relations between white children and the slaves who cared for them, and areas of disagreement, such as the benevolence or harshness of plantation owners and overseers. The chapter discusses the tension between the effort to produce sufficient harvests with the need to control the slave population.
Chapter seven is objective, relying on primary sources in the form of personal memoirs and records to paint a picture of the life of a plantation slave. The author's opinion occasionally emerges in the passages, but the stark facts usually stand on their own. The chapter is written in a formal tone, and contains little to no analysis or subjective discussion. With this in mind, the Court finds factor two is neutral.
Factor three asks whether" the quantity and quality of the work used is fair, given
Factor four looks to the effect of Defendants' use on the value of the copyrighted work and the potential market for the work. Digital permissions were available for excerpts of The Slave Community in 2009 [Pls. Exs. 206, 207, 208]. By providing the excerpts free to her class, Professor Dixon deprived Oxford of approximately $ 210 in net revenue. Order at 212, 212 n.99;
Defendants can still prevail by proving that widespread unpaid copying practices would not "cause substantial economic harm such that allowing it would frustrate the purposes of copyright by materially impairing [the publisher's] incentive to publish the work." Op. at 93;
Year APS ECCS In-House Total 2004 $187.43 $0.00 No Evidence $187,43 2005 $2.275.31 $0.00 No Evidence $2,275.31 2006 $1,958.81 $0.00 No Evidence $1,958.81 2007 $2,136.19 $0.00 No Evidence $2,136.19 2008 $1,241.75 $90.37 No Evidence $1,332.12 2009 $1,348.85 $50.59 No Evidence $1,399.44 2010 $1,583.86 $50,59 No Evidence $1,634.45Total $10,732.20 $7.91.55 $10,923.75
[Pls. Ex. 463].
The question here is twofold. It pertains to harm to the potential market for the copyrighted work beginning in 2009, the time the alleged infringement occurred. Also, it pertains to damage to the value of the copyrighted work in 2009. For both, the Court assumes that "everybody" (all colleges and universities) had programs similar to Georgia State's (allowing unpaid copying of small excerpts of copyrighted works) in 2009 and thereafter.
Because The Slave Community was published in 1979, the permissions sales from 2004 to 2010 plus the book sales demonstrate there was still interest in the
Summarizing the foregoing analysis, factors one, three, and four favor fair use, while factor two is neutral. Weighing these factors together, and weighting them as directed, the Court finds that Professor Dixon's use of The Slave Community constitutes a fair use.
Professor Dixon also assigned chapter seven of African American Single Mothers to students in her fall 2009 African American Family course [Tr. Vol. 9, Doc. 407 at 60; Pls. Ex. 542]. The excerpt, pages 117-145, titled "African American Children in Single-Mother Families," is 29 pages long, which is 12.5% of the 232-page book [Pls. Ex. 202]. The assigned reading was authored by Suzanne M. Randolph [
Factor one favors fair use.
Factor two analyzes the nature of the work. African American Single Mothers is an academic work that aims to provide a broad picture of issues affecting the lives of African American single mothers. The book explores the ways in which modern society evaluates motherhood, and contrasts these evaluations with the perception of single motherhood in the African American culture. The book also explores institutional issues faced by single African American mothers, such as the varying levels of support available in raising their children, and proposes policies and strategies to provide more equal opportunities to all single mothers.
Chapter seven, titled "African American Children in Single-Mother Families," collects various studies and data about single mothers and African American children to reach conclusions about the challenges facing single mother African American families. The chapter starts with general findings concerning the relative success of children with one or two parents, the impact of reduced income due to a single parent household, and the role of a child in a single parent household. The chapter goes on to investigate other factors which weigh on single mother families, including differences in male and female children of single mothers, various potential family structures (such as grandparents living with the family) and the effect on children,
Chapter seven is primarily objective, using previous studies on single mothers and African American communities. The author occasionally provides her own opinion in the form of summary paragraphs following the discussion of previous studies. The author's opinions appear to come from her analysis of the studies mentioned earlier in the chapter. The chapter is written in a formal tone with no fanciful elements. Given these details about chapter seven, factor two is neutral.
Factor three asks whether the quantity and quality of the excerpt used is fair, given the purpose and character of the use and the impact of market substitution. The outcome on factor three is close. "African American Children in Single-Mother Families" spans 29 pages, or 12.5% of the 232-page book [Pls. Ex. 460]. This is a large percentage of the overall book and a fairly large number of pages. Taking into account both the educational purpose served by Professor Dixon's use of the excerpt and the impact of market substitution the amount used borders on being excessive, even though chapter seven is not the heart of the book.
These facts alone do not meet Defendants' burden of proof. However, the Court finds that the price which would have been required by Oxford (via CCC) for permissions to make digital copies of this excerpt ($ 250.80)
Factor four requires assessment of the effect of Defendants' use on the value of the copyrighted work and the potential market for the copyrighted work. Digital permissions of African American Single Mothers were available from Sage in 2009 [Pls. Ex. 206]. Professor Dixon's unpaid use of excerpts of the book deprived Sage of less than $ 203.61 in net revenues in permissions. Order at 215, 215 n.100;
Based on the Court of Appeals' Opinion, however, Defendants may still prevail on factor four if they can show that widespread availability of unpaid copying would not "cause substantial economic harm such that allowing it would frustrate the purposes of copyright by materially impairing [the publisher's] incentive to publish the work." Op. at 93;
The documentary evidence demonstrates that African American Single Mothers has had sporadic book sales beginning about three years after its publication in 1995.
Year Net Revenue 1995 $20,671.69 1996 $11,805.31 1997 $7,061.53 1998 $1,460.53 1999 $876.17 2000 $3,045.11 2001 $487.74 2002 $802.64 2003 $549.23 2004 $2,473.47 2005 $1,567.16 2006 $870.61 2007 $1,302.00 2008 $675.48 2009 $334.66 2010 $0.00Total $53,007.85
[Pls. Ex. 206].
Permissions sales for African American Single Mothers since 1995 are shown in the following table:
Year APS ECCS In-House Total 1995 No Evidence No Evidence $0.00 $0.00 1996 No Evidence No Evidence $0.00 $0.00 1997 No Evidence No Evidence $58.10 $58.10 1998 No Evidence No Evidence $254.43 $254.43 1999 No Evidence No Evidence $157.79 $157.79 2000 No Evidence No Evidence $114.36 $114.36 2001 No Evidence No Evidence $59.05 $59.05 2002 No Evidence No Evidence $49.57 $49.57 2003 No Evidence No Evidence $631.87 $631.87 2004 $0.00 $73.44 $342.41 $415.85 2005 $140.45 $302.94 $266.22 $709.61 2006 $11.02 $207.47 $382.81 $601.30 2007 $0.00 $198.29 $86.29 $284.58 2008 $0.00 $0.00 $198.29 $198.29 2009 $0.00 $0.00 $40.38 $40.38 2010 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00Total $151.47 $782.14 $2,641.57 $3,575.18
The question here is twofold. It pertains to harm to the potential market for the copyrighted work beginning in 2009, the time the alleged infringement occurred. Also, it pertains to damage to the value of the copyrighted work in 2009. For both, the Court assumes that "everybody" (all colleges and universities) had programs similar to Georgia State's (allowing unpaid copying of small excerpts of copyrighted works) in 2009 and thereafter.
The evidence shows that, as of 2009, there was little to no likelihood of multiple future sales of either the book or permissions. Also, Defendants' actions and those of any others caused no damage to book sales.
Summarizing the above analysis, factors one, three, and four favor fair use and factor two is neutral. Weighting all factors as directed by the Court of Appeals, Professor Dixon's use of African American Single Mothers was fair. Sage's claim of copyright infringement on this work fails.
Professor Dixon also assigned chapter six of Black Children: Social, Educational, and Parental Environments (Second Edition) ("Black Children") edited by Harriette Pipes McAdoo, for her classes during the week of November 17-19 [Tr. Vol. 9, Doc. 407 at 63-65; Pls. Ex. 542]. That chapter (pages 73-96), titled "Racial Identity Development in African American Children: Cognitive and Experimental Antecedents," is 24 pages in length, and comprises 9.38% of the 256-page copyrighted work [Pls. Ex. 209]. The chapter was written by Carolyn Bennett Murray and Jelani Mandera [
Factor one favors fair use.
Factor two requires a determination of the nature of the work. Black Children is an academic work which explores the unique aspects of African American child development. The book works through four environments which critically affect any child's development: (1) the socioeconomic environment; (2) the parental environment; (3) the internal environment as it relates to racial attitudes and socialization; and (4) the educational environment. These four environments are examined throughout the book with a particular focus on how the African American child's experience differs from that of other non-African American children.
Chapter six, "Racial Identity Development in African American Children: Cognitive and Experimental Antecedents," addresses the cognitive growth of children, with a specific focus on African American children's understanding of race. Viewing the child's development as a collection of different processes, the chapter discusses cognitive readiness, racial awareness, and the role of skin color, media, and public school curriculum in shaping a child's understanding of race. These influences support the chapter's thesis that multiple aspects of society lead African American children to either identify as white or view white skin as the optimal skin color. The chapter concludes with methods parents can use to normalize and foster positive
Chapter six is objective, with the majority of the chapter spent citing previous studies on child development. The authors offer some opinions, as well as subjective summaries, at the end of their restatements of previous studies. The chapter maintains a formal tone throughout its analysis, and does not contain any fanciful language or aspects which appear to stem from the authors' personal experience. Factor two is neutral.
Factor three addresses whether the quantity and quality of the work used is fair, given the nature of the use and the impact of market substitution. Chapter six is 24 pages, or 9.38% of the total book [Pls. Ex. 209]. This is a small percentage of the book, especially given the educational nature of Professor Dixon's use. While a whole chapter was used, it is not the heart of the work. As Professor Dixon testified, chapter six is "just one component or aspect of black children" [Doc. 407 at 65]. Relatedly, Professor Dixon adequately tailored the selection to fulfil the pedagogical purpose of her course. Substitution impact is adequately mitigated by the number of pages in the excerpt. Taking all of this into account, factor three favors fair use.
Turning to factor four, digital permissions were available to make excerpts of Black Children in 2009. Unpaid use by members of Professor Dixon's class cost Sage less than $ 168.50 in net revenue from permissions. Order at 218, 218 n.101;
Based on the Court of Appeals' Opinion, however, Defendants may still prevail on factor four if they can show that widespread availability of unpaid copying would not "cause substantial economic harm such that allowing it would frustrate the purposes of copyright by materially impairing [the publisher's] incentive to publish the work." Op. at 93;
Since its publication in 2001, Black Children has had net revenue from book sales as follows:
Year Book Sales 2001 $11,942,70 2002 920,589,24 2003 $19,026,90 2004 $21,055.74 2005 $17,791.56 2006 $4,302.71 2007 $5,747.00 2008 $891.89 2009 $2,219.36 2010 $1,261.62Total $104,828.72
[Pls. Ex. 214].
Permissions income has been as follows:
Year APS ECCS In-House Total 2001 No Evidence No Evidence $39.00 $39.00 2002 No Evidence No Evidence $0.00 $0.00 2003 No Evidence No Evidence $63.00 $63.00 2004 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 2005 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 2006 $45.90 $0.00 $0.00 $45.90 2007 $97.41 $56.61 $56.61 $210.63 2008 $226.82 $0.00 $164.53 $391.35 2009 $123.52 $26.78 $418.50 $568.80 2010 $198.25 $0.00 $351.49 $549.74 Total $691.90 $83.39 $1,093.13 $1,868.42
[Pls. Exs. 214, 216].
The question here is twofold. It pertains to harm to the potential market for the copyrighted work beginning in 2009, the time the alleged infringement occurred. Also, it pertains to damage to the value of the copyrighted work in 2009. For both, the Court assumes that "everybody" (all colleges and universities) had programs similar to Georgia State's (allowing unpaid copying of small excerpts of copyrighted works) in 2009 and thereafter.
The evidence shows that, as of 2009, there was a small likelihood of some future repetitive use of unpaid excerpts of Black Children. But Defendants' actions did not harm sales of the copyrighted book. It is unlikely that Defendants' actions (or those of others) substantially damaged the potential market for the copyrighted work or the value of the copyrighted work. The Court is also persuaded that any damage would not have incentivized Sage to discontinue publication of the work. So long as there is any possible interest in excerpts, Sage will likely continue making them available via digital permissions, for which there is little to no marginal cost. Defendants thus carry their burden. Factor four favors fair use.
Reviewing the Court's earlier analysis, factors one, three, and four favor fair use and factor two is neutral. Weighting these factors as directed, and considering them together, Professor Dixon's use of Black Children qualifies as a fair use, defeating Sage's copyright infringement claim.
