Maverick V Harper Case Summary

Feist Publication, Inc v. Rural Telephone Service Co and Maverick Recording Co. v Harper are two cases of copyright infringement. The court ruled in both cases that there was evidence of copying. However, in Maverick Recording Co. v. Harper, the court determined that there was infringement. In the Feist v. Rural, there was copying of the yellow pages (advertisement) and not the white pages. In Maverick v. Harper, the courts determined that there was infringement because Harper admitted to copyright infringement for 6 songs. Evidence later found that there was evidence of 37 audio files.
Feist Publications, Inc v. Rural Telephone Service Co is a case where Rural Telephone Company sued Feist Publications for copyright infringement because after Feist offered to pay for the right to use Rural Telephone white page listing. Rural refused and Feist used them without …show more content…
v. Harper is a case where Whitney Harper was sued for copyright infringement for downloading and sharing music. Harper claimed that she only infringed on 6 or the ___ music downloads. She also claimed “innocent infringement” meaning when someone unknowingly copyright infringement. Innocent infringement, unlike knowing infringement, carries a lesser fine. Innocent infringement is $200 per infringement and the other is $750 per infringement. The courts ruled in favor of Maverick Recording Co. However, Whitney Harper also received what she wanted and only had to pay the innocent infringement fees. The court ruled that the court In the music versus Whitney harper case, Whitney downloaded 37 songs and shared them. Maverick filled suit against Whitney claiming copier right infringement. Maverick appealed the court's decisions stating that Whitney knew that she was copyrighting and therefore can’t claim innocent infringement. Maverick stated that there were warning signs of copyright when she uploaded the files and therefore she knew. The courts agreed and ruled in favor of