Castle Rock Entertainment, Inc. v. Carol Publishing Group, Inc., Defendant-Cross Claimant-Appellant, Beth B. Golub, Defendant-Cross

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• concluding that a Seinfeld trivia book that copied 643 fragments from 84 copyrighted Seinfeld episodes “plainly crossed the quantitative copying threshold under Ringgold”
• concluding that a trivia book based on the popular television show Seinfeld could harm the market for similar derivative products produced or licensed by the copyright owner
• concluding that a trivia book based on the popular television show Seinfeld could harm the market for similar derivative products produced or licensed by the copyright owner
• finding that the second factor favored plaintiff given the fictional nature of the copyrighted work
• finding that a Seinfeld trivia book usurped the show’s market because it substituted for a derivative market that a television program copyright owner would in general develop or license others to develop
• looking to statements of the allegedly infringing work’s creators when analyzing the purpose and character of the secondary work

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