3 Annotated Bibliographies

“Fair Use.” Stanford University Libraries (2007): Web.

This article starts by defining fair use then goes into much greater detail about the four
factors of measuring fair use. It also includes information about “fifth” factor. This article is
important to my work because it specifically mentions music cases and provides examples of
the grey area of fair use and disagreements that lead to law suits.

Rich, Lloyd L. “Parody: Fair Use or Copyright Enfringement.” The Law Publishing Center
(1999): Web.

Denver lawyer Lloyd Rich starts be defining what a parody consists of. He then argues for
the rights of those creating the parodies. He uses the Fair Use defense but further
categorizes the definition of Fair Use into four categories: Purpose and Character of Use,
Nature of Copyright Work, Amount of Substantiality of the Portion Used of the Copyrighted
Work, and Effect of Potential Market or Value of the Copyrighted Work.

Verna, Anthony. “’Weird Al’ Yankovic vs. Those Who Don’t Understand.” Trademark,
Copyright, and Entertainment Law Forum (2006): Web.

The author, Anthony Verna, a lawyer from New York, NY, explains specific conflicts “Weird
Al” Yankovic has experienced with some of the artists’ songs he does parodies of. Verna also
mentions the position the record label has in the whole copyright argument. This article is
special because it has quotes from “Weird Al” himself regarding artists like James Blunt and
label companies like Atlantic. U.S. Code Title 17 is the settled law that any parody is covered
under the fair use under the United States Copyright Statute.
4 Responses
  1. Mary Donato Says:

    I couldn't get the spacing right for my blog but each line of the paragraph summary is supposed to be indented as well any line after the first one of the author, title, date portion of the bibliography.


  2. The first bibliography is good with the summary and the analyzing of the source. However, it does not actually specifically state how you plan to use the source. For the second source, you have a good summary, but need to add a short statement of why it's important and how you might plan to use it in your research. The third source is also well done, except that it needs a statement concerning how you plan to use it.


  3. mroger10 Says:

    your format is off, you need to add more information on the source, why you are using it as well. Follow the guidelines given to you and you will be fine. My only other suggestion would be to working on your citation more.


  4. You have a good start to your annotated bibliography. To add onto your bibliography you can mention how your source is limited. More specifically you can say what issues are missing that would help you expand your topic. Overall good job.