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What Have We Learned In The Year Since Warhol?

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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

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Fair Use Is Objective Inquiry Into Use of Original Work, Not Subjective Intent of User or Expression

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

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Copyright Fair Use Examples

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Things That Can Be Subject to Copyright Protection (Original Works of Authorship, Fixed in a Tangible Medium of Expression). Photograph - Images - Illustrations - Paintings...more

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Sign ‘O’ the Times: The Supreme Court Rules on Warhol v. Goldsmith

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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

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

What the Supreme Court's Decision in Warhol Could Mean for the Future of Fair Use - Katten Kattwalk | Issue 25

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

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Warhol and Prince: Good Artists Borrow, Great Artists…Litigate

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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

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Warhol’s Brush With AI: Redefining Fair ‎Use for Generative AI ‎and Large Language ‎Models‎

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The Supreme Court recently revisited the applicability of “fair use” as a defense to copyright claims. While the case involved two artistic titans in their fields—Prince and Andy Warhol—the decision will have enormous effects...more

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The Frustrating Reality of Fair Use: AWF v. Goldsmith

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On May 18, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court released its long-awaited opinion in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith. In 1981, rock and roll photographer Lynn Goldsmith photographed the...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Holds That First Factor of Fair Use Test Favors Photographer

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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

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SCOTUS Stills Courts’ Inner Art Critic

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In a highly anticipated ruling, the Supreme Court found that the Andy Warhol Foundation (“AWF”)’s licensing of “Orange Prince” to Condé Nast was not “fair use” of a Lynn Goldsmith photograph that served as the basis for Andy...more

Venable LLP

How Will Use of Copyrighted Content in Artificial Intelligence Be Evaluated After the Supreme Court’s Warhol Decision?

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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

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U.S. Supreme Court Underscores Objective Analysis over Artistic Interpretation in Copyright Fair Use

On May 18, in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith, the U.S. Supreme Court considered which “use” of a derivative work is relevant for applying the first statutory factor of the fair-use doctrine. The...more

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Supreme Court Weakens Fair-Use Defense for Copyright Infringement Claims

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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

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What Goldsmith Means to AI Trainers

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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

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Supreme Court’s 2023 Copyright Fair Use Decision is Not a One-Hit Wonder

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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

Akerman LLP - Marks, Works & Secrets

Does Transformative Matter? No, At Least Where Use Is Commercial

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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Supreme Court Finds Warhol’s Commercial Licensing of “Orange Prince” to Vanity Fair Is Not Fair Use and Infringes Goldsmith’s...

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

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A Blow to Visual Artists? What the U.S. Supreme Court's Latest Copyright “Fair Use” Decision May Mean for Copyright Protection and...

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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

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A Fair Decision for Creativity? SCOTUS ‎Finds No Fair Use in Warhol Prince Portrait

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On May 18, 2023, the United States Supreme Court held that the “purpose and character” of the Andy Warhol Foundation’s (AWF) use of Lynn Goldsmith’s portrait of Prince did not favor a determination of fair use....more

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Keeping “Fair Use” Fair: SCOTUS Says First Fair Use Factor Should Be Interpreted Narrowly to Protect Copyright Holders

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The Supreme Court of the United States affirmed the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit’s decision, holding that the first factor in the fair use analysis favored photographer Lynn Goldsmith because the “purpose and...more

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Let’s Go Hazy: Making Sense of Fair Use After Warhol

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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

Venable LLP

The Supreme Court’s Warhol Ruling Makes Fair Use Defense Seem Even Riskier

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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

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Supreme Court Clarifies Copyright Fair Use Defense in Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith

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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

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Good Artists Copy; Great Artists Steal - Supreme Court Seemingly Narrows First Factor of Fair Use In Copyright Suit, Leaving...

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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

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Warhol's "Prince Series" Is Not Fair Use of Copyright, SCOTUS Holds

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In Short  - The Background: The Supreme Court reviewed a Second Circuit decision holding that the Andy Warhol Foundation had impermissibly licensed a portrait of musician Prince that was created by Andy Warhol but based on...more

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