AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION, ET AL.,
Plaintiffs-Counterclaim-Defendants-Appellees, -v.- TEXACO INC.,
Defendant-Counterclaim-Plaintiff-Appellant. IN RE TEXACO INC., ET AL.,
Reorganized Debtors. ACADEMIC PRESS, INC., ET AL., Petitioners-Appellees, -v.-
TEXACO INC., Respondent-Appellant.
Docket No. 92-9341
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND
CIRCUIT
1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 36735
November 21, 1994, Petition for
Rehearing Submitted December 23, 1994, Decided
PRIOR HISTORY: [*1] Petition for rehearing by
defendant-appellant. Petition denied; prior opinion modified. Judge Jacobs votes
to grant the petition for rehearing, but agrees with the language changes made
by this amending opinion.
Original Opinion of
October 28, 1994, Reported at: 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 30437.
JUDGES: Before: NEWMAN, Chief Judge, WINTER and JACOBS, Circuit
Judges.
OPINION:
PER CURIAM:
The petition for rehearing is
denied. The opinion filed October 28, 1994, is amended in the following
respects:
1. At slip op. p. 7900, at the end of the
second paragraph, insert, "Our differences stem primarily from the fact that,
unlike the District Court, we have had the benefit of the Supreme Court's
important decision in Campbell, decided after Judge Leval issued his
opinion."
2. At slip op. p. 7906, line 5, after
"Supreme Court," insert "had", and on line 15, after "1262.", insert, as a new
paragraph, "Indeed, Campbell warns against 'elevating . . . to a per
se rule' Sony's language about a presumption against fair use arising
from commercial use. 114 S. Ct. at 1174. Campbell discards that language
in favor of a more subtle, sophisticated approach, [*2] which
recognizes that 'the more transformative the new work, the less will be the
significance of other factors, like commercialism, that may weigh against a
finding of fair use.' Id. at 1171. The Court states that 'the commercial
or nonprofit educational purpose of a work is only one element of the first
factor inquiry' id. at 1174, and points out that 'if, indeed,
commerciality carried presumptive force against a finding of fairness, the
presumption would swallow nearly all of the illustrative uses listed in the
preamble paragraph of § 107 . . . .' Id."
3. At
slip op. p. 7918, in the first two lines of the second paragraph, delete "In
analyzing this fourth factor, which the Supreme Court and commentators
recognize" and replace with "Prior to Campbell, the Supreme Court had
characterized the fourth factor" and on line 5 of the second paragraph, change
the comma after "13-183" to a period and insert, "However, Campbell's
discussion of the fourth factor conspicuously omits this phrasing. Apparently
abandoning the idea that any factor enjoys primacy, Campbell instructs
that 'all [four factors] are to be explored, and the results weighed together,
in light of [*3] the purposes of copyright.' 114 S. Ct. at 1171."
Then, begin a new paragraph with "In analyzing the fourth factor,".
4. At slip op. p. 7929, line 2 of the first full
paragraph, delete "the critical fourth factor" and substitute "fourth
factors".
5. At slip op. p. 7944, in line 21 of the
first full paragraph, delete the word " 'critical' " and replace with
"'important'".
Judge Jacobs votes to grant the petition
for rehearing, but agrees with the language changes made by this amending
opinion.