The Nation magazine lost its fair use copyright case to Harper & Row for several reasons, including the fact that the Nation "scooped" Harper & Rows' right to first publish excerpts of the Ford memoirs in Time magazine, thus diminishing the value of the original work.

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This statement is true. The Nation magazine did indeed scoop Harper & Row's right to first publish excerpts of the Ford memoirs in Time magazine, which was a key factor in their loss of the fair use copyright case.

The Nation Magazine Lost Its Fair Use Copyright Case to Harper