Professor Dixon also assigned her fall 2009 African American Family students chapter 12 (pages 214-233) of Black Families (Third Edition) [Tr. Vol. 9, Doc. 407 at 65-67; Pls. Ex. 524]. That chapter, titled "Out There Stranded? Black Families in White Communities" ("Out There Stranded"), written by Beverly Daniel Tatum,' is 20 pages long, which represents 4.81% of the 416-page copyrighted work [Defs. Ex. 749].
Factor one favors fair use.
Chapter 12, "Out There Stranded?," focuses on the experience of black children who have grown up in predominantly white communities. The chapter discusses parents' concerns about the lack of community for their children as compared to during their own upbringing, racism at public schools, and the children's struggles in coming to age in a primarily white community.
Chapter 12 has two subparts. The first half of the chapter, which reports the parents' concerns, is objective. The author relies on other studies to provide analysis and insight on parents' views of their children's experience. The other half of the chapter, which focuses on the children's views, relies on a study performed by the author herself. Both parts contain the author's opinion; some come from her analysis of the previous literature, while others involve opinions based on her experience with black children raised in white communities. The chapter maintains a formal tone at all times. Because author opinion dominates, factor two disfavors fair use.
Factor three requires the Court to determine whether the quantity and quality of the work used is fair, given the purpose and character of the use and the impact of market substitution. "Out There Stranded" is a 20 page chapter, which is 4.81% of the 416-page book [Defs. Ex. 749]. This is a very small percentage of the book and a small number of pages, easily within the allowable quantity given the nonprofit, educational nature of the use. Similarly, the excerpt is sufficiently tailored to serve Professor Dixon's pedagogical purpose. The small number of pages also adequately mitigates market substitution. Although the use of a whole chapter captures more value than a part of a chapter, chapter 12 is not the heart of the book. Taking all of this into account, factor three favors fair use.
Factor four looks to the effect of Defendants' use on the value of and the potential market for the copyrighted work. Digital permissions were available for excerpts of Black Families in 2009. Providing the class with unpaid excerpts of Black Families deprived Sage of less than $ 140.42 in net permissions revenue. Order at 222, 222 n.104;
Based on the Court of Appeals' Opinion, however, Defendants may still prevail on factor four if they can show that widespread unpaid copying of excerpts within college and university communities would not "cause substantial economic harm such that allowing it would frustrate the purposes of copyright by materially impairing [the publisher's] incentive to publish [this particular] work." Op. at 93;
The infringement alleged here involves the third edition of Black Families. While the record contains no evidence of when the first edition was published, the second
Year Book Sales 1995 $38.32 1996 $16,709.33 1997 $36,440.18 1998 $15,464.44 1999 $9,804.23 2000 $14,034.94 2001 $23,900.23 2002 $11,412.93 2003 $4,651.50 2004 $6,418.18 2005 $4,991.64 2006 $685.08 2007 -$125.60 2008 -$37.37 2009 $0.00 2010 $0.00Total $144,388.03
[Pls. Ex. 222]. The decline in book sales in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 was likely brought about by the publication of the fourth edition in 2006.
Regarding the market for permissions to make excerpts of the work, the record shows the following sales:
Year APS ECCS In-House Combined 1995 No Evidence No Evidence $12.80 $12.80 1996 No Evidence No Evidence $688.54 $688.54 1997 No Evidence No Evidence $905.76 $905.76 1998 No Evidence No Evidence $93.44 $93.44 1999 No Evidence No Evidence $537.06 $537.06 2000 No Evidence No Evidence $257.29 $257.29 2001 No Evidence No Evidence $86.72 $86.72 2002 No Evidence No Evidence $830.26 $830.26 2003 No Evidence No Evidence $634.90 $634.90 2004 $59.97 $0.00 $239.62 $299.59 2005 $92.82 $61.20 $227.30 $381.32 2006 $0.00 $136.68 $122.40 $259.08 2007 $0.00 $142.80 $172.82 $315.62 2008 $0.00 $124.44 $158.30 $282.74 2009 $0.00 $159.46 $134.64 $294.10 2010 $135.66 $0.00 $88.06 $223.72 Total $288.45 $624.58 $5,189.91 $6,102.94
[Pls. Exs. 222, 224].
The question here is twofold. It pertains to harm to the potential market for the copyrighted work beginning in 2009, the time the alleged infringement occurred. Also, it pertains to damage to the value of the copyrighted work in 2009. For both, the Court assumes that "everybody" (all colleges and universities) had programs similar to Georgia State's (allowing unpaid copying of small excerpts of copyrighted works) in 2009 and thereafter.
Defendants' use of unpaid excerpts in 2009 had no impact on the potential market for the
In summary, factors one, three, and four favor fair use, while factor two disfavors fair use. In weighing the four factors together, the Court adjusts the weights of the factors as directed in the Court of Appeals' Opinion. This yields a determination that Professor Dixon's use was a fair use, Sage's claim of infringement of Black Families fails. Defendants have carried their burden, and Professor Dixon's use qualifies as a fair use.
Professor Melinda Hartwig is a professor in the Art History department at Georgia State [Tr. Vol. 9, Doc. 407 at 26-27].
During the fall 2009 semester, Professor Hartwig taught a course titled "AH 4900: The Materiality of Ancient Egyptian Painting" [
Professor Hartwig made available two excerpts from Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology ("Egyptian Materials") [Tr. Vol. 9, Doc. 407 at 33-36; Pls. Ex. 550]. The excerpts were: (1) a portion of chapter two (pages 44-54), titled "Stone," by Barbara Aston, James Herrel, and Ian S. Shaw, and (2) the entirety of chapter four (pages 104-120), titled "Painting Materials," by Lorna Lee and Stephen Quirke [Doc. 407 at 33-36; Pls. Ex. 550]. The two excerpts span 28 pages and constitute 3.87% of the 724-page copyrighted work [Pls. Ex. 6].
Factor one favors fair use.
Turning to factor two, Egyptian Materials is an academic reference work that discusses the materials and methods used by Egyptians to construct various aspects of their society. The book covers organic, inorganic, and food materials, with each chapter focusing on a single object (such as woods, metals, or meats). The specific chapter structures vary depending on the material discussed, but they generally review sources for the material, methods for, its production, and common uses in ancient Egypt.
The first excerpt used by Professor Hartwig (pages 44-54) was taken from chapter two, titled "Stone." The chapter discusses various stones used in ancient Egypt. The chapter follows an identical format for each stone identified: the section provides the definition, Egyptian source, description, uses, and examples. Specific stones covered by this page range include marble, obsidian, and quartz.
The first excerpt is wholly objective, restating facts and details about the stones in question, It is written in a formal tone, and is devoid of any fanciful language. At no point does the excerpt move from the dry facts about the stones to a subjective discussion, and the information contained in the excerpt does not come from the author's experience or opinion.
The second excerpt (pages 104-120) is the entirety of chapter four of the book, titled "Painting Materials." The chapter provides information about different painting materials with a focus on pigments. The chapter opens by discussing a pigment analysis the authors performed with the British Museum. The authors explain how their methods and results from the British Museum study provide additional information to the already existing body of ancient Egyptian pigment scholarship. The chapter then discusses various pigments, drawing on both the authors' work and historical scholarship to explain where the color has been found and how the color was produced. The chapter ends with a brief discussion of painting mediums, such as stone, plaster, papyrus, and wood.
Factor three directs the Court to assess the quantity and quality of the excerpt in light of the purpose of the use and the harm of market substitution. Here, Professor Hartwig uploaded 28 pages, totaling 3.87% of the 724-page book [Pls. Ex. 6], which is a very small percentage, especially in light of the nonprofit, educational nature of Professor Hartwig's use. Use of these excerpts also fit Professor Hartwig's pedagogical purpose. The excerpts in question include one whole chapter plus part of another chapter, but neither is the heart of the work. Finally, the impact of market substitution is nonexistent, as digital permissions licensing was not available for the work in 2009. Factor three favors fair use.
Factor four looks to the effect of Defendants' use on the value of the copyrighted work and the potential market for the work. Cambridge has provided no evidence that digital permissions for Egyptian Materials were available in 2009. The only evidence provided by Cambridge of any sales is of £170,793 in book sales from the date of publication through October 2010 [Pls. Ex. 13]. Accordingly, the unpaid use did not actually harm Cambridge, as digital permissions were not available. Similarly, as there were no digital permissions, Defendants' unpaid use that year did not cause any harm to the potential market for the copyrighted work. See Op. at 99;
Summarizing the analysis above, factors one, two, three, and four all favor fair use. The use of Egyptian Materials by Professor Hartwig was a fair use. Cambridge's claim that Professor Hartwig's use infringed their copyright fails.
YouJin Kim is a professor in the Applied Linguistics and English as a Second Language ("ESL") Department at Georgia State [Tr. Vol. 6, Doc. 404 at 96].
In the fall semester of 2009, Professor Kim taught AL 8550, or "Second Language Evaluation and Assessment" [
One optional reading that Professor Kim uploaded to uLearn was an excerpt from Fundamental Considerations in Language Testing ("Fundamental Considerations"), by Lyle F. Bachman [Doc. 404 at 101, 147; Pls. Ex. 519]. The excerpt consisted of pages 81-110 (30 pages), or chapter four: "communicative language
Factor one favors fair use.
With respect to factor two, Fundamental Considerations is an academic book. It is part of a series on teaching language that contains 23 other books. The book seeks to provide a conceptual foundation for answering practical questions related to the development and use of language tests. The book adopts a broad view of language ability, or a "communicative language ability" approach, which assumes that language is more than a simple transfer of information. Communicative language ability presumes that language is a dynamic interaction between the situation, the user, and the discourse. With this view in mind, each of the book's eight chapters discusses a related set of issues relevant to the development and use of language tests and language testing research.
Chapter four, which Professor Kim uploaded to uLearn, describes in detail the "communicative language ability" conceptual framework. The chapter begins by describing the limitations of several alternative language ability models, and then provides an overview of the author's proposed framework for communicative language ability. The author's framework contains three primary components: (1) language competence, or specific knowledge of a language, such as vocabulary and grammar; (2) strategic competence, which encompasses dynamic skills for assessing the context of a communication and negotiating meaning; and (3) psycho-physiological mechanisms, which include visual and auditory functions, and receptive and productive channels of communication. The bulk of chapter four fleshes out these three components and their subcategories.
Overall, the tone of chapter four is informative, and the chapter is mostly straightforward and explanatory. The author frequently uses large passages from others' writings to describe the framework's subcomponents or to provide related models that served as precursors to the communicative language ability framework. The author occasionally uses illustrative examples that are light and even humorous, some of which are based on his own personal experiences and some of which are borrowed from others' experiences and writings. As described in chapter four, the communicative language ability framework is largely built from substantive research conducted by people other than the author; however, the author appears to be responsible for the precise composition described. The substance of the chapter is fairly split between the author's own analysis and descriptions of others' work. Accordingly, factor two is neutral, and it weighs neither for nor against fair use.
Moving to factor three, Professor Kim uploaded one full chapter of the work. The excerpt consisted of 30 pages, or 7.14% of the entire work [Pls. Ex. 406]. Thus, the percentage copied was small, especially considering the educational nature of the use. Further, the use served Georgia State's important pedagogical aims, and no evidence exists to demonstrate a digital permissions market for excerpts of Fundamental Considerations in 2009 or thereafter making the likelihood that the unpaid excerpt will substitute for the paid market nonexistent. With respect to the quality of the work copied, on the one hand, the chapter at issue is integral to the overall work; however, it is not the heart of the work. To be sure, chapter four provides an overarching framework for understanding the components of language ability that language testers are interested in testing, but it only tangentially discusses language
As for factor four, there is no evidence in the record that digital licensing permissions were available for Fundamental Considerations in 2009. However, Oxford earned £151,242.15 in revenue from book sales between the book's publication and November 2010.
Accordingly, factors one, three, and four favor fair use, and factor two is neutral. Taking all factors into account and weighting them as directed by the Court of Appeals, Defendants have carried their burden. Georgia State's unpaid use of Fundamental Considerations was a fair use.
Among the required readings that Professor Kim uploaded to uLearn for her fall 2009 AL 8550 course were two excerpts from Assessing Speaking by Sari Luoma [Pls. Ex. 519]. The excerpts consisted of two full chapters of the eight chapter work [
Factor one favors fair use.
With respect to factor two, Assessing Speaking is one part of the eleven volume "Cambridge Language Assessment Series" [Pls. Ex. 34]. The work discusses problems with assessing speaking in the language learning context, and provides a readable overview of literature on the topic. Assessing Speaking's target audience includes teachers and researchers interested in reflecting, on speaking assessment practices and developing new assessment methods. A constant theme throughout the work is that speaking assessment in language learning takes place in a cycle, wherein each stage relates to and informs the following stages.
