Artwork Derivative Work Marketing Publishing 
The IPKat
JANUARY 25, 2022
Works of art, in the form of the reproduction of a painting, frequently adorns the cover of a reissued edition of a renowned novel. Beyond the obvious attempt to draw a connection between the artwork and the book based a shared sense of the "classical", the artwork also seeks to evoke a more specific connection with the contents of the book.
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. Applying a new lens on how to view the purpose of a derivative work under U.S. copyright law.
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Kluwer Copyright Blog
AUGUST 7, 2023
In 1984, Condé Nast, the publisher, obtained a license from Goldsmith to allow Andy Warhol to use her Prince portrait as the foundation for a single serigraphy to be featured in Vanity Fair magazine. 3] Regardless of the creative level of a work, copyright comes with limitations. A film based on a book serves as an example.
43(B)log
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
DJ sought declaratory judgment that Prince Series as such was transformative, grounded in the artwork itself; a static claim w/o regard to specific use or purpose. But real focus is on Conde Nast’s activities as publisher—the next quote is about how the purpose of the use was the same: “use in magazines to illustrate stories about Prince.”
Copyright Lately
MAY 22, 2023
Goldsmith (“ Warhol “) is that relatively rare fair use case in which both the original and follow-on works were more or less directly competing in the same market. More typically, two works aren’t market substitutes, which means that determining whether a secondary use is justified is more difficult.
Copyright Lately
AUGUST 25, 2023
Howell ruled last Friday that the Register of Copyrights did not act “arbitrarily or capriciously” in denying a copyright registration to Dr. Stephen Thaler for artwork generated entirely by artificial intelligence. What is Unclaimable Material? Previously registered material. Material that is in the public domain.
Copyright Lately
NOVEMBER 21, 2021
Miramax claims, among other things, that the preparation and sale of these derivative works constitutes copyright infringement because the contractual rights Tarantino reserved in his 1993 agreement with Miramax don’t cover NFTs. The breathless media reports soon followed. The NFT isn’t the image.
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