What is the test for a successful defense of a copyright infringement action?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Reinicke v. Creative Empire LLC, CASE NO. 12cv1405-GPC(KSC) (S.D. Cal. 2014):
Inc. v. Fogerty, 94 F.3d 553, 558 (9th Cir. 1996). "[A] successful defense of a copyright infringement action may further the policies of the Copyright Act every bit as much as a successful prosecution of an infringement claim by the holder of a copyright." Fogerty v. Fantasy, Inc., 510 U.S. 517, 527 (1994).
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