The first uploaded excerpt is pages 59-95, or chapter four, which covers the nature and development of speaking scales. "Speaking scales" refers to the ratings used in assessing a language learner's ability to speak a target language. The author begins the chapter by describing six examples of existing speaking scales. For each example, she identifies and compares different features of the scales. The next portion of the chapter discusses concerns in developing speaking scales, such as the number of levels each scale should include to distinguish between degrees of ability, and the number and type of criteria that should be included to describe performance at each level. Chapter four moves, on to discuss intuitive, qualitative, and quantitative methods for developing speaking assessment
Most of chapter four describes existing speaking scales and previous research on their development. Much of the page count in chapter four is devoted to tables wherein the example scales are reproduced from other sources. However, the chapter also contains the author's own synthesis of the research and literature in a way that is instructive and analytical, in that it highlights the advantages and disadvantages to the various scales, features, and development methods.
The second uploaded excerpt is chapter seven, which focuses on developing tasks for assessing speaking. In the chapter, the author provides eighteen examples of various speaking tasks, such as descriptive, narrative, or comparing/contrasting tasks. For each example, the author explains the general task category, the advantages and disadvantages of the type of task or the particular example used, and the testing purposes that would likely require or benefit from each type of task. In the second portion of the chapter, the author discusses practical issues with task design, like writing "task specifications" or blueprints for the task, creating the actual materials for the task, and crafting the instructions for the task. The task examples, which dominate chapter seven, are taken or adapted from other sources. The discussions for each example are more descriptive than analytical; however, they contain some analytical features. The smaller segment of the chapter on practical considerations in task design is partly objectively descriptive, and partly based on the author's own experiences.
Overall, the excerpts at issue contain elements of the author's own analysis and subjective description; however, the excerpts are predominated by examples from and reproductions of others' works. Accordingly, factor two is neutral.
Turning to factor three, Professor Kim uploaded two full chapters, or 68 pages of Assessing Speaking [Pls. Ex. 34]. The uploaded portion constitutes 29.82% of the entire work [
As to factor four, there is no evidence that digital permissions were available for Assessing Speaking in 2009. The record demonstrates that Cambridge earned £58,893.00 in revenue from book sales from the date of publication through the end of January 2011 [Pls. Ex. 37]. As there was no digital market for the work at the time of Georgia State's use, it follows that Georgia State's use did not actually harm the market, and also that the use would not likely cause substantial market harm even if "everybody did it."
In this instance, factors one and four favor fair use, factor two is neutral, and factor three disfavors fair use. The Court weights these factors as directed and also gives factor three extra weight on account of the strength of the evidence on that factor. Weighing all factors together, the Court finds that the outcome favors fair use. Defendants succeed in proving that the use of Assessing Speaking was a fair use.
For her AL 8550 course, Professor Kim uploaded to uLearn an excerpt from Learning Vocabulary in Another Language, by I.S.P. Nation [Pls. Ex. 519; Tr. Vol. 6, Doc. 404 at 105]. She specifically uploaded pages 344-379 (36 pages), or chapter ten: "Testing vocabulary knowledge and use" [
Factor one favors fair use.
Factor two directs the Court to examine the nature of the work. Learning Vocabulary in Another Language is part of the "Cambridge Applied Linguistics Series" [Pls. Ex. 125]. The total work consists of eleven chapters, with each chapter" focusing on a different aspect of learning vocabulary. The work was designed for second and foreign language teachers.
Chapter ten, the specific excerpt at issue, covers testing vocabulary. It is structured around questions that second language teachers typically ask about vocabulary testing. For example, the chapter starts with the question, "What kind of vocabulary test is best?" After providing several vocabulary test item examples, the author explains that the test-maker must first determine what he or she wants to test and the target degree of difficulty. The chapter then gives a relatively thorough discussion of existing research regarding vocabulary testing items. The author provides practical advice about which test items are most effective in various settings, and for adjustments that test-makers might make in order to isolate an examinee's specific knowledge or to vary the level of difficulty. The chapter moves on to examine targeted areas of vocabulary testing, such as how to measure words the learners do not know well and learners' total vocabulary size. In its final section, chapter ten discusses purposes for which vocabulary tests may be given—to diagnose weaknesses, to test short— or long— term achievement, or to evaluate proficiency— and the features of tests given for each specific purpose.
Overall, the tone of the chapter is informative, and the writing is straightforward. The chapter contains an in-depth discussion of research-both the author's own research and others' research—on vocabulary testing. Chapter ten contains several large tables, which were presumably created by the author. The chapter's unique organizational format of ordering the discussion and research around teachers' typical questions seems to be the result of the author's own analysis. In sum, the chapter is fairly split between the author's analysis and objective descriptions of others' research. Thus, factor two is neutral, and it weighs neither for nor against fair use.
With respect to factor three, Professor Kim uploaded an entire chapter. The 36-page
As for factor four, the record contains no evidence that digital permissions were available for Learning Vocabulary in Another Language. in 2009. Cambridge earned £151,583.00 in revenue from book sales between May 20, 2002 and January 31, 2011 [Pls. Ex. 128]. As no digital market for the work existed in 2009, and Defendants' use caused no harm to the potential market for the copyrighted book, it follows that Defendants' unpaid use that year did not cause any harm to the potential market for the copyrighted work.
Here, factors one, three, and four favor fair use, and factor two is neutral. Mindful of the factors' relative weight, the Court is persuaded that Georgia State has discharged its burden of demonstrating that its use of Learning Vocabulary in Another Language was a fair use.
Dr. Susan McCombie is a professor at Georgia State who teaches in the Department of Anthropology [Pls. Ex. 536].
Professor McCombie taught a course called "Epidemiology and Anthropology," or ANTH 4440/6440, at Georgia State in the fall semester of 2009 [
One such reading uploaded to ERES was an excerpt from International Health Organisations [
Factor one favors fair use.
Chapter 11 looks at the Rockefeller Foundation's ("RF") early twentieth-century disease eradication efforts in Latin America. The chapter begins with a brief introduction regarding the political and economic factors that precipitated the United States' interest in disease eradication campaigns in the region, which led to the RF's involvement. The author explains that three diseases in particular— hookworm, yellow fever, and malaria— caught the RF's attention because they were perceived to be susceptible to termination through short-term efforts. The author then provides a detailed, chronological discussion of the RF's campaigns for each disease. Although the results of the separate campaigns were mixed, enthusiasm for the goal of disease eradication was cyclical, or characterized by periods of "boom" and "bust." To conclude, the author identifies several by products of the RF's disease eradication campaigns, including increased U.S. influence in Latin' America.
"The cycles of eradication" is a straight-forward and informative historical account of the' RF's Latin American involvement. The chapter is an historical examination and is objectively descriptive. It is not evaluative or overtly analytical. While it draws on the author's historical research, it is not based on his own experiences. Accordingly, factor two weighs in favor of fair use.
Turning to factor three, Professor McCombie uploaded a full chapter of International Health Organisations, or 6.20% of the total work (22 pages) [Pls. Ex. 108]. The percentage and number of pages that Professor McCombie uploaded was small, taking into account that the excerpt was used to support Georgia State's pedagogical aims and the negligible market substitution effect given the lack of evidence of digital permission availability for International Health Organisations in 2009. As for the quality of the excerpt in relation to the overall work, the essay at, hand was not any more or less important than the other chapters in International Health Organisations. "The cycles of eradication" certainly embodies the work's underlying theme; however, it provides only one of the many perspectives included in the work. Therefore, it is not the heart of the work. For these reasons, the excerpt uploaded for Professor McCombie's class was not excessive, and factor three tips in favor of fair use.
With respect to factor four, there is no evidence in the record that permissions licensing in any form—digital or otherwise—was available for International Health Organisations in 2009. Similarly, there is no evidence regarding a potential future market for digital permissions. While Cambridge earned £16,284.00 in revenue from book sales between the date of publication and November 7, 2010 [Pls. Ex. 112], Defendants' use did not harm Cambridge's book sales.
Factors one, two, three, and four each favor fair use in this instance. Weighting the factors as directed and considering them together, the Court finds Georgia State has carried its burden, and its unpaid use of an excerpt from International Health Organisations was a fair use.
Professor McCombie also assigned her ANTH 4440/6440 class an excerpt from Evolution of Infectious Disease by Paul W. Ewald, which was uploaded to ERES [Pls. Ex. 536]. The excerpt consisted of pages 15-34 (20 pages), or the whole of chapter two: "Symptomatic Treatment (Or How to Bind The Origin of Species to The Physician's Desk Reference)" [
Factor one favors fair use.
Factor two looks to the nature of the work. Evolution of Infectious Disease is an academic work aimed primarily at students and professionals in the health sciences. The author seeks to integrate epidemiology and evolutionary studies for the benefit of modern science. The author specifically purports to break with the traditional view that parasites theoretically should evolve towards benign coexistence with their hosts. This view, according to the author, contradicts both the evidence and natural selection. The work is divided into 11 chapters, each of which focuses on a different aspect of the evolution of disease and its modern applications.
Chapter two applies the evolutionary perspective to disease symptoms. The author disagrees with the admonition that one should not merely treat the symptoms of a disease because that assumes that symptoms are merely side effects of the disease. The author argues that symptoms are better described as adaptations of a disease that benefit either the host (and serve as "defenses" of the host) or the parasite (which serve as "manipulations" of the host). For instance, the author explains how a fever is a defensive symptom in instances where a pathogen cannot survive at the fever's higher temperatures. In six separate sections, the author discusses examples of symptoms that can be described as defensive, manipulative, or both. Additionally, the author discusses theoretical and practical treatment and policy implications for each classification. In conclusion, the author restates his point that symptoms are not merely side effects of disease.
Chapter two is primarily scientific and informational; however, it is colored by the author's own broad hypothesis that the study of diseases and treatment can benefit from an evolutionary perspective. Despite the scientific subject matter, the tone is light, as the author includes several comical metaphors and asides. Overall, while chapter two contains objectively descriptive elements, it is fairly dominated by the author's subjective analysis and evolutionary framework, which surpass the bare facts. Consequently, factor two weighs against fair use.
Turning to factor three, Professor McCombie uploaded all of chapter two of Evolution of Infectious Disease, or 6.56% of the total work [Pls. Ex. 388]. The percentage of the overall work uploaded— 6.56%—was small and the number of pages, 20, is small in light of the favored educational use. Additionally, no evidence exists to demonstrate a digital permissions market for excerpts of Evolution of Infectious Disease in 2009 or thereafter making the likelihood that the unpaid excerpt will substitute for the paid market nonexistent.
Factor four looks to the effect on the market for and on the value of the copyrighted work, stemming from Defendants' unpaid use. There is no evidence that permissions were available for excerpts of Evolution of Infectious Disease digitally in 2009 or otherwise. Oxford earned £222,038.50 in revenue from book sales between the date of publication and November 7, 2010 [Pls. Ex. 357]; however, Defendants' use had no impact on book sales. Op. at 94;
In sum, factors one, three, and four weigh in favor of fair use, and factor two weighs against fair use. As the three most substantial factors weigh in Georgia State's favor, and only the most insubstantial weighs against fair use, Georgia State has satisfied its burden with respect to this instance of infringement. Georgia State's use of Evolution of Infectious Disease was a fair use.
At the time of trial, Dr. Florencia Anggoro was no longer employed at Georgia State.
Professor Anggoro taught a course in fall 2009 at Georgia State's College of Education [Defs. Ex. 610]. The course, EPY 8960, was a seminar in educational psychology titled "Culture, Language and Cognition," that sought to examine the empirical and theoretical approaches to understanding human thinking across languages and cultures. The syllabus indicated that there was no required course textbook, but all of the readings, including an excerpt from Language Acquisition and Conceptual Development, were available through ERES [
The relevant excerpt consisted of pages 566-588 (23 pages), or the entirety of chapter 19: "Covariation between spatial language and cognition, and its implications for language learning." The excerpt constituted 3.75% of the 614-page book [Pls. Ex. 119].
Factor one favors fair use.
With respect to factor two, Language Acquisition is one volume of a three-volume series called "Language, Culture and Cognition." Language Acquisition is an academic collection of scholarly papers that synthesizes research in the areas of early cognition and language. The book starts with the proposition that the fields of cognition and language acquisition had previously taken divergent paths, and suggests taking a unified approach in order to more closely examine human development in both capacities. The book seeks to identify which cognitive processes children are biologically endowed with, which develop
The excerpt at issue, chapter 19, is authored by Steven C. Levinson, who coedited the volume, and it is the final chapter in the work. As the title suggests, the chapter proposes that cognition "covaries," or has `a correlated variation with linguistic systems. It starts by describing three levels, or "degrees," of increasing complexity for "the mapping problem," or how children attach meaning to words. The author suggests that some of children's language acquisition occurs at the most complex third-degree level, which presumes that children match language-specific words onto language-specific word meanings, which are in turn composed of non-universal concepts. In support, the author discusses his own research findings that adults perform nonlinguistic cognitive tasks in line with the spatial frame of reference (i.e., relative, or "to the right of," or absolute, or "north of") employed in their native language. The author then uses these findings to support his overall thesis that the problem facing a child acquiring language is vast because she must construct not only the language-specific words and meanings, but the underlying concepts that are not shared across cultures. The chapter concludes with several heuristics that may explain how children succeed in the seemingly insurmountable task of acquiring language.
