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court finds that transferring title to mural also transferred (c); VARA and CMI claims against ad also fail

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If the agreement was terminated before payment, the contract provided “all rights of ownership in the concept, design, and Work itself” to Williams, but didn’t reserve those rights if it was completed and paid for. This omission is telling.”

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Andy Warhol, Prince, and the First Amendment: U.S. Supreme Court Grants Review of Questions Concerning “Fair Use” Under Copyright Act

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Vanity Fair licensed one of Goldsmith’s Prince photographs to use in a Vanity Fair article. When Prince died in 2016, Vanity Fair’s parent company sought permission from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. ” Amici Art Law Professors focused heavily on the First Amendment and the fair use doctrine.