CALIBRATED JURISPRUDENTIAL WORKBENCHES & LITIGATION SIMULATORS

The Laboratory

Interactive simulation chambers for legal mechanics. Balance fair use probabilities, test horizontal algorithmic price-fixing under Sherman Act § 1, dissect substantial similarity waveforms, and simulate platform immunity state machines.

EXP-01 · STATUTORY BALANCER

Four-Factor Fair Use Probability Engine

Calibrated against 17 U.S.C. § 107 and post-Warhol commercial substitution math.

Presets:

Factor 1: Purpose & Character (Weight 35%)75%

Purely Commercial DerivativeBiting Parody / Public Index

Factor 2: Nature of Copyrighted Work (Weight 12%)60%

Highly Creative Fiction / Core ArtFactual / Functional Code

Factor 3: Amount & Substantiality (Weight 18%)45%

100% Ingested Expressive HeartDe Minimis / Fragmentary Snippet

Factor 4: Market Effect & Substitution (Weight 35%)40%

Usurps Primary/Derivative MarketZero Commercial Substitution

Fair Use Composite IndexCIRCUIT SPLIT ZONE

56/ 100 PTS

Equitable Battleground (Fact-Intensive)

Outcome depends heavily on trial fact-finding and circuit venue (e.g. 2nd Circuit Authors Guild vs 9th Circuit market protection).

“The goal of copyright is not to maximize private monopoly profits, but to stimulate creation for public enrichment. Where secondary use builds something new without destroying the author's incentive, the law yields.”