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The Briefing: Not Terminated - Cher Still Entitled to Her Share of Music Royalties
The Briefing: Another Court Gets It Right in Tattoo Copyright Dispute
Taylor's Version: El Derecho de Artistas en la Industria Musical
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(Podcast) The Briefing: Jingle Brawl – The Battle for ‘Queen of Christmas’
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SAG AFTRA Strike Ends; AI Roundup of Cases and Proposed Law Making; Podcasting Live from Austin, Texas
JONES DAY TALKS®: Paradise Lost: Court Says AI-Generated Work not Copyrightable
(Podcast) The Briefing: Tattoos, Tiger King, and Copyright Lawsuits – Oh My – Cramer v. Netflix
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Podcast - The Briefing: The AI Copyright Conundrum Continues – An Update
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Podcast: The Briefing - Court Rejects Post-Warhol Fair Use Defense in Photographer’s Copyright Lawsuit
Entertainment Law Update Episode 160 – August/September 2023
In May, it will have been a year since the U.S. Supreme Court decided Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts Inc. v. Goldsmith. In that case, the court held that Andy Warhol's silkscreens of the musician Prince based on a...more
To help you stay on top of the latest news, our AI practice group has compiled a roundup of the developments we are following. The Artist Rights Alliance has published an open letter asking that technology platforms “pledge...more
In Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith, the Supreme Court held, in a 7-2 decision, that the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (AWF) infringed photographer Lynn Goldsmith’s copyright when it...more
A photographer is suing a real estate media site for copyright infringement after publishing several of his photos without permission. Scott Hervey and Jamie Lincenberg discuss this case and explain how media companies can...more
In May, the Supreme Court issued an unusually contentious 7-2 decision concerning the fair use defense available to alleged copyright infringers. The majority decision in The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc....more
The U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit’s decision that the licensing of an image Andy Warhol created of musician Prince (titled “Orange Prince”) based on a photograph by Lynn...more
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...more
AI technology is developing at a tremendous pace and AI image creation is no exception. AI images are even winning art contests. Since AI generates artistic images modeling others’ work, human artists are asking “is it...more
Picasso said: “good artists borrow, great artists steal.” Or maybe he took the phrase from someone else. In any case, the US Supreme Court has again confounded the legal world by upending expectations, if not years of...more
In a 7-2 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith held that pop artist Andy Warhol's use of a photograph of late music legend and cultural icon Prince without...more
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith is unlikely to shed much light on whether the use of copyrighted material in artificial intelligence (AI) content will...more
On May 18, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its first decision this century on copyright fair use in the artistic context. Andy Warhol Found. for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith, 143 S. Ct. 1258 (2023). The 7-2...more
The House IP Subcommittee’s “Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property: Part I—Interoperability of AI and Copyright Law” hearing has two former General Counsels of the US Copyright Office squaring off over whether...more
On May 18, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court found that the purpose and character of the use of “Orange Prince” by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (AWF) weighed against a finding of fair use of Lynn Goldsmith’s...more
The fair use defense to copyright infringement has been remastered by the Supreme Court—at least the first factor. The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith holds that the defense does not...more
Art. Money. Copyright. Fair use. Andy Warhol. And Prince, the Purple One. (Or in this case, Orange.) These were the hot topics in the recently decided Supreme Court case of Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts,...more
On May 18, 2023, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of famed rock photographer Lynn Goldsmith against the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.’s (AWF), in a long-awaited decision impacting fair use...more
Last Thursday, May 18, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 7-2 decision that the Andy Warhol Foundation's ("AWF") use of Lynn Goldsmith's photograph of the musician Prince in the commercial licensing of artist Andy...more
The Supreme Court of the United States has issued its long-awaited ruling in the dispute between photographer Lynn Goldsmith and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts (AWFVA) on May 18, 2023. The Court held the...more
The Supreme Court has spoken, and if content is king, then purpose is . . . Princely? In a 7-2 decision, the Court ruled that the commercial licensing of Andy Warhol’s “Orange Prince” to Condé Nast to illustrate a story about...more
Last week, the Supreme Court issued a long-awaited copyright fair use decision in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith et al. In short, the Supreme Court looked at whether it was fair use under the...more
The US Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts v. Goldsmith, holding that the purpose and character of the Andy Warhol Foundation’s use of a copyrighted photograph of the...more
On May 18, the Supreme Court addressed the issue of “fair use” in copyright law, specifically in relation to the petitioner Andy Warhol Foundation’s (AWF) commercial licensing of a Warhol print entitled “Orange Prince” based...more
For the first time in almost 20 years, the United States Supreme Court has issued a ruling that has prompted vigorous debate over the future of the fair use doctrine under the Copyright Act. On May 18, 2023, in Andy Warhol...more
On May 18, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its 43-page majority opinion in the case of Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith, No. 21-869, 598 U.S. Facts. The facts of the case center around...more