The tone of chapter 19 is mostly formal yet somewhat colloquial. It contains occasional parenthetical asides and footnotes that lighten the tone; but the chapter is not humorous or fanciful. The author uses objective data to support his propositions, yet he also includes illustrative examples based on his own personal research experiences. Portions of the text summarize previous chapters in order to situate the author's own observations into the larger context of the volume; however, the thrust of the chapter is the author's analysis of his own research proposals and findings. Even though the chapter introduces the author's own research and analysis, it is grounded in an established preexisting body of research and knowledge. Because the chapter contains an even balance of objective description and analysis, factor two is neutral, and weighs neither for nor against fair use.
As for factor three, Professor Anggoro uploaded all 23 pages of chapter 19, which is 3.75% of the entire work [Pls. Ex. 119]. Thus, Georgia State used a very small percentage of the overall work for a favored educational purpose. To the extent that the number of pages copied suggests the impact of market substitution, the impact here is small. The use of this excerpt also served the course's pedagogical purpose. Georgia State uploaded the entirety of chapter 19, which represents a greater "quality" copied than would a partial chapter. However, chapter 19 cannot be described as the heart of the work. In light of these considerations, Georgia State's use was not excessive. Accordingly, factor three favors Defendants.
Factor four looks to the effect of Defendants' use on the value of and the potential market for the copyrighted work. Digital permissions were available for excerpts of Learning Acquisition in 2009 [Pls. Exs. 222, 224]. If permissions fees had been paid for Georgia State's use, Cambridge would have earned less than $ 26.39 in net revenue.
Under the Court of Appeals' Opinion, however, Defendants may prevail on factor four if they can demonstrate that wide-spread unpaid copying would not cause substantial economic harm such that it would materially impair Cambridge's incentive to publish the work. Op. at 93;
The evidence at trial showed that Language Acquisition was published in 2001 [Pls. Ex. 119]. According to the record evidence, sales of the actual book resulted in £456.00 in revenue in 2010
Year APS ECCS Total 2004 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 2005 $108.79 $0.00 $108.79 2006 $51.86 $563.81 $615.67 2007 $96.78 $0.00 $96.78 2006 $0.00 $76.25 $76.25 2009 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 2010 $0.00 $29.33 $29.33Total $257.43 $669.39 $926.82
[Pls. Ex. 124].
Again, the relevant inquiry pertains to both harm to the potential market for the copyrighted work as of 2009, and (2) damage to the value of the copyrighted work in 2009, assuming that all colleges and universities had programs similar to Georgia State's. Here, the evidence shows that permissions sales for Language Acquisition declined beginning in 2006, ultimately reaching zero in 2009, Therefore, the potential permissions market as of 2009 was negligible. It was unlikely that Sage would receive substantial future permissions from this book, as of 2009, even if other schools had programs similar to Georgia State's. It is also obvious that there was no repetitive use of permissions in 2009, such that the value of the copyrighted work would have been affected. Accordingly, factor four favors Georgia State.
In summary, factors one, three, and four favor fair use and factor two is neutral. Accordingly, Georgia State hat met its burden, and the Court is satisfied that its use of Language Acquisition was a fair use.
Dr. Marni Davis was an Assistant Professor in Georgia State's history department [Tr. Vol. 7, Doc. 405 at 95; Pls. Ex. 512]. Her focus was on American history and ethnic and immigration history, particularly Jewish history [Doc. 405 at 96].
In the fall 2009 semester, Professor Davis taught HIST 7010, or "Issues and Interpretations in American History," which was a graduate seminar that examined scholarly works about the social, cultural, political, and economic history of the United States from colonization to present [Doc. 405 at 104-05; Pls. Ex. 512]. Professor Davis required students to purchase 14 books for the course, and she also posted additional required readings on ERES [Pls. Ex. 512].
Among the reading assignments posted to ERES was an excerpt from Region, Race and Reconstruction [Defs. Ex. 769]. Professor Davis specifically assigned pages 143-177 (35 pages), which is one full chapter, titled "Ideology and Race in American History," by Barbara J. Fields [
Factor one favors fair use.
With respect to factor two, Region, Race and Reconstruction is a historical work devoted to C. Vann Woodward, an acclaimed historian of the American South. The book is comprised of essays written by Woodward's former Ph.D. students on topics that informed his work such as the American South, race relations, and Reconstruction after the Civil War. The book consists of 15 chapters organized around these three subjects.
"Ideology and Race in American History" is the first essay in the section on "Race." The author discusses how the concept of race in American history is an ideology shaped by historical context, which is constantly changing with new experiences. For instance, the author discusses how "white supremacy" could not have meant the same thing to all white people across the country, or even across the South. Along these lines, the author discusses how the American concept of race was shaped by slavery, the destruction of slavery and the subsequent "racial" question, and the subsequent struggles facing freedmen in Reconstruction-era American society. The author concludes by noting that history does not provide us with "central themes," but rather with decisions and outcomes.
The tone of "Ideology and Race in American History" is formal and academic. The chapter covers historical subject matter, but throughout the essay, the author's perspective, particularly her opinion that Americans and historians tend to treat race as if it transcends history, is salient. Despite the factual nature of historical works, the essay at hand contains equal parts factual description and analysis. Accordingly, factor two weighs neither for nor against fair use. It is neutral.
With respect to factor three, 35 pages or one full essay from Region, Race, and Reconstruction was uploaded to ERES for use by graduate students in Professor Davis' course [Defs. Ex. 769]. The uploaded excerpt (7.00% of the book) was small in light of Georgia State's pedagogical purpose and the nonprofit educational nature of the use. The excerpt also advanced the pedagogical aim of the course. To the extent that the amount copied is a heuristic for market substitution, here, that quantity is within acceptable limits. As for the substantiality (value) of the excerpt, the essay itself was no more or less important to the overall work than any other essay in the collection. Georgia State did upload an entire
With respect to factor four, the Court must examine the effect of Georgia State's unpaid use on the value of and the potential market for the copyrighted work. Digital permissions licensing was available for excerpts of Region, Race and Reconstruction in 2009 through CCC [Pls. Ex. 457]. Had permissions been paid for Georgia State's use of the instant excerpt, Oxford would have earned less than $ 60.69 in net revenue.
From the date of publication in 1982 through November 7, 2010, sales of the actual book netted $ 2,199 [Pls. Ex. 357]
Year APS ECCS Total 2004 $269.63 $0.00 $269.63 2005 $74.66 $68.85 $143.51 2006 $1,341.20 $0.00 $1,341.20 2007 $43.45 $160.65 $204.10 2008 $18.87 $196.55 $215.42 2009 $16.52 $127.90 $144.42 2010 $71.40 $68.85 $140.25Total $1,835.73 $622.80 $2,458.53
[Pls. Ex. 457]. There is no evidence of any in-house permissions sales.
Again, under factor four the Court must assess the harm to the potential market for the copyrighted work, beginning in 2009, `and the harm to the value of the copyrighted work in 2009. For both inquiries, the Court assumes that "everybody" (all colleges and universities) had programs like Georgia State's allowing for unpaid copying of small excerpts of copyrighted works in 2009 and thereafter.
The evidence here shows overall small book sales and very small permissions sales as of 2009. Defendants' use did not impact book sales at all. There is fairly low interest in excerpts. Even assuming widespread availability of programs like Georgia State's, it is unlikely that the potential market for the copyrighted work sustained substantial damage from use of unpaid excerpts of this work, or that Defendants' use substantially damaged the actual value of the copyrighted work in 2009.
Among the readings that Professor Davis posted to ERES for her HIST 7010 seminar was an excerpt from The Unpredictable Past by Lawrence W. Levine [Tr. Vol. 7, Doc. 405 at 110; Pls. Ex. 512]. In particular, Professor Davis uploaded chapter three, which is titled "Slave Songs and Slave Consciousness: An Exploration in Neglected Sources" [Pls. Exs. 477, 512]. The uploaded excerpt consisted of pages 35-58 (24 pages), or 6.09% of the 394-page work [Pls. Ex. 477].
Factor one favors fair use.
As for factor two, The Unpredictable Past is a collection of Levine's previously published essays on various topics in American history. The book centers around the idea that perceptions about the past change and develop over time in unpredictable ways. Each essay contains a brief introduction written by the author. The book is divided into three sections: (1) Thinking About History; (2) Patterns of African-American Culture; and (3) Towards an Understanding of Popular Culture.
The excerpt at issue, chapter three, is the first essay in the "Patterns of African-Americin Culture" section. In "Slave Songs and Slave Consciousness," Levine challenges the notion that slavery eroded African-Americans' linguistic and institutional lives. Levine does so by examining the oral tradition of slave songs and the songs' insight into slaves' reality. He critiques other historians' works on the topic of slave songs by identifying assumptions and conclusions that are colored by past historians' particular perspectives. Overall, the essay addresses historical and modern debates regarding various aspects of slave songs. Topics covered include slave songs' origins, or whether they were derived from African cultures or were adapted from Anglo-European songs; their spontaneous creation and transmission, which served as a community dialogue, a way to deliver secret messages, and a means by which to preserve oral tradition; and their subject-matter, which was often spiritual, but sometimes secular.
The tone of the essay is formal. The essay contains large portions of quoted material from actual slave songs and from others' writings regarding the songs; however, these pieces of material are connected by Levine's critical analysis. Although the essay contains factual elements along with analytical elements, the analytical components dominate. Accordingly, factor two falls in favor of Oxford, and against fair use.
Factor three looks to the portion of the work copied. Professor Davis uploaded all of chapter three of The Unpredictable Past. Use of the excerpt narrowly served Georgia State's pedagogical goals. The excerpt consisted of 24 pages and was 6.09% of the total work. Thus, the quantity uploaded was small when viewed in light of Professor Davis' educational use. Insofar as the quantity of uploaded pages reflects the impact of market substitution, no evidence exists to demonstrate a digital permissions market for excerpts of The Unpredictable Past in 2009 or thereafter making the likelihood that the unpaid excerpt will substitute for the paid market nonexistent. As for the quality of the excerpt in relation to the overall work, in this
Factor four examines the effect of Defendants' unpaid use on the market. There is no evidence in the record that digital excerpts were available for The Unpredictable Past in 2009 or otherwise. Oxford earned $ 79,367.92 in revenue from book sales between the book's publication in 1993 and November 7, 2010 [Pls. Ex. 357]; however, Defendants' use had no impact on Oxford's book sales.
In this case, factors one, three, and four weigh in Georgia State's favor, and factor two weighs in Plaintiffs' favor. Weighting the factors as directed, the scale clearly tips in favor of Georgia State. Accordingly, its use of The Unpredictable Past was a fair use.
Dr. Carrie Packman Freeman was an Assistant Professor of Communication at Georgia State in 2009 [Pls. Ex. 535].
In the fall semester of 2009, Professor Freeman taught a course called "Media Ethics and Society," or J4800 [
Included among those required readings posted to ERES
Factor one favors fair use.
With respect to factor two, Living Ethics is an academic fiction work that seeks to provide media students a practical and readable guide to personal and professional ethical standards. It is divided into three sections: (1) Building Your Ethical Base; (2) Testing Your Ethical Base; and (3) Enhancing Your Ethical Base. A central theme of the book is the idea that ethics codes are "living" because they must adjust to different workplace environments and should be revised and renewed regularly. To illustrate realistic situations that require difficult judgment calls, the work incorporates discussions from dozens of media professionals regarding various ethical dilemmas.
The first excerpt that Professor Freeman uploaded to ERES, pages 116-121 (6 pages), was copied from Part I, chapter three, titled "Truth." This portion of the
The second excerpt—pages 299-305 (seven pages)—was taken from Part III, chapter 10 titled "Value Systems." This excerpt discusses "creating codes," referring to personal ethics codes. In this segment, the author discusses the importance of value statements to job-seekers, suggests how readers may use their value systems to their advantage when interviewing, and includes comments from a well-established professional in the field. The section concludes with a code-drafting exercise.
