Labels:text | screenshot | black | black and white | font OCR: [rap " group] 2 Live Crew, the Court of Appeals revers holding the defense of fair use barred by the song's commercial character and excessive borrowing. Because we hold that a parody's commercial character is only one element to be weighed in a fair use inquire, and that insufficient considera- tion was given to the nature of parody in weighing the degree of copying, we reverse and remand. 1 Rap has been defined as a "style of black American popular music consisting of improvised rhymes performed to a rhythmic accompani- ment." The Norton/Grove Concise Encyclopedia of Music 613 (1988). 2 Live Crew plays "[b]ass music," a regional, hip-hop style of rap from the Liberty City area of Miami, Florida. Brief for Petitioners. -Portion of Supreme Court ruling in Luther R. Campbell, aka Luke Skyywalker, et al. v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. 444444 444444
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