Copyright Lately

MAY 22, 2023

Five things to know about the Supreme Court’s new purpose-driven fair use opinion in Andy Warhol Foundation v. 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. Andy Warhol Foundation v.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 9, 2024

Is this relevant to fair use? Satire involves using the same style to clothe different ideas; therefore it shouldn’t infringe (lack of substantial similarity as in the Greatest American Hero case; German case law; perhaps the jury’s reasoning in the Kat von D case). W/o fair use, these tools are far more limited.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 5, 2023

Supreme Court agreed to review the Second Circuit’s ruling that Andy Warhol’s series of colorful prints and drawings of Prince were not transformative fair uses of Lynn Goldsmith’s photograph (for a previous comment on this case, see here ). Hence, the Foundation’s use was non-transformative. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.

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Dear Rich IP Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

May I use it? Is it public domain or fair use? It's also possible that the police department has created its own policy and granted blanket permission for informational purposes, or that licensing only requires attribution. When ruling on fair use, courts consider four factors. Public domain? What to do?

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LexBlog IP

MAY 18, 2023

AWF)’s decision to license one of Warhol’s Prince Series images—a set of silkscreen prints authored by Andy Warhol and derived from Lynn Goldsmith’s photograph of the singer-songwriter, Prince—constituted “fair use.” in a museum) would be fair use. § 107(1).

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

In 2013, Philpot uploaded the photo to Wikimedia Commons, which is governed by the standard Creative Commons license requiring attribution. Philpot claims his standard photo licensing fee is $3,500, but reuses of the photo from Wikipedia Commons didn’t require any payment (just attribution). ” Market Effect.

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The IP Law Blog

MAY 25, 2023

Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Andy Warhol’s portraits of music legend Prince did not qualify as fair use under copyright law. She emphasized that both uses were commercial in nature, making them substantially similar in purpose. In a closely watched copyright case, the U.S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 30, 2022

The NY Post licensed the photo for its story, “ Why I won’t date hot women anymore.” The district court granted Mic’s motion to dismiss on fair use grounds. In a memo opinion, the Second Circuit affirms the fair use motion to dismiss. Nature of the Use. As a result, it sparked substantial criticism.

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Patently-O

APRIL 3, 2022

Apparently Vanity Fair commissioned Warhol to make an illustration for its 1984 article on Prince. As part of that process, VF obtained a license from Goldsmith, but only for the limited use “as an artist’s reference in connection with an article to be published in Vanity Fair Magazine.” 17 U.S.C. §

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 20, 2022

Whatever happens, the UFC can put any fighter in a videogame 5,000 years from now and still have permission to use their likeness, complete with licensed tattoos. The reasoning behind these perpetual licenses goes beyond the UFC’s desire to grab most of the money. Bisping: The Michael Bisping Story. But not Score G.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 31, 2021

One of the practices that has generated a sizeable number of disputes and rulings is the use of photos to illustrate articles. These three cases address fair use in this context. McGucken moved for summary judgment on the fair use defense. The second factor weighs slightly against fair use.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

A Few Words for a Lost Friend: Tribute to Dmitry Karshtedt (Bob Brauneis, Mark Lemley, Jake Sherkow) Closing Plenary Session: Fair use Robert Brauneis, Copyright Transactions in the Shadow of Fair Use Suppose a work does not infringe another work because and only because it’s been ruled a fair use.

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IP Tech Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

The Supreme Court recently upheld an appellate court’s ruling that Andy Warhol’s use of a photograph of Prince as a reference for a collection of screen prints is not fair use – to the extent his foundation decided to license them at least. Goldsmith, Andy Warhol not only used Ms. Goldsmith et al, Case No.

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TorrentFreak

JUNE 22, 2022

Since the speech attached to the photographs constituted fair use, there was no infringer to identify. In response Magistrate Judge Donna Ryu issued an order offering MrMoneyBags an opportunity to anonymously file evidence in support of Twitter and to argue that the photos were used on a fair use basis.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

Supreme Court affirmed the Second Circuit’s ruling that the reproduction of Andy Warhol’s Orange Prince on the cover of a magazine tribute was not a fair use of Lynn Goldsmith’s photo of the singer-songwriter Prince, on which the Warhol portrait was based. This has important implications for the doctrine of fair use.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

Clarifying Copyright Fair Use in Commercialized and Licensed Visual Arts: Insights from Warhol v. Goldsmith by Jaime Chandra Clarifying Fair Use in Commercialized & Licensed Visual Arts: Insights from the Warhol v. We’re talking about Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts, Inc.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

MAY 9, 2022

Orbison song could be fair use because it transformed the original song by adding something new, with a different purpose, or a new meaning or message. have grappled with how broadly or narrowly to interpret the concept of transformativeness when assessing fair use defenses to charges of copyright infringement.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 22, 2023

21-869, analyzing the Copyright Act’s first fair use factor and affirming the Second Circuit’s ruling that the licensing of Andy Warhol’s adaptation of the respondent’s photograph of Prince to a print publication did not constitute fair use. Lynn Goldsmith et al., By: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

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LexBlog IP

JULY 7, 2023

A pair of copyright decisions issued in May, one involving the appropriation artist Richard Prince [1] and the other involving works portraying the musician known as Prince, explore and expand on the “fair use” defense to copyright infringement. On May 11, the U.S. 2] A week later, the U.S. 3] Graham v.

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LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

1] That decision shook the art world, as it seems to dramatically narrow the scope of the fair use doctrine, and raises doubts about the lawfulness of many existing works. [2] Vanity Fair , in turn, commissioned Warhol to make a silkscreen using Goldsmith’s photograph. He did just that.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Affirmative Defense – Fair Use. Right off the bat, the defendants assert that anything they did in connection with their GTA 3 and Vice City projects were actions protected by fair use under the Copyright Act. The doctrine of fair use bars the relief sought by Plaintiff,” the response adds.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JUNE 23, 2022

Fair use; webinar recordings. In some situations, even if a person does not receive a licence from the copyright owners of the lectures that makes a webinar or their recording, for the use of lectures/recording does not constitute copyright infringement under Section 52.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 22, 2023

The Supreme Court ruled on May 18 that Andy Warhol’s “Orange Prince” work of pop art was not a fair use when licensed to Condé Nast in 2016. ” Goldsmith’s photograph was then licensed to Vanity Fair in 1984 for $400 as a “one time” “artist reference for an illustration.”

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 5, 2023

’s (AWF), [1] in a long-awaited decision impacting fair use under Section 107(1) of the Copyright Act. Goldsmith and, as a result, did not constitute fair use. [2] Goldsmith and, as a result, did not constitute fair use. [2] Goldsmith was not paid or credited for this use.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 26, 2023

’s (AWF), [1] in a long-awaited decision impacting fair use under Section 107(1) of the Copyright Act. Goldsmith and, as a result, did not constitute fair use. [2] Goldsmith and, as a result, did not constitute fair use. [2] Goldsmith was not paid or credited for this use.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 2, 2023

The Supreme Court recently upheld an appellate court’