The first excerpt contains some material that comes directly from the author, however it is dominated by others' photographs and commentary. In contrast, the second excerpt mainly consists of the author's own material about ethics codes, although the advice contained therein is grounded in an existing body of knowledge about ethics in the media. Neither excerpt is humorous or fanciful. To the extent that the excerpts contain material written by the author, the material is objectively descriptive. Moreover, while the tone of the excerpted material is informational and practical, it is not analytical. Accordingly, factor two is neutral.
Turning to factor three, Professor Freeman uploaded 3.56% of the overall work, or 13 pages [Pls. Ex. 423]. The uploaded material consisted of two portions of two separate chapters. The quantity of the overall work uploaded was very small, especially in light of Georgia State's pedagogical purpose. The use of Living Ethics was educational in nature, further supporting a finding of fair use. Relatedly, insofar as the quantity uploaded serves as a heuristic for market substitution, no evidence exists to demonstrate a digital permissions market for excerpts of Living Ethics in 2009 or thereafter making the likelihood that the unpaid excerpt will substitute for the paid market nonexistent. With respect to the quality (value) of the work uploaded, the partial excerpts of chapters uploaded here have less value than would complete chapters because a complete chapter represents a work's full discussion of a topic. Additionally, neither excerpt can be described as the heart of the work. In light of these considerations, the portions of Living Ethics that Georgia State uploaded to ERES were not excessive in relation to the copyrighted work. Thus, factor three weighs in favor of Georgia State's fair use.
Factor four looks to the effect of Georgia State's unpaid use on the market. While Oxford earned $ 37,875.00 in revenue from book sales between publication and November 7, 2010 [Pls. Ex. 357], there is no evidence that digital licensing permissions were available for Living Ethics in 2009. Georgia State's use had no impact on Oxford's book sales for Living Ethics.
Margaret F. Moloney was an associate professor in Georgia State's School of Nursing in 2009, and she also coordinated the nursing school's doctoral program [Tr. Vol. 9, Doc. 407 at 132].
Professor Moloney taught a graduate course called "Theoretical and Philosophical Foundations for Nursing," or NURS 8035, in the fall semester of 2009 [Pls. Ex. 545]. The course was designed to provide doctoral students a philosophical foundation for nursing [Doc. 407 at 134]. There were three required textbooks for the course and additional required readings were posted to ERES [Pls. Ex. 545].
One of the required readings that Professor Moloney posted to ERES was an excerpt from the Handbook of Mixed Methods in Social & Behavioral Research ("Handbook of Mixed Methods") [Pls. Ex. 545; Doc. 407 at 137-38]. She specifically assigned her students chapter 20: "Status of Mixed Method Research in Nursing," by Sheila Twinn [Pls. Ex, 545; Defs. Ex. 773]. The excerpt consisted of pages 541-556 (16 pages), which was 2.04% of the 784-page work [Defs. Ex. 773].
Factor one favors fair use.
Turning to factor two, which examines the nature of the work, the Handbook of Mixed Methods is an academic work. It presents social and behavioral science applications of the "mixed method" research design, which incorporates techniques from both quantitative and qualitative research traditions. The book is organized into four sections: (1) philosophical and theoretical issues; (2) methodological issues; (3) application issues; and (4) conclusions and future directions.
The excerpt at issue, chapter 20, is located in the book's third section. As its title, "Status of Mixed Method Research in Nursing," suggests, the author examines the status of the mixed method design in nursing research. The author begins by discussing traditions in nursing research, and how those traditions contributed to the development of nursing knowledge and clinical interventions. The author explains that in the late 1990s, nursing research shifted from an overly scientific focus on the research paradigm to a focus on the research question, including the context for the research question. This shift, she suggests, contributed to the implementation of mixed methods research in nursing. With this observation, the author segues into a literature review of mixed method nursing research, which she sorts into three categories: (1) theoretical discourse; (2) critiques; and (3) empirical studies. Chapter 20 then assesses the quality of existing research produced via the mixed method approach and its contribution to nursing. To conclude, the author identifies several substantive and practical issues emerging from application of the mixed method to nursing.
As is relevant to factor three, Professor Moloney uploaded 2.04% (16 pages) of the Handbook of Mixed Methods to ERES [Defs. Ex. 773]. This is a very small amount given the educational purpose for which the excerpt was used. Additionally, to the extent that the portion copied serves as a heuristic for market impact, the impact is very small. And the use of this excerpt served the pedagogical purpose of the course. Quality wise, Georgia State uploaded one complete chapter of the work, which has more value than would a portion of a chapter. Nevertheless, chapter 20 has no more or less value than any of the other 25 chapters in the book, and it cannot be described as the heart of the work. Accordingly, Georgia State did not use an excessive portion of the Handbook of Mixed Methods. Factor three easily weighs in favor of Georgia State's fair use.
Factor four examines the effect of the use on the potential market for and the value of the copyrighted work. Permissions were available for excerpts of the Handbook of Mixed Methods in 2009 through CCC, APS, and Sage's in-house program [Pls. Exs. 256, 257]. If CCC permissions had been paid for Georgia State's use of Handbook of Mixed Methods, Sage would have earned less than $ 26.66 in net revenue.
However, Defendants can rebut this initial determination by showing that widespread copying of excerpts would not likely cause substantial economic harm to Sage to a degree that would impair Sage's incentive to publish the work. Op. at 93;
Sage's permissions revenue for the work is shown as follows:
2006 $0.00 $0.00 $47.89 $47.89 2007 $99.24 $0.00 $570.85 $670.09 2008 $549.67 $0.00 $987.75 $1,537.42 2009 $142.21 $28.56 $927.45 $1,098.22 2010 $213.49 $0.00 $0.00 $213.49Total $1,033.78 $51.41 $2,825.86 $3,911.05
[Pls. Exs. 255; 257].
Sage's net revenue from book sales of the Handbook of Mixed Methods is reflected in the following table:
Year Book Sales 2002 $39,910.06 2003 $52,345.45 2004 $59,524.96 2005 $57,687.95 2006 $47,824.05 2007 $51,909.40 2008 $45,581.17 2009 $28,665.05 2010 $7,629.59 Total $391,077.68
[Pls. Ex. 255].
Georgia State bears the ultimate burden with respect to factor four. The inquiry at hand looks to harm to the potential market for the copyrighted work beginning in 2009, and damage to the value of the copyrighted work in 2009. The Court will assume that all colleges and universities had programs similar to Georgia State's in and after 2009.
There is a likelihood of small future repetitive use which could, in turn, have a small negative impact on the potential market for permissions sales of Handbook of Mixed Methods. However, the potential permissions market is very small compared to potential revenue from book sales. Also, Sage's permissions revenue represents only a small slice of the overall value of the copyrighted work. Georgia State's use of unpaid excerpts had no impact at all on the potential market for the book.
To recap, factors one, three, and four all favor fair use and factor two is neutral. Accordingly, Georgia State has clearly discharged its burden, and its use of excerpts from Handbook of Mixed Methods was a fair use.
Professor M. Lasner taught at Georgia State in 2009 [Pls. Ex. 537].
Professor Lasner taught a course called "Global Cities," or PERS 2001 at Georgia State in the fall semester of 2009 [
One such required reading was an excerpt from Crabgrass Frontier, by Kenneth T. Jackson. Professor Lasner specifically posted chapter 14, titled "The Drivein Culture of Contemporary America" [Pls. Ex. 368]. The excerpt consisted of pages 246-271 (26 pages); which is 6.42% of the 405-page book [
Factor one favors fair use.
Turning to factor two, which examines the nature of the work, Crabgrass Frontier is a quasi-academic book which appears to have been written for both general audiences and the academic community. In it, the author explores the suburbanization of America and its causes and effects through many themes including intellectual, architectural, urban, transportational, and public policy perspectives. Crabgrass Frontier portrays American suburbs as unique from an international standpoint based on the following four characteristics: (1) population density; (2) home-ownership; (3) residential status; and (4) journey-to-work. Each of the chapters focuses on a different aspect of suburban life, such as the house and the yard or the age of automobility.
Chapter 14, which is the excerpt that Professor Lasner uploaded to ERES, discusses contemporary America's "drive-in culture." By "drive-in culture," the author refers to the way American life became restructured around the suburbs and the automobile. After a brief introduction about cars' increased popularity between the 1950s and 1980s, the author discusses factors that precipitated America's investments in interstate highway development, including lobbyists' efforts and the Cold War-era idea that Americans should decentralize away from cities to avoid atomic attacks. The chapter then discusses development of other structures that accommodated America's automobile obsession, like garages, motels, gasoline service stations, shopping centers, mobile homes, and drivein theaters and churches. The author devotes a brief section to each structure, wherein he explains the structure's general stages of historical development and includes vignettes illustrating its cultural role. The chapter then moves on to discuss how suburbanization created "centerless" cities, or collections of suburbs that lacked an urban center. The final section in the chapter describes the decentralization of factories and offices in line with the suburban trend. The author concludes by noting that the country failed to fully contemplate the forward-reaching effects of its investment in automobiles as opposed to mass transit, and the ephemeral quality of the structures that accompanied that shift.
The tone of chapter 14 is academic, but also conversational. While the chapter is not humorous or fanciful, there are occasional references to popular culture and primary sources that lighten the author's otherwise matter-of-fact style of writing. The author's own perspective is obvious; however, the chapter is primarily informational and historical. All things considered, the chapter is a mix of factual information and subjective commentary and analysis. However, author opinion dominates in the book as a whole. Accordingly, factor two leans against fair use.
Turning to factor three, Georgia State uploaded a small part of Crabgrass Frontier to ERES. Specifically, the excerpt consisted of 26 pages, or 6.42% of the total work [Pls. Ex. 368]; this is a small amount and easily within the parameters contemplated for a favored educational use. The market impact of Georgia State's unpaid use is mitigated sufficiently by the small number of pages in the excerpt. The excerpt
Factor four examines "the effect of the use on the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work." 17 U.S.C. § 107(4). Digital permissions licensing was available for Crabgrass Frontier in 2009 [Pls. Ex. 371]. If fees had been paid for use of excerpts of the book in Professor Lasner's class, Oxford would have earned less than $ 302.33 in net revenue.
Defendants argue that the record of insubstantial permissions shows that substantial damage to the market for and the value of the copyrighted work is unlikely, even, if all schools have programs like Georgia State's. Indeed, Defendants may prevail on factor four notwithstanding the small amount of actual harm their unpaid use caused to Oxford if they can show that widespread unpaid copying of excerpts would not cause substantial harm to Oxford to a degree that would materially impair Oxford's incentive to publish Crabgrass Frontier. Op. at 93;
According to the record, Oxford earned $ 740,414 from book sales between the date of Crabgrass Frontier's publication in 1985 through November 7, 2010 [Pls. Ex. 357].
Year APS ECCS In-House Total 2004 $318.01 $0.00 No Evidence $318.01 2005 $753.69 $0.00 No Evidence $753.69 2006 $584.97 $0.00 No Evidence $584.97 2007 $253.68 $94.25 No Evidence $347.93 2008 $377.60 $0.00 No Evidence $377.60 2009 $281.62 $0.00 No Evidence $281.62 2010 $306.51 $0.00 No Evidence $306.51Total $2,876.08 $94.25 No Evidence $2,970.33
[Pls. Ex. 371].
Georgia State ultimately bears the burden of proof with respect to factor four. The past pattern of permissions earnings shows that permissions earnings are very small when compared with revenue from sales of the book. Even if Oxford received no permissions income from this book it is unlikely that it would discontinue book sales. The same evidence shows that there was no substantial damage to the value of the copyrighted work in 2009. Georgia
In sum, factors one, three, and four all favor Georgia State's fair use, while factor two leans against fair use. Here, Georgia State has discharged its burden, as the weight of the fair use factors clearly tips in its favor. Accordingly, Georgia State's use of Crabgrass Frontier was a fair use.
Another required reading posted to ERES for Professor Lasner's "Global Cities" course was an excerpt from The Politics of Public Housing: Black Women's Struggles Against Urban Inequality ("The Politics of Public Housing"), by Rhonda Y. Williams [Pls. Ex. 537]. Professor Lasner specifically assigned pages 21-53 (33 pages—all of chapter one), which is titled: "Creating `A Little Heaven for Poor People': Decent Housing and Respectable Communities" [
Factor one favors fair use.
As is relevant to factor two, The Politics of Public Housing is a nonfiction work. In it, the author tells the stories of low income black women who strived to provide decent lives for their families while living in public housing and engaging in community and political activism in Baltimore, Maryland after 1930. The author seeks to explore public housing and other public assistance programs, and to recast those programs' legacies by looking at individual women's experiences. The book is split into three sections—(1) Beginnings; (2) Shifting Landscapes; and (3) Respect, Rights, and Power—each of which has two chapters.
