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

How courts have described this case

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• 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).