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Supreme Court Rules adaption of Warhol print not “fair use”

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

The court’s decision has significant implications for artists and content creators, as it raises questions about the transformative nature of derivative works. The commercial nature of the copying further weighed against fair use.

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Supreme Court Holds Warhol’s “Orange Prince” Not Transformative, Not Fair Use

IP Tech Blog

The main principle practitioners can derive from Goldsmith is that transformation alone is not enough render copying of a reference work “fair use.” When Prince passed away in 2016, the Andy Warhol Foundation (“AWF”) licensed “Orange Prince” for use on the cover of a commemorative magazine cover. Goldsmith et al, Case No.

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Was Batman a Plagiarism?

Plagiarism Today

Through our modern lens, this kind of copying can seem insane. Ethically, this type of copying would be seen as plagiarism and the creators would be treated accordingly, especially given that some of the images were traced. These days, comic artists and comic fans do not tolerate this kind of copying. It happened in 1939.

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Supreme Court Holds Warhol’s “Orange Prince” Not Transformative, Not Fair Use

LexBlog IP

The main principle practitioners can derive from Goldsmith is that transformation alone is not enough render copying of a reference work “fair use.” Plainly the Warhol “Orange Prince” was a derivative work, but was there something about it that could support a finding of fair use?

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SCOTUS Rules Andy Warhol’s Prince Portraits Are Not Fair Use

The IP Law Blog

In a 7-2 decision, the high court sided with Goldsmith’s argument that Warhol’s “Orange Prince” constituted an infringing derivative work of her copyrighted photograph. However, the majority rejected this argument, stating that the new expression alone did not determine the purpose or character of the copying use.

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Use of Warhol’s Prince Image Found Not to Be Sufficiently Transformative for Fair Use 

LexBlog IP

On May 18, 2023, the Supreme Court found that artistic changes to a pre-existing work, alone, not necessarily sufficient to make a derivative work fair use. Applying a new lens on how to view the purpose of a derivative work under U.S. copyright law.

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WIPIP: In Memoriam and Fair Use

43(B)log

A Few Words for a Lost Friend: Tribute to Dmitry Karshtedt (Bob Brauneis, Mark Lemley, Jake Sherkow) Closing Plenary Session: Fair use Robert Brauneis, Copyright Transactions in the Shadow of Fair Use Suppose a work does not infringe another work because and only because it’s been ruled a fair use. Prince is work plus embodiment.