The excerpt at issue, chapter one, is located in the book's first section. The chapter begins by introducing Clara Perry Gordon, who moved to Baltimore as a child around 1925, and was a resident of the city's first public-housing efforts. The author describes the circumstances that precipitated Baltimore's public-housing development in the early twentieth century, including squalid housing conditions for working-class people, overcrowding, and social, political, and economic disadvantages facing African-Americans, all of which were compounded by the Great Depression. The chapter then discusses how, despite hostile political conditions, social reformers established a municipal housing program in Baltimore in 1937. The author examines how public housing divided citizens by race, class, and gender, but explains how, in reality, those selected for the housing programs were elite, based on income and prior living situation requirements, competition for homes, and lengthy personal interviews. As a result, she explains, the first tenants were enthusiastic and proud of their homes and communities. Throughout the chapter, the author includes quotes and stories from Gordon's experiences. The concluding section of the chapter discusses how the circumstances of the first housing programs shaped black tenants' political culture, and how they soon formed organizations to maintain and advance their communities.
The tone of chapter one is straightforward and informational. The text is primarily historical, and is peppered with quotes from the author's interviews and research. The chapter is organized according to the overall work's focal points, which are African-American women and political organization. All in all, the chapter is evenly divided between objective description
Factor three looks to the amount and substantiality of the portion used. The out-come on factor three is close. Georgia State copied one full chapter consisting of 33 pages, or 10.78% of The Politics of Public Housing [Pls. Ex. 445]. This is not an insubstantial number of pages or an insubstantial percentage. However, Georgia State's favored educational objective permits slightly more copying than would otherwise be allowed. Also, the use of this excerpt served the pedagogical purpose of the course. These factors are sufficient to meet Georgia State's burden of proof. However, in addition, the Court finds that the price which would have been required by Oxford (via CCC) for permissions to make digital copies of this excerpt ($ 454.44) would have been excessive. This price reflects that the excerpt would be made available to 114 students, but CCC's and Oxford's marginal cost for authorizing digital copies would be virtually nil, and would not vary no matter how many digital copies were authorized. This allows the Court to look more favorably on the
Turning to factor four, the Court must examine harm to the potential market for the copyrighted work caused by Georgia State's unpaid copying of an excerpt from The Politics of Public Housing. There is no evidence in the record that permissions licensing was available for excerpts of The Politics of Public Housing in 2009. As such, there was no permissions market for digital excerpts of the work. Additionally, the record reveals no evidence suggesting the existence of a potential future market for excerpts of the work. The record evidence indicates only that between the work's 2004 publication and November 7, 2010, Oxford netted $ 45,113
Here, factors one, three, and four favor fair use, while factor two is neutral. Weighting the factors as directed, the scale tips in favor of fair use. Accordingly, Georgia State's use of The Politics of Public Housing was a fair use.
Charles R. Hankla was an Associate Professor in Georgia State's Political Science Department in 2009 [Tr. Vol. 8 at 97, Doc. 406 at 97]. He taught courses in international relations, comparative politics, and research methods [
In the fall semester of 2009, Professor Hankla taught a course called "U.S. Foreign
One required reading was an excerpt from Contemporary Cases in U.S. Foreign Policy [Doc. 406 at 105-06; lids. Ex. 623]. The assigned reading consisted of pages 89-121 (33 pages), which was the' entirety of chapter four, titled "The Return of the Imperial Presidency? The Bush Doctrine and U.S. Intervention in Iraq," and written by Jeffrey S. Lantis and Eric Moskowitz [
Factor one favors fair use.
Factor two looks to the nature of the work. Contemporary Cases in U.S. Foreign Policy is essentially an academic work. It is a collection of 15 original case studies—each of which comprises a separate chapter—on contemporary foreign policy issues. The chapters are organized into four parts: (1) Intervention Policy; (2) National Defense and Security Policy; (3) Trade Policy; and (4) Multilateral Policy. The book is designed for classroom use, as each chapter begins with discussion questions, and the topics were chosen to illustrate the range and diversity of issues and the variety' of participants in the policy-making process after the cold war.
The excerpt at issue—chapter four—is a case study on the United States' intervention in Iraq in 2003. The chapter begins with an excerpt from a 2002 graduation speech given by then President George W. Bush about his goals for promoting American security. The chapter explains how the September 11 attacks red U.S. foreign policy, and enabled the Bush administration to accumulate an unusual amount of power with respect `to foreign policy. Along these lines, the authors explain that "the imperial presidency" refers to dominance of the U.S. executive branch in foreign policymaking, which historically tends to occur in times of emergency or crisis. The subsequent sections zero in on the Bush administration's internal decision-making concerning intervention in Iraq, and the efforts to garner Congressional support. The authors pay particular attention to the individual actors involved, such as Bush's cabinet members, and members of Congress. The chapter briefly describes international reactions to U.S. intervention and public support for the action. The chapter concludes with a brief note on the U.S.'s prolonged involvement in Iraq, and the authors reiterate the characteristics of and `concerns about the presence of a very strong executive.
Turning to factor three, the 33-page excerpt at hand accounts for 6.61% of the overall work [Defs. Ex. 776]. This is a small percentage. Thirty-three pages is not an especially small number of pages but it, is acceptable when considering the impact of market substitution in light of Georgia State's nonprofit educational purpose. The excerpt also furthers the pedagogical goals of the course. Furthermore, although the use of an entire chapter is less fair than use of a partial chapter, chapter four is not any more qualitatively substantial than any other chapter in the work. The excerpt at issue is not the heart of the work. Accordingly, neither the quantity nor quality of the copied excerpt is excessive in light of Georgia State's nonprofit educational purpose, and factor three favors fair use.
Factor four directs this Court to look at the impact of Georgia State's use on the potential market for the copyrighted work and the value of the copyrighted work. Digital permissions licensing was available for excerpts of Contemporary Cases in U.S. Foreign Policy in 2009 through Sage's in-house permissions program [Pls. Ex. 229, 230]. If permissions had been paid for Georgia State's use, Sage would have earned $ 190.08, less royalties paid to the external editor.
Georgia State can still prevail if it shows that it is unlikely that widespread policies allowing unpaid use of small excerpts would cause substantial damage to the permissions market for Contemporary Cases in U.S. Foreign Policy, such that it would impair Sage's incentive to publish the book.
Sage's life-to-date revenue from book sales was $ 365,751.22 [Pls. Ex. 229]. Sage's permissions revenue for Contemporary Cases in U.S. Foreign Policy is represented as follows:
Year APS In-House Total 2004 $132.60 No Evidence $132.60 2005 $59.29 No Evidence $59.29 2006 $110.29 No Evidence $110.29 2007 $83.39 No Evidence $83.39 2008 $0.00 No Evidence $0.00 2009 $22.19 No Evidence $22.19 2010 $7.40 No Evidence $7.40Total $415.16 $333.81 $748.97
[Pls. Exs. 229, 230].
The burden of proof as to factor four
The record evidence shows that past permissions earnings have historically been very small compared to sales of the actual book. In 2009, repetitive copying of excerpts from the book was unlikely. It is unlikely that Sage would have discontinued book sales of Contemporary Cases in U.S. Foreign Policy, even if its permissions income from the work had been reduced to zero. It is also unlikely that unpaid copying in 2009 substantially impacted the value of the copyrighted book. Accordingly, Georgia State has succeeded in discharging its burden, and factor four weighs in its favor.
To summarize, factors one, three, and four favor fair use; factor two is neutral. Accordingly, Georgia State has carried its burden of demonstrating that its use of Contemporary Cases in US. Foreign Policy was a fair use.
Another required reading in Professor Hankla's POL 3450 course was an excerpt from U.S. Foreign Policy: The Paradox of World Power, by Steven W. Hook [Tr. Vol. 8, Doc. 406 at 123-24]. Professor Hankla assigned pages 153-188 (36 pages), or chapter six, which is titled "The Foreign-Policy Bureaucracy" [
Factor one favors fair use.
As is relevant to factor two, U.S. Foreign Policy is an academic book. In it, the author seeks to "explore th[e] paradox of U.S. world power, to identify its key sources and manifestations, and to consider its future implications" [Defs. Ex. 777]. He also hopes to present a concise, yet comprehensive overview of the U.S. foreign-policy process. The book is organized into four parts: (1) The Setting of U.S. Foreign Policy; (2) Governmental Sources of Foreign Policy; (3) External Sources of Foreign Policy; and (4) Policy Domains.
Chapter six, the excerpt at issue, is located in the book's second section, on governmental sources of foreign policy. In it, the author discusses management of foreign policy through federal executive agencies. Chapter six includes basic overviews of four bureaucratic clusters, or "complexes" of U.S. foreign policy, that manage (1) diplomacy, (2) national security, (3) economic affairs, and (4) intelligence. The chapter begins with a section titled "Agency Functions and Dysfunctions," which explains how the U.S.'s foreign policy bureaucracy developed in response to changing global roles and responsibilities between World War II and the Cold War. The author explains how bureaucracies should lend stability to the constantly changing government, but that they instead compete with one another, which frustrates their common national interests. In its following discussion of each foreign-policy complex, the chapter covers the foreign policy bureaucracy's structural features, relationships with the
The tone of chapter six is formal and academic. The style is straightforward and conventional. The chapter contains a few pictures, several large tables that depict and describe the structure of several large and complex agencies, and a few text boxes containing quotes from primary sources and focused examples. The chapter contains some but not much of the author's own opinion or creative analysis. It is primarily explanatory and factual. Accordingly, factor two is neutral.
Turning to factor three, which examines the quantity and quality of the excerpt, here, Georgia State made unpaid copies of 36 pages, or 6.94% of the overall work [Defy. Ex. 777]. Accordingly, Georgia State used a small percentage of the work. While the market impact of unpaid permissions is a countervailing consideration, in this case the number of pages copied is acceptable when viewed in combination with the small percentage and the nonprofit educational character of the use. Use of an entire cohesive chapter is less fair than use of a partial chapter; however, chapter six cannot be described as the heart of the work because it covers only a snippet of the book's overall topic. The Court concludes that neither the quantity nor the quality of the work copied is excessive. Accordingly, factor three favors fair use.
Factor four examines the impact of Georgia State's use of the excerpt of U.S. Foreign Policy on the potential market for the work and on the actual value of the copyrighted work in 2009. Digital permissions licensing was available for the book in 2009 through Sage's in-house permissions program [Pls. Ex. 314]. If Georgia State had paid for its use, Sage would have earned $ 207.36, less any fees due to the external editor.
Nonetheless, Georgia State contends that substantial economic harm to Sage from widespread unpaid copying of excerpts of U.S. Foreign Policy is unlikely based on the record of low permissions income from sales of excerpts of the work.
Sage earned $ 738,328.89 in "life to date" sales revenue from book sales for U.S. Foreign Policy [Pls. Ex. 314]. In contrast, Sage's permissions revenue for excerpts of U.S. Foreign Policy is represented in the following table
Year APS In-House Total 2008 $137.70 No Evidence $137.70Total $137.70 $285.33 $423.03
[Pls. Exs. 314, 315].
Georgia State has the burden of demonstrating that widespread unpaid copying of
Factors one, three, and four all weigh in favor of the conclusion that Georgia State's use of an excerpt from U.S. Foreign Policy was a fair use. Factor two is neutral. Weighting the factors as directed, Georgia State has discharged its burden of proving that its use of the work was a fair use.
Professor Jennifer McCoy is a tenured professor in Georgia State's Political Science department [Deposition of Jennifer McCoy ("McCoy Dep."), Doc. 329 at 9-10].
In the fall semester of 2009, Professor McCoy taught POS 8250, a graduate level course titled "Latin American Politics" [
Among the required readings was an excerpt from Regimes and Democracy in Latin America: Theories and Methods ("Regimes and Democracy") [Doc. 329 at 24-25; Pls. Ex. 901]. In relevant part,
Factor one favors fair use.
As to factor two, Regimes and Democracy is an academic work that evaluates and builds on the existing body of research about political processes in Latin America. The book is part of a series on democratization intended for students of comparative politics and related fields. In addition to the introduction, the book has nine total
Professor McCoy assigned the introduction and chapter one as required readings. In the introduction, the author first provides an overview of research in Latin American politics, and an assessment of the research methodology employed. He pays particular attention to two steps of the research process: (1) theory generation; and (2) empirical analysis. The introduction's later section gives a chapter-by-chapter description of the book and highlights the book's contributions to the overall body of research on Latin American politics. The author describes how the book attempts to respond to some of the methodological shortcomings in the research.
