Above the Fold

MAY 22, 2023

This high-profile case hinged on whether Warhol’s images of Prince meaningfully transformed Goldsmith’s original black and white photo so as to create a new work of art protected by the fair use doctrine. SCOTUS held that Warhol’s images did not constitute fair use.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 8, 2023

The Supreme Court’s recent and much-anticipated decision in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. Goldsmith redefines the contours of the fair use defense to copyright infringement.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2023

According to Getty Images, Stability copied Getty’s photographs with associated text and metadata to train its Stable Diffusion model, which uses AI to generate computer-synthesized images in response to text prompts. According to Getty, this is clear copyright infringement.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 22, 2023

This high-profile case hinged on whether Warhol’s images of Prince meaningfully transformed Goldsmith’s original black and white photo so as to create a new work of art protected by the fair use doctrine. SCOTUS held that Warhol’s images did not constitute fair use.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 24, 2023

Warhol’s use of Prince’s photo (taken by Lynn Goldsmith) was not entitled to fair use. The Court found that Goldsmith’s earlier photo and Andy Warhol’s use served the same commercial purpose – as a magazine illustration. I am not so sure. Take a look a the illustration above.

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JD Supra Law

OCTOBER 7, 2022

EDT, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear oral arguments in The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. On Wednesday, October 12, 2022, at 10 a.m. Goldsmith, No. Milliken, a director in Sterne Kessler’s Trial & Appellate Practice Group, will be live-tweeting updates from the firm’s account, @sternekessler.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 7, 2023

A pair of copyright decisions issued in May, one involving the appropriation artist Richard Prince [1] and the other involving works portraying the musician known as Prince, explore and expand on the “fair use” defense to copyright infringement. On May 11, the U.S. 2] A week later, the U.S. 3] Graham v.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 9, 2022

“Warhol Print” (Vanity Fair), Page 8, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. “Goldsmith Photograph”, Page 7, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. Starkly deviating from this trend was a Second Circuit panel decision in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 18, 2023

Supreme Court in the copyright infringement case, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. Goldsmith, was whether the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. in a museum) would be fair use. The question presented to the U.S. § 107(1). Or whether displaying the Prince Series (e.g.,

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

Clarifying Copyright Fair Use in Commercialized and Licensed Visual Arts: Insights from Warhol v. Goldsmith by Jaime Chandra Clarifying Fair Use in Commercialized & Licensed Visual Arts: Insights from the Warhol v. We’re talking about Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts, Inc.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

In a courtroom showdown that has captivated both the art and legal worlds, celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D emerged victorious in a copyright lawsuit brought against her by photographer Jeffrey Sedlik. For Von D, the decision marked the end of a two-year legal ordeal.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 30, 2021

Chapman (‘plaintiffs’) collectively filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Netflix, Amazon, and Apple (‘defendants’), claiming that the defendants had directly and indirectly infringed their copyright over the song “ Fish Sticks n’ Tater Tots ” by using it in their documentary titled ‘Burlesque’ ( Brown v.

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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] Goldsmith counterclaimed for copyright infringement. It found that all four fair use factors weighed against fair use. [12]

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 20, 2022

The UFC’s reputation as the world’s leading mixed martial arts promotion is the result of almost three decades of hard work and unwavering dedication to combat sports. Whether a fair use conversation actually took place is unclear, but the UFC says the strategy won’t work here. UFC is Not Suing Bisping Himself.

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Art Law Journal

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Fair use is a common art law issue that arises for artists. Here, we review the College Art Association's Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for the Visual Arts. Nicole Martinez.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 24, 2022

AI-generated art isn’t perfect, but it’s become a viable option for set decor on motion pictures and other commercial productions. The letter claimed that the director, an ad agency, and a popular theme park had all committed copyright infringement because a panda appeared in the background of their TV commercial.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 5, 2023

In a case that pitted Andy Warhol’s legacy foundation against rock portraitist Lynn Goldsmith, Supreme Court Justices Sonya Sotomayor and Elena Kagan split on an issue central to the ideals of copyright law: how the law should encourage artists to produce original work. By: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The United States Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit ruled that the use of Lynn Goldsmith’s 1981 photograph was not fair use by Andy Warhol’s image of a musical artist. After the death of Warhol, the copyright over Warhol’s work of Prince series was copyrighted by AWF having gained rights over it. These were-.

