11th Circuit Again Reverses Fair Use Finding For University’s Online Postings

Mealey's (October 22, 2018, 8:16 AM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A trial court misinterpreted instructions it received on remand and misapplied the Copyright Act’s fair use factors in a ruling finding that the online posting of textbook passages by Georgia State University (GSU) faculty was fair use, the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Oct. 19, reversing and remanding four years after its initial remand ruling (Cambridge University Press, et al. v. Georgia State University, et al., No. 16-15726, 11th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 29531)....