The author begins chapter one by noting that democracy has been a "master concept" in Latin American politics over the past 25 years [Pl.'s Ex. 452]. He argues that future progress on the research agenda hinges on two questions to be explored in the chapter, the first being "What is democracy?" and the second being "What are the implications of other political values beyond democracy for democracy?" [
The tone of both the introduction and the first chapter is formal and scholarly. The introduction is factual and objective, as it provides context for and describes the content of the overall work. While the author's analytical perspective animates the introduction to some degree, the introduction contains mostly objectively descriptive material. The content in chapter one is more inventive and evaluative, in that the author analyzes the elements that are essential to a procedural definition of democracy; however, the inventive material builds on existing literature and research. Considering both excerpts together, the copied material is an even balance of objectively descriptive material and the author's analysis. Neither type of material dominates the total excerpt copied. Accordingly, factor two is neutral.
With respect to factor three, Professor McCoy posted 38 pages, or 12.71% of the overall work, to ERES [Pls. Ex. 452]. The quantity of material used by Professor McCoy is excessive, even when taking into account the favored educational use recognized in factor one, that the excerpt was tailored to meet Professor McCoy's pedagogical purpose, and the lack of market substitution due to a lack of evidence of digital permissions for Regimes and Democracies in 2009. The quality (value) of the excerpt taken is not too great. Overall, factor three weighs against fair use.
Factor four looks to the effect of Defendants' use on the potential market for and value of the copyrighted work.
In sum, factors one and four favor fair use, factor two is neutral, and factor three disfavors fair use. Weighting these results as directed, the scale clearly favors fair use.
Professor Kathleen Whitten taught in the Psychology Department at Georgia State in 2009 [Pls. Ex. 557].
In the fall semester of 2009, Professor Whitten taught PSYC 4030, or "Introduction to Cross-Cultural Psychology," which sought to explore the influence of culture on human cognition, emotion and behavior [
One such required reading was an excerpt from A World of Babies, by Judy DeLoache and Alma Gottlieb [
Factor one favors fair use.
As for factor two, A World of Babies is partially fiction and partially non-fiction. It explores child-rearing in seven different cultures—like Puritan New England and the Beng of the Ivory Coast—in the format of a Western childcare manual. Each manual, or chapter, is written from the perspective of a fictional member of each respective society, but the information in the manuals is based on anthropological and historical research. The work confronts the notion that caring for infants is natural, obvious, or common-sense, by presenting a range of cultural beliefs and practices associated with childcare.
The first page of the excerpt—page 27—is an excerpt from chapter one that explains the organization of the seven subsequent chapters. The second portion of the excerpt—pages 91-112—is taken from chapter four, "Gift from the Gods: A Balinese Guide to Early Child Rearing." The first portion of the chapter is an introduction to Balinese culture that summarizes its history, political structure, economy, and religion. The chapter then provides "biographical" information about the manual's fictional author. The remaining portion of the excerpt is devoted to the fictional manual. The manual describes the benefits of having a child in Balinese culture,
The tone of the excerpt is straightforward and informational, although somewhat lighthearted. The excerpt contains fanciful elements, as the majority of the chapter four excerpt is written from the perspective of a fictional Balinese healer. Additionally, the organization and format are creative. On the other hand, the portion of the excerpt describing Balinese history and culture is objectively descriptive, and even the "manual" portion is more informational than fictional. Moreover, the information conveyed about pregnancy and infancy in Balinese culture is grounded in facts derived from an existing body of anthropological research. All in all, the chapter is an even balance of creative and objective material. Indeed, the authors describe the work as "a mix of fact and fiction — fictional authors presenting factual information" [Pls. Ex. 147]. Accordingly, factor two falls neither for nor against fair use; it is neutral.
Factor three is concerned with the amount and substantiality of the portion copied. With respect to the quantity of the work copied, Georgia State used 23 pages, or 7.85% of A World of Babies, which is a small amount [Pls. Ex. 147]. The amount is acceptable given the educational nature of Professor Whitten's use, and the fact that the excerpt furthered the pedagogical purpose of the course. Further, to the extent that the portion copied serves as a heuristic for market substitution, any impact here was also small. As for the quality (value) of the work copied, the excerpted material contains one page from one chapter, and a portion of a second chapter. Copying less than a chapter tends to be more fair than would the use of an entire chapter. In addition, the excerpt copied is not the heart of the work. In sum, the quantity and quality of the work copied were within acceptable limits, especially in light of Georgia State's favored educational purpose. Thus, factor three favors Georgia State's fair use.
Factor four requires this Court to examine the impact of Georgia State's unpaid use of an excerpt of A World of Babies on the value of Cambridge's copyright of the work and on the potential market for the copyrighted work. The Court infers that digital permissions were available for A World of Babies in 2009 [Pls. Ex. 153]. If Georgia State had purchased permissions for its use of the excerpt, Cambridge would have earned less than $ 36.47 in net revenue. Order at 319;
Georgia State argues that widespread availability of unpaid copying would not substantially harm the potential permissions market for this particular work, given that there has been low demand for permissions, as demonstrated by the following table:
Year APS ECCS Total 2004 $89.67 $0.00 $89.67 2005 $163.55 $0.00 $163.55 2006 $156.44 $0.00 $156.44 2007 $355.61 $0.00 $355.61 2008 $307.53 $62.99 $370.52 2009 $146.05 $0.00 $146.05 2010 $63.16 $0.00 $163.16 Total $1,382.01 $62.99 $1,445.00
[Pls. Ex. 153]. Meanwhile, the book earned £99,831 from book sales of A World of Babies [Pls. Ex. 152].
Georgia State carries the burden of proving that widespread availability of unpaid copying likely would not have a substantial adverse effect on the potential market for the copyrighted work. Digital permissions sales were low as of 2009, with little likelihood of repetitive use of excerpts. Nevertheless, it is unlikely that, Cambridge would withdraw excerpts of the work from the permissions market so long as there is any possible demand for them. Moreover, nothing done by Defendants or any others had any impact on the potential market for sales of the book. Op. at 94;
In sum, factors one, three, and four favor Georgia State's fair use, while factor two is neutral. Georgia State has met its burden, as the balance clearly tips in its favor. As such, Georgia State's use of an excerpt from A World of Babies was a fair use.
In 2009, Professor Adia Harvey was a Professor in Georgia State's Sociology Department [Pls. Ex. 530].
In the fall semester of 2009 Professor Harvey taught SOCI 8030, or "Social Theory I," a graduate level course on classical social theory [
Among the required readings was an excerpt from The Power Elite (New Edition) by C. Wright Mills [
Factor one favors fair use.
The first excerpt posted to ERES for Professor Harvey's students was the twelfth chapter, which shares the title "The Power Elite." The author begins with a proposition that post-Civil War changes in the American structure of power were, and still are, characterized by shifts in the political, economic, and military orders. He elaborates by describing five periods in American history in terms of the relative weight of power among the three orders: (1) froth the Revolution through the John Adams administration, during which the political order was supreme; (2) the early nineteenth century, when the orders loosely shared power; (3) the Congressional elections of 1866 through the First World War, which experienced a power shift from government to corporation; (4) the New Deal, which exhibited a struggle between political and economic forces; and (5) the conclusion of the Second World War through the time of the author's writing, which involved a more pronounced coincidence of all three orders. The next portion of the chapter more closely examines social similarities in the ideals and associations of individuals who compose "the power elite." The author discusses structural features that reinforce the unity of the power elite, such as the interchangeability of top roles in each of the three orders. The chapter's conclusion suggests that the author's contemporary organization of power—consolidated power at the top and a "stalemated" middle society—has had ramifications for the "bottom" of society, or the American public [
The next excerpt—chapter 13, "The Mass Society"—addresses the ramifications identified in the previous chapter. To begin the chapter the author notes that, historically, public opinion has an important role in American society because official decisions and private decisions of consequence are almost always negotiated in terms of the public welfare. The chapter moves on to demonstrate how, in theory, opinion and discourse should be the tools of the public in a democracy. The author contrasts this ideal with his interpretation of reality, which he describes as "a society of masses" rather than a "community of publics" [
The tone of these two chapters, when considered together, is critical, and at times provocative, but still intellectual. They contain a great deal of the author's own opinion and subjective description of the development of American society. Although the author's observations are grounded in research, the bulk of chapters
Turning to factor three, here; Georgia State uploaded 56 pages or 12.5% of the 448-page book [Pls. Ex. 448]. While the percentage copied is leavened somewhat by the educational purpose of Georgia State's use, the number of pages copied is a heuristic for market substitution (it has a relationship to lost permissions), and the market substitution here was likely very large. Although these considerations are offset by the pedagogical goals of the course furthered by the use of this excerpt, the quantity of the book copied weighs against a finding of fair use. As for the quality of the work copied, in this instance Georgia State copied two complete chapters of the book. Even more damaging for Defendants is the fact that the chapters used summarize the author's thesis in The Power Elite; they are where the ideas explained in the other chapters coalesce. Chapters 12 and 13 are the heart of the work.
Factor four looks to the impact of Defendants' use on the market for the copyrighted work and the value of the copyrighted work. Digital permissions were available for excerpts of The Power Elite in 2009 through CCC [Pls. Ex. 451]. If Georgia State had purchased permissions for its use of the excerpted portion, Oxford would have earned less than $ 91.39 in net revenue. Order at 324;
The Court of Appeals' Opinion leaves open the possibility for Defendants to prevail on factor four if they demonstrate it is unlikely that widespread unpaid use of excerpts from The Power Elite will substantially harm the market for the work such that Oxford would no longer have an incentive to publish the work. The following table demonstrates revenues CCC generated for Oxford through Sales of APS and ECCS permissions from 2004 to 2010:
Year APS ECCS In-House Total 2004 $464.37 $0.00 No Evidence $464.37 2005 $1,254.31 $97.52 No Evidence $1,351.83 2006 $702.99 $88.74 No Evidence $791.73 2007 $1,401.89 $55.89 No Evidence $1,457.78 2005 $272.24 $59.67 No Evidence $331.91 2009 $328.34 $13.77 No Evidence $342.11 2010 $221.75 $0.00 No Evidence $221.75Total $4,645.89 $315.59 No Evidence $4,961.48
[Pls. Ex. 451]. Oxford produced no evidence regarding in-house permissions. Between the book's publication in 2000 and November 7, 2010, book sales brought in net revenue of $ 232,467.00 [Pls. Ex. 357].
The factor four inquiry is twofold. It looks to the harm to the potential market
In sum, factors one and four favor fair use, while factors two and three disfavor fair use. The Court weights factors four and two as directed by the Court of Appeals; however, factor three is given extra weight in this instance because Georgia State copied a very large quantity of the book (56 pages, two chapters that are the heart of the work). The Court finds that the combined weight of factors one and four is still enough to tip the scale in favor of Defendants. Thus, Georgia State's unpaid use of The Power Elite was a fair use.
Professor Mary Ohmer taught in Georgia State's School of Social Work in 2009 [Pls. Ex. 522].
In the fall semester of 2009, Professor Ohmer taught a course called "Evaluation & Technology," or SW 8200, which addressed the roles of evaluation and technology in the modern social work practice environment [
One such required reading was an excerpt from the Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research (Second Edition) ("Handbook, Second Ed.") [
Factor one favors fair use.
Factor two examines the nature of the copyrighted work. The book's 36 chapters are organized into six, parts: (1) Locating the Field; (2) Paradigms and Perspectives in Transition; (3) Strategies of Inquiry; (4) Methods of Collecting and Analyzing Empirical Materials; (5) The Art and Practices of Interpretation, Evaluation, and Representation; and (6) The Future of Qualitative Research.
The excerpt at issue, chapter 30, is located in Part 4. In it, the author examines the role of software in qualitative research, including the history, critical debates, guidelines for choosing software to match research needs, and a note on future directions for scholarship and development. The chapter begins with a succinct history of qualitative research and technology, and segues into a discussion about the benefits and limitations of relevant
The tone of chapter 30 is informational and academic. The material in the chapter is descriptive, rather than analytical. For instance, even when the author seeks to explain why certain software features are more appropriate for specific circumstances, the resulting discussion is not so much an analysis as it is an evenhanded matching of research needs to software functions. While some of the chapter is likely colored by the author's own opinions and experiences, chapter 30 is predominantly an impartial explanation of the advances in research software and what types of software are most amenable to various qualitative research circumstances. As chapter 30 contains both factual presentations plus author opinion, factor two is neutral.
Factor three examines the amount taken in relationship to the original. Here, Professor Ohmer uploaded 18 pages, or 1.58% of the 1,142-page work, which is a small number of pages and a tiny percentage of the copyrighted work. The number of pages copied functions to some extent as a heuristic for market substitution; the degree of market substitution is acceptably small when viewed in connection with the tiny percentage of the copyrighted work. Quality wise, the use of one complete chapter is less fair than would be the use of a part of a chapter. However, chapter 30 specifically is no more or less important than any other in the 36-chapter work. Chapter 30 is not the heart of the work. The chapter also fit the course's pedagogical purpose. Thus, neither the quantity nor the quality of the excerpt uploaded to ERES is excessive. Accordingly, factor three favors fair use.
