LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

1] That decision shook the art world, as it seems to dramatically narrow the scope of the fair use doctrine, and raises doubts about the lawfulness of many existing works. [2] Vanity Fair , in turn, commissioned Warhol to make a silkscreen using Goldsmith’s photograph. He did just that.

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Art Law Journal

JULY 31, 2020

Knowing more about copyright and fair use will help you determine what is yours to use and what is off limits. Nicole Martinez.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 18, 2022

Supreme Court recently granted a petition for writ of certiorari (docket, here ) to review the extent to which a work of art is a “transformative” fair use under the Copyright Act. Vanity Fair licensed one of Goldsmith’s Prince photographs to use in a Vanity Fair article.

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Art Law Journal

MARCH 13, 2018

For years, videographers have used music as a backdrop in their films, short videos, and documentaries. The law around music licensing is pretty clear: a license is required to use copyrighted music in a video. Steve Schlackman. This has been a standard practice since the dawn of music recordings.

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The Art Law Blog

MARCH 27, 2021

On this reading, there's still no way to have any confidence about how any given fair use case will be decided." That would have been a big deal in fair use jurisprudence. There's no support in the Second Circuit opinion for that second reading, so we're back to the first: these Judges saw this particular use differently.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 27, 2023

adopting that posture of indifference, the majority does something novel (though in law, unlike in art, it is rarely a good thing to be transformative).” The decision has been both decried as an assault on the future of art and hailed as a major vindication for photographers. ’” Take that.

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