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Derivative works: the Adventures of Koons and Tintin in French copyright law

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Like most copyright systems, French copyright law does not leave much room for the freedom of authors of transformative graphic works (also called “derivative works”). Three interesting cases on derivative works, two involving Jeff Koons and one Tintin, have recently put French copyright law in the international spotlight (e.g.

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Was Batman a Plagiarism?

Plagiarism Today

The publishing world was different then, and both The Shadow and Batman existed at the time when pulp magazines were at their peak of popularity. If this took place in 2022, there’s little doubt that Kane and Finger would be called out as plagiarists and likely become pariahs in the comic community. But, it didn’t happen in 2022.

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

Indiana Intellectual Property Law

The court’s decision has significant implications for artists and content creators, as it raises questions about the transformative nature of derivative works. The commercial nature of the copying further weighed against fair use.

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SCOTUS Rules Andy Warhol’s Prince Portraits Are Not Fair Use

The IP Law Blog

In a 7-2 decision, the high court sided with Goldsmith’s argument that Warhol’s “Orange Prince” constituted an infringing derivative work of her copyrighted photograph. Acuff-Rose Music, which held that a work is transformative if it adds something new and has a different purpose or character.

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

Intellectual Property Law Blog

2] The Court’s decision affirmed the ruling of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which held that the Warhol work was derivative of the original, and noted that “the new expression may be relevant to whether a copying use has a sufficiently distinct purpose or character” but that factor was not dispositive by itself. [3]

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What Goldsmith Means to AI Trainers

IP Intelligence

At the time Goldsmith was also licensing her original photograph to several magazines that were also writing articles about Prince’s life and music. For example, Goldsmith licensed her photographs of Prince to illustrate stories about Prince in magazines such as Newsweek, Vanity Fair, and People.”

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Supreme Court Holds Warhol’s “Orange Prince” Not Transformative, Not Fair Use

IP Tech Blog

When Prince passed away in 2016, the Andy Warhol Foundation (“AWF”) licensed “Orange Prince” for use on the cover of a commemorative magazine cover. Plainly the Warhol “Orange Prince” was a derivative work, but was there something about it that could support a finding of fair use?