Turning to factor four, digital permissions were available for excerpts of the Handbook, Second Ed. through both CCC and Sage's in-house permissions program in 2009 [
Defendants can still prevail on factor four, however, if they can prove that their unpaid use, even if coupled with widespread unpaid copying practices, did not cause substantial damage to the potential market for and the value of the copyrighted work, or that it did not "cause substantial economic harm such that allowing it
In summary, factors one and three favor fair use, factor two is neutral, and factor four disfavors fair use. Weighting these factors as directed by the Court of Appeals, Professor Ohmer's use of the Handbook, Second Ed. was a fair use.
Professor Ohmer assigned chapters one and two (pages 2-38) of Utilization-Focused Evaluation, by Michael Quinn Patton, as required reading for her fall 2009 class [Pls. Ex. 522]. Those chapters, titled "Evaluative Use: Both Challenge and Mandate" and "What Is Utilization-Focused Evaluation? How Do You Get Started?" respectively, were a combined 37 pages long and were 8.28% of the 447-page copyrighted work [Pls. Ex. 316].
Factor one favors fair use.
As to factor two, Utilization-Focused Evaluation is a semi-academic work which explores the field of program evaluation, which is a method by which projects, policies, and programs are evaluated for their effectiveness and efficiency.
Chapter one, titled "Evaluative Use: Both Challenge and Mandate," provides an introduction to the field of program evaluation. The chapter chronicles the early uses of program evaluation, which the author believes were defined by overly dense evaluations which were underutilized by policymakers in shaping new programs. Using these early failures as a teaching moment, the chapter focuses on the key aspects of effective program evaluation, such as accuracy, feasibility, and utility.
Chapter one is mostly factual in nature. The chapter reviews the initial landscape of program evaluation and chronicles the progression within the field. The chapter is written in a formal tone.
Chapter two, titled "What Is Utilization-Focused Evaluation? How Do You Get Started?" explains the concept of utilization-focused evaluation, asserting that an evaluation should consider the evaluation's use throughout all steps of the analysis. The chapter closes with a discussion of how the hallmarks of a utilization-focused
Chapter two is didactic. It relies on other researchers' studies to illustrate the concepts presented. The author presents the chapter in a conversational tone and focuses on some of his own experiences in developing the concept of utilization-focused evaluation. Factor two is neutral for these excerpts.
As to factor three, Professor Ohmer used 37 pages of Utilization-Focused Evaluation, which is 8.28% of the overall page count of the book [Pls. Ex. 316]. Standing alone, the percentage used is small, and it is a permissible amount in light of Professor Ohmer's educational purpose, even considering the impact of market substitution. Use of this excerpt also served Professor Ohmer's pedagogical purpose. However, when the fact that Professor Ohmer used two complete chapters is added, the amount used becomes disqualifying, even though the two chapters used are not the heart of the work. Factor three disfavors fair use.
As to factor four, ECCS permissions were available to make digital excerpts of Utilization-Focused Evaluation in 2009. The unpaid use by members of Professor Ohmer's class cost Sage less than $ 189.92 in net revenue. Order at 334, 334 n.143;
Under the standard set by the Court of Appeals, Defendants may still prevail by proving that the availability of widespread unpaid copying practices would not "cause substantial economic harm such that allowing it would frustrate the purposes of copyright by materially impairing [the publisher's] incentive to publish the work." Op. at 93;
Utilization-Focused Evaluation has been published in four editions. The first edition was published in 1978; the second edition was published in 1986; the third edition, at issue here, was published in 1996; and the fourth edition was published in 2008 [Pls. Exs. 316, 318]. According to the preface of the book, the third edition was updated to reflect "recent evaluation research": this recent research "substantially increased the length of the book because so much has happened on so many fronts" [Pls. Ex. 316 at xiv].
The following table shows book sales for the third edition of Utilization-Focused Evaluation since its publication in 1996:
Year Book Sales (Net Sales Revenue) 1996 $7,993.02 1997 $83,394.21 1998 $94,216.81 1999 $66,635.06 2000 $76,871.35 2001 $73,127.46 2002 $81,717.62 2003 $71,702.55 2004 $70,281.09 2005 $61,562.69 2006 $72,441.76 2007 $61,434.64 2008 -$8,588.77 53 2009 -$92.11 2010 -$101.94Total $812,595.44
[Pls. Ex. 319].
The following table shows permissions revenue earned on excerpts from the third edition of Utilization-Focused Evaluation from 1996 to 2010:
Year APS ECCS In-House Total 1996 No Evidence No Evidence $45.00 $45.00 1997 No Evidence No Evidence $35.00 $35.00 1998 No Evidence No Evidence $45.00 $45.00 1999 No Evidence No Evidence $68.00 $68.00 2000 No Evidence No Evidence $65.62 $65.62 2001 No Evidence No Evidence $339.67 $339.67 2002 No Evidence No Evidence $1,445.34 $1,445.34 2003 No Evidence No Evidence $745.56 $745.56 2004 $216.75 $94.86 $1,601.77 $1,913.38 2005 $319.24 $94.86 $844.81 $1,258.91 2006 $224.00 $457.89 $1,719.12 $2,401.01 2007 $419.73 $648.82 $1,268.93 $2,337.48 2008 $154.64 $763.37 $1,853.66 $2,771.67 2009 $67.12 $246.09 $1,015.06 $1,328.27 2010 $0.00 $357.00 $375.71 $732.71 Total $1,401.48 $2,662.89 $11,468.25 $15,532.62
[Pls. Exs. 319, 321]
The question here is twofold. It pertains to harm to the potential market for the copyrighted work beginning in 2009, the year the alleged infringement occurred. Also, it pertains to damage to the value of the copyrighted work in 2009. For both, the Court assumes that "everybody" (all colleges and universities) had programs similar to Georgia State's (allowing unpaid copying of small excerpts of copyrighted works) in 2009 and thereafter.
Defendants' actions had no impact on book sales. Small excerpts do not substitute for books. Op. at 94;
Defendants make two arguments. First, they point out that no book sales were lost. Second, they argue that the cost of permissions is unreasonable because the price calculation does not consider that a student may not download and use an excerpt. These arguments are unpersuasive. It appears quite likely that there will be no more sales of the third edition in light of the publication of the fourth edition. The argument about unreasonable cost due to some students' failure to use the material has been rejected,
In conclusion, factor one favors fair use, factor two is neutral, and factors three and four disfavor fair use. Accordingly, Defendants have not met their overall burden to prove that Professor Ohmer's use of Utilization-Focused Evaluation was a fair use. Sage's infringement claim succeeds as to this work.
Defendants' Motion to Strike Portions of Plaintiffs' Remand Brief and to Disregard Declaration [Doc. 502] is GRANTED.
This case is currently before the Court for fair use analysis with respect to 48 infringement claims. Plaintiffs are entitled to prevail on the claims involving these works in these Georgia State classes:
With respect to the other infringement claims, Defendants are entitled to prevail.
Plaintiffs are DIRECTED to file, within twenty (20) days of entry of this Order, the proposed text of any injunctive or declaratory relief they seek, together with the rationale supporting their request. Alternative proposals are acceptable. Should Plaintiffs desire to present additional evidence in support of a request for injunctive relief, they should indicate with specificity what that evidence would be and how it would assist the Court in determining what injunctive relief, if any, to prescribe. Defendants may state their opposition, if any, and may propose one or more alternative orders, within fifteen (15) days after Plaintiffs' filing. If Defendants object to Plaintiffs' proposal(s) or if Defendants suggest one or more alternative order(s), the rationale shall be stated. Each side's filings shall not exceed thirty (30) pages, including any attachments.
Section 505 of the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 505 provides:
Defendants are the prevailing side and are entitled to an award of costs and attorneys' fees. Defendants shall file a properly documented request for an award within twenty (20) days of the date of entry of this Order; Plaintiffs' response is due within fifteen (15) days of the date of entry of this Order. The parties are DIRECTED to confer with a view toward resolving disputed issues pertaining to the amount of the award.
The Clerk is DIRECTED to re-submit the file upon expiration of the above-referenced time period.
SO ORDERED, this
Cambridge Work Publication APS Income ECCS Net Sales (Pls. Ex. #) Date Income (7/1/2004-12/1/2010) (Pls. Ex. #) (Pls. Ex. #) (17/1/2004-12/1/2010) (through 10/31/2010) Liszt: Sonata in B Minor 1996 None None £19,322 (133) The Cambridge Companion to Mendelssohn 2004 $20.66 (70) None £24,826 (69) The Cambridge Companion to Schumann 2007 None None £27,866 (78) Ancient Egyptian Materials 2000 $241.49 (14) None £170,793 (13) Assessing Speaking 2004 $72.93 (38) None £58,893 (37) Learning Vocabulary in Another Language 2001 $214.74 (129) None £151,583 (128) International Health Organisations 1995 $52.62 (113) None £16,284 (112) Understanding Trauma 2007 None None £33,629 (146) Language Acquisition and Conceptual 2001 $257,43 (124) $669.39 £456 (123) Development (124) A World of Babies 2000 $1,382.01 $62.99 £99,831 (152) (153) (153) Revenue
Oxford Work Publication APS Income ECCS Income Net Sales (7/1/2004-12/1/2010) (7/1/2004-12/1/2010) Date (Pls. Ex. #) (Pls. Ex. #) (through 11/7/10) (Pls. Ex. 357 & 366) The Craft of inquiry 1998 $188.62 (375) $12.36 (375) $86,325.00 Awakening Children's Minds 2001 none $140.55 (358) $130,482.00 The Music of Berlioz 2001 None None $9,580.00 The Slove Community 1972 $10,732.20 $191.55 (463) $1,602,935.00 (463) Fundamental Considerations in Language 1990 $555.68 (409) none £151,242.15 Testing Evolution of Infectious Disease 1994 None None £222,038.50 Approaches to Qualitative Research 2004 $131.29 (353) $172.59 (353) None Region, Race and Reconstruction 1982 $1,835.73 $622.80 (457) $2,199 (457) The Unpredictable Post 1993 $701.05 (480) None $79,367.92 Living Ethics 2008 $114.24 (426) None $37,875.00 The Organ as a Mirror of its Time 2002 None None $55,831.00 Crabgrass Frontier 1985 $2,876.08 $94.25 (371) $740,414.00 (371) The Politics of Public Housing 2004 None None $45,113.00 Regimes and Democracy in Latin America 2007 $348.33 (454) None $12,689.00 The Power Elite 1956 $4,645.89 $315.59 (451) $232,467.00 (451) Revenue
Sage Work Publication APS Income ECCS In-House Net Sales (7/1/2004-12/1/2010) Date Income Permissions (Pls. Ex. #) (7/1/2004-12/1/2010) Revenue (Pls. Ex. #) (Pls. Ex. #) (from date of publication) (Pls. Ex. #) Handbook of Feminist Research 2007 None None $983.46 $94,085.88 (248) (248) Handbook of Social Theory 2001 $504.90 None £2,470,01 £63,483.74 (292) (291) (291) The Sage Handbook of Qualitative 2005 $2,042.34 $1,131.86 $18,711.95 $1,327,804.0 Research (Third) (287) (287) (283) 6 (283) The Sage Handbook of Qualitative 2000 10351.4 $6,324.61 $58,904.47 $1,3000,053 Research (Second) (286) (286) (283) 54 (283) Handbook of Critical and indigenous 2008 $37.84 (238) $138.04 $383.15 $161,204.62 Methodologies (238) (237) (237) The Sage Handbook of Qualitative 1994 $4,938.18 $3,883.99 None None Research (First) African American Single Mothers 1995 $151.47 $782.14 $2,841.57 $53,007.84 (208) (208) (206, 207) (206) Black Children (Second) 2002 $819.40 $116.03 $1,237.63 $104,828.72 (216) (216) (214, 215) (214) Black Families (Third) 1997 $1,217.87 $931.60 $3,561 (222) $144,388.03 (224) (224) (222) Theoretical Frameworks in 2006 None None $138,61 $75,320.69 Qualitative Research (308, 309) (308) Handbook of Mixed Methods 2003 $1,033.78 $51.41 $2,825.86 $391,077.68 (256) (256) (255) (255) Contempomry Cases in U.S. Foreign 2005 $415.16 None $333.81 $365,751.22 Policy (230) (314) (314) U.S. Foreign Policy: The Paradox of 2005 $137.70 None $285.33 $738,238.89 World Power (315) (314) (314) Utilization-Focused Evaluation 1997 $1,671.61 $2,688.92 $15,490.85 $812,595.44 (Third) (321) (321) (319) (319) Income
[Tr. Vol. 3, Doc. 401 at 47-48].