LEIBOVITZ v. PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORP.

Docket No. 97-7063.

137 F.3d 109 (1998)

Annie LEIBOVITZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 19, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tennyson Schad, Norwick & Schad, New York City, for plaintiff-appellant.

Jonathan Zavin, New York City (Jacques M. Rimokh, Richards & O'Neil, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before: NEWMAN, CALABRESI, and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges.


JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal concerns the fair use defense to copyright infringement in the context of an advertisement claimed to be a parody of a copyrighted photograph. Annie Leibovitz appeals from the December 20, 1996, judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of New York (Loretta A. Preska, Judge), granting summary judgment for defendant-appellee Paramount Pictures Corp. ("Paramount"). Leibovitz v. Paramount Pictures Corp.,

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