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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 22 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc..

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1 Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. Anchor
scotus · 1984
green “every commercial use of copyrighted material is presumptively an unfair exploitation of the monopoly privilege that belongs to the owner of the copyright.” 13
2 Dellar v. Samuel Goldwyn, Inc.
ca2 · 1939
green “the most troublesome in the whole law of copyright.” 9

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