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The IP Law Blog

APRIL 7, 2022

The Supreme Court granted a petition for writ of certiorari filed by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts that arises from a copyright infringement action filed by photographer Lynn Goldsmith, who took the photos of Prince that were subsequently the subject of Warhol’s allegedly infringing works.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

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. At issue before the Supreme Court in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc. copyright law. copyright law. Copyright law in the U.S.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The legal question at the center of the dispute is whether Warhol’s series is fair use of Goldsmith’s original photograph. A permissible derivative creation, or fair use, requires transformative changes made to the original. The trial judge John G.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Many find it surprising, but there is no requirement to include a copyright notice on a work for the work to be protected by copyright law. The lack of a copyright notice does not give you permission to use the work. Examples of copyright infringement include the following when done without permission.

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IIPRD

APRIL 8, 2024

The ambit of IPR when it comes to recognizing these AI generators and whether they are also capable of copyright infringement by transforming other creators work has been discussed in detail in the article. 3] Algorithms use existing information and art to learn to create novel looking pieces. [4]

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JD Supra Law

AUGUST 15, 2022

Sullivan has filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in the upcoming Supreme Court case Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. The brief was filed as counsel of record for copyright scholar Philippa S. Loengard, the Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts at Columbia Law School.

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JIPEL Copyright Blog

APRIL 11, 2022

In the past few years, the Second Circuit in particular has had the difficult task of reconciling copyright law with appropriation art, an artistic style predicated on the intentional use of preexisting images and objects. for the Visual Arts, Inc. Andy Warhol Found. Goldsmith, No. 19-2420-cv, 2021 U.S.

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IPilogue

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

This past Monday, Osgoode’s very own Professor David Vaver delivered the 2021 Brace lecture on “User Rights: Fair Use and Beyond” as the series’ very first international speaker from outside the United States. The Court refers to it more specifically as a “user’s right”. In Théberge v Galerie d’Art du Petit Champlain Inc.

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Meta Platforms (parent company of Facebook) and OpenAI (creator of ChatGPT) have individually filed a Motion to Dismiss the class-action lawsuit filed by comedian Sarah Silverman and authors Richard Kadrey and Christopher Golden for alleged copyright infringement.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

The Doctrine of Fair Use is a concept that originates from the case of Folsom vs. Marsh. Justice Story observed in his judgement, when the courts of law decide on cases like this, they must look to the nature and objects of the selection mode, the quantity and value of material used. Percentage of Original Material Used.

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IPilogue

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Typically, tattoo aftercare instructions include strictly hygienic recommendations, but tattoo artist Kat Von D might have a unique suggestion: prepare to be an exhibit in a copyright infringement lawsuit. for copyright infringement under the Copyright Act of 1976. Sedlik (“Sedlik”) filed a complaint in the U.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Addressing fair use as an affirmative defense to copyright infringement, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit amended its recent opinion, reversing a district court’s summary judgment in favor of fair use. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. 19-2420-cv (2d.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 2, 2023

According to Getty Images, Stability copied Getty’s photographs with associated text and metadata to train its Stable Diffusion model, which uses AI to generate computer-synthesized images in response to text prompts. According to Getty, this is clear copyright infringement.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Predictions & Recent Rulings The Anthopic lawsuit builds upon several other copyright infringement cases recently brought by content creators against generative AI technologies. for the Visual Arts, Inc. The court concluded that “the first fair use factor comes down to the jury’s finding of transformativeness.”

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 2, 2021

National Academy of TV Arts and Sciences v. Plaintiff, owner of trademark and copyright in the EMMY statuette, sues for TM infringement and dilution, and copyright infringement. Multimedia System Design d/b/a “Crowdsource the Truth, 20-cv-7269 (VEC), SDNY July 20, 2021.

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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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The IP Law Blog

APRIL 8, 2021

Finding Google’s copying a fair use, the Supreme Court ended Oracle’s decade-long attempt to recover copyright damages. With the “structure, sequence, and organization” of the APIs so similar, Oracle alleged Google infringed its copyrights. Weighing the fair-use factors, the Court found in Google’s favor.

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JD Supra Law

JUNE 1, 2023

The United States Supreme Court recently issued its first opinion in the realm of copyright since its 2021 decision in Google v. Oracle, this time focusing not on software and source code, but on pop art and the publishing industry. By: Miller & Martin PLLC

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JULY 19, 2022

What is copyright infringement? Unauthorized use of a work protected by copyright is referred to as copyright infringement. In this blog we will take a look at best practices to avoid copyright infringement. In this blog we will take a look at best practices to avoid copyright infringement.

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