In 7-2 Ruling, “Supreme Court Rules Against Warhol Foundation In Copyright Fight Over Prince Images”
From NBC News
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that silkscreens pop artist Andy Warhol made of rock star Prince infringed on the copyright held by a prominent photographer who captured the original image.
In a win for photographer Lynn Goldsmith, the court ruled 7-2 that Warhol’s images did not constitute “fair use” under copyright law.
The court in a ruling authored by Justice Sonia Sotomayor concluded that the works made by Warhol did not have a sufficiently different commercial purpose from that of the original photo taken by Goldsmith: Both are used to illustrate magazine articles about Prince.
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