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CAMPBELL v. ACUFF-ROSE MUSIC, INC.
Kennedy, J., concurring
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Justice Kennedy, concurring.
I agree that remand is appropriate and join the opinion of the Court, with these further observations about the fair use analysis of parody.
The common-law method instated by the fair use provision of the copyright statute, 17 U. S. C. § 107 (1988 ed. and Supp. IV), presumes that rules will emerge from the course of decisions. I agree that certain general principles are now discernible to define the fair use exception for parody. One of these rules, as the Court observes, is that parody may qualify as fair use regardless of whether it is published or per-
