Word: aap
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Following the decision, Kinko's agreed not to appeal the case in exchange for a promise that AAP would not further sue the company for additional copyright infringements...
Immediately hailed by publishers as a breakthrough, the agreement irked some small copiers, who labeled it a "corrupt bargain" and openly questioned the AAP's tactics...
...Kinko's case, in which eight members of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) won $1.8 million in damages and legal fees, hinged on two exceptions contained within the "fair use" provision. According to the law, fair use does not apply to copies made in "a commercial nature," and the effect of the use upon the potential market for the copy righted work is grounds for determining what is fair...
...outcomes of the Kinko's suit was a greater compliance throughout the industry," says Judith Platt, spokesperson for the AAP, which provided both the organization and the lawyers for the suit...
...small copier, James M. Smith, made his challenge brazen and, for the publishers, frighteningly public. Shortly after the agreement was initially made, Smith, the owner of Michigan Document Services, went public with his opposition to the AAP, charging that the publishers had used their legal leverage to create a lengthy, overly-expensive process for obtaining copyright permissions...