Basic Books, Inc. v. Kinko's Graphics Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding reckless disregard where defendant “should have known” that its conduct infringed plaintiffs copyrights
• repackaging in anthology form of excerpts from copyrighted books not a transformative use
• “The books infringed in suit were factual in nature. This factor weighs in favor of defendant.”
• “The books infringed in suit were factual in nature. This factor weighs in favor of defendant.”
• “The books infringed in suit were factual in nature. This factor weighs in favor of defendant.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

42 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Beastie Boys v. Monster Energy Co.
  S.D. New York· 2015-06-15· cited 100×
• Infinity Broadcast Corp. v. Wayne Kirkwood, Doing Business as Media Dial-Up
  Second Circuit· 1998-07-29· cited 98×
• American Geophysical Union v. Texaco Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1994-10-28· cited 89×
• Princeton University Press, MacMillan Inc., and St. Martin's Press, Inc. v. Michigan Document Services, Inc., and James M. Smith
  Sixth Circuit· 1996-11-08· cited 81×
• Carson v. Dynegy, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-08-27· cited 79×
• Microsoft Corp. v. Jesse's Computers & Repair, Inc.
  M.D. Florida· 2002-12-09· cited 78×
• Coach, Inc. v. Kmart Corporations
  S.D. New York· 2010-11-16· cited 67×
• Peer International Corp. v. Luna Records, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1995-04-28· cited 49×
• Broadcast Music, Inc. v. R Bar of Manhattan, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1996-03-01· cited 45×
• LaSalle National Bank v. Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co.
  S.D. New York· 1996-11-26· cited 43×
• UMG Recordings, Inc. v. MP3. Com, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2000-05-04· cited 35×
• American Geophysical Union v. Texaco Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1992-10-26· cited 33×
• Lexington Insurance Co. v. American Healthcare Providers
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1993-09-13· cited 31×
• Metropolitan Regional Information Systems, Inc. v. American Home Realty Network, Inc.
  D. Maryland· 2012-08-24· cited 28×
• Cambridge University Press v. Patton
  Eleventh Circuit· 2014-10-17· cited 25×
• Great Minds v. Fedex Office & Print Servs., Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2018-03-21· cited 25×
• Beastie Boys v. Monster Energy Co.
  S.D. New York· 2014-12-04· cited 21×
• Plummer v. Atlantic Credit & Finance, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2014-12-08· cited 20×
• Merchant v. Lymon
  S.D. New York· 1993-07-23· cited 19×
• Michael Grecco Prods., Inc. v. Valuewalk, LLC
  S.D. Illinois· 2018-11-06· cited 19×

Cites

68 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority
  Supreme Court· 1936-02-17· cited 3,147×
• Maryland Casualty Co. v. Pacific Coal & Oil Co.
  Supreme Court· 1941-02-03· cited 2,348×
• Mathews v. Diaz
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-01· cited 1,237×
• Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation Enterprises
  Supreme Court· 1985-05-20· cited 1,191×
• Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1984-01-17· cited 978×
• United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1948-05-03· cited 734×
• Morton Salt Co. v. G. S. Suppiger Co.
  Supreme Court· 1942-02-02· cited 474×
• United States v. Loew's Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1962-11-05· cited 303×
• Rosemont Enterprises, Inc. v. Random House, Inc. And John Keats
  Second Circuit· 1966-08-17· cited 179×
• AMREP Corp. v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1978-01-09· cited 175×
• Carter v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
  Supreme Court· 1967-01-09· cited 172×
• Wainwright Securities Inc. v. Wall Street Transcript Corporation and Richard A. Holman
  Second Circuit· 1977-06-15· cited 156×
• Meese v. Miller
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1981-02-26· cited 155×
• Folsom v. Marsh
  U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts· 1841-10-15· cited 150×
• Broadview Chemical Corporation v. Loctite Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1969-10-29· cited 128×
• John Hampton and Dorothy Hampton v. Paramount Pictures Corporation, and Eastman Kodak Company
  Ninth Circuit· 1960-06-02· cited 122×
• Pacific and Southern Company, Inc., D/B/A Wxia-Tv, Cross v. Carol Duncan, D/B/A Tv News Clips, Cross-Appellee
  Eleventh Circuit· 1984-12-07· cited 117×
• Jerome D. Salinger A/K/A J.D. Salinger v. Random House, Inc. And Ian Hamilton
  Second Circuit· 1987-05-04· cited 108×
• Whimsicality, Inc., Cross-Appellee v. Rubie's Costume Co., Inc., Cross-Appellant
  Second Circuit· 1989-12-15· cited 103×
• Consumers Union of United States, Inc. v. General Signal Corp. And Grey Advertising, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1984-02-14· cited 100×