Law, Business, and Society 9th Edition by Tony McAdams

Exercise 21

Plaintiff Marobie-FL, Inc., released software of copyrighted clip art for use in the fire service industry. Robisheaux administered the National Association of Fire Equipment Distributors (NAFED) Web page. He received the clip art from a source that he could not remember. He placed the clip art on NAFED's Web page. At that point, the clip art could be readily accessed and downloaded by any Web user.
Marobie claimed copyright infringement. Among other arguments, NAFED claimed that its display of the clip art constituted a fair use, within the meaning of federal copyright law. Decide. Explain. See Marobie-FL v. National Ass'n of Fire Equip. Dist., 983 F.Supp. 1167 (N.D. Ill. 1997).