United States First Circuit

The "newsworthy" nature of nude Miss Uiverse Puerto Rico photographs, the difficulty of presenting the story without the photographs, and the minimal effect on the copyright owner's photography business, combine to meet the 17 USC 107 requirements of fair use.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/21/2000
• Published 12/21/2000

Judges

• TORRUELLA, Chief Judge., Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, LYNCH, Circuit Judge, and GARCÍA-GREGORY, District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• José Guillermo González, with whom José Manuel Urrutia-Vélez, was on brief, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Juan R. Marchand-Quintero, with whom Francisco Ortiz-Santini and Juan R. Marchand-Quintero Law Offices, were on brief, for appellee.