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

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

Supreme Court has ruled that Andy Warhol’s orange silkscreen portrait of musician Prince, adapted from a photograph by Lynn Goldsmith, does not qualify as “fair use” under copyright law. The commercial nature of the copying further weighed against fair use. Continue reading

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No Fair Use for Warhol Prince Photo

LexBlog IP

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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Court to Revisit Fair Use in Tattoo Infringement Case

Copyright Lately

Goldsmith on a first-of-its-kind copyright infringement lawsuit involving celebrity tattoo artist Katherine Von Drachenberg (aka Kat Von D). Fischer denied both parties’ motions for summary judgment, finding triable issues of substantial similarity and fair use. Fifteen minutes of fame, meet permanent ink.

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Sign o’ the Times? Supreme Court decides Andy Warhol’s Prince silkscreen is not a fair use

JD Supra Law

In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court found that an Andy Warhol silkscreen of the singer Prince, sourced from an original Lynn Goldsmith photograph, did not qualify for the Copyright Act’s “fair use” defense because both the photograph and the silkscreen had the same use, which was to illustrate commercial magazine articles about the singer.

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Fair Use: Graham v. Prince and Warhol v. Goldsmith

LexBlog IP

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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SCOTUS: Fair Use Defense Fails to Protect Warhol’s Licensing of Orange Prince

LexBlog IP

Supreme Court in the copyright infringement case, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. Affirming the Second Circuit opinion, the majority held that the “purpose and character” of AWF’s particular commercial use of Goldsmith’s photograph did not favor a finding of fair use pursuant to 17 U.S.C. §

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Client Alert: Putting the “Use” Back in Fair Use: The Supreme Court Decides Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith

JD Supra Law

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