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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 15, lines 7-7","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/02-428.pdf","page_label":"file page 15, lines 7-7"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 25, lines 5-5","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/02-428.pdf","page_label":"file page 25, lines 5-5"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 17-37","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/02-428.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 17-37"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 53, lines 19-60","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/02-428.pdf","page_label":"file page 53, lines 19-60"}]},{"heading":"How the case got here","paragraphs":["The Supreme Court heard oral argument in this case on April 2, 2003."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 5-15","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/02-428.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 5-15"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 57, lines 9-11","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/02-428.pdf","page_label":"file page 57, lines 9-11"}]},{"heading":"What each side wants","paragraphs":["Dastar wants the Court to reject Fox's authorship claim.","Fox wants the Court to uphold the false origin claim."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 15, lines 7-7","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/02-428.pdf","page_label":"file page 15, lines 7-7"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 25, lines 5-5","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/02-428.pdf","page_label":"file page 25, lines 5-5"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 17-37","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/02-428.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 17-37"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 53, lines 19-60","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/02-428.pdf","page_label":"file page 53, lines 19-60"}]},{"heading":"What each side says","paragraphs":["Dastar argues the statute only covers the physical source of goods.","Fox argues the statute covers the creative source of the content."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 15, lines 7-7","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/02-428.pdf","page_label":"file page 15, lines 7-7"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 25, lines 5-5","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/02-428.pdf","page_label":"file page 25, lines 5-5"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 17-37","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/02-428.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 17-37"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 53, lines 19-60","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/02-428.pdf","page_label":"file page 53, lines 19-60"}]},{"heading":"What the justices asked","paragraphs":["Does the word origin include the concept of authorship?","Did Dastar mislead consumers about the source of the video?"],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 57, lines 9-11","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/02-428.pdf","page_label":"file page 57, lines 9-11"}]},{"heading":"Why it matters","paragraphs":["This case defines the scope of false advertising laws. It determines whether creators can sue for unauthorized use of their work. The outcome shapes intellectual property protections for media companies."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 15, lines 7-7","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/02-428.pdf","page_label":"file page 15, lines 7-7"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 25, lines 5-5","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/02-428.pdf","page_label":"file page 25, lines 5-5"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 17-37","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/02-428.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 17-37"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 53, lines 19-60","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/02-428.pdf","page_label":"file page 53, lines 19-60"}]},{"heading":"What happens next","paragraphs":["This article currently covers the argument record. Use the official docket link for later case activity."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 5-15","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/02-428.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 5-15"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 57, lines 9-11","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/02-428.pdf","page_label":"file page 57, lines 9-11"}]}],"slug":"2002-02-428-dastar-corp-v-twentieth-century-fox-film-corp","term":"2002","title":"Does a false origin claim cover creative authorship?","title_sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 15, lines 7-7","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/02-428.pdf","page_label":"file page 15, lines 7-7"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 25, lines 5-5","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/02-428.pdf","page_label":"file page 25, lines 5-5"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 17-37","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/02-428.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 17-37"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 53, lines 19-60","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2002/02-428.pdf","page_label":"file page 53, lines 19-60"}],"topics":[],"undated_disposition_date_fallback":null,"updated_at":"2026-09-05T03:22:24Z"}