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] It found that all four fair use factors weighed against fair use. [12]

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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. The district court granted summary judgment in the Foundation’s favor, holding that Warhol’s work constituted fair use.

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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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