Navigation Eighth Circuit on Copyright Law: Simple Form Is Not Copyrightable and Using a Meme Was Not Fair Use
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit expanded its jurisprudence on copyright law twice in recent months. Addressing questions ranging from copyrightability to fair use, and arising from separate disputes involving a car dealership’s customer intake form and a popular meme, these two opinions round out a body of just seven decisions on copyright law released by this appellate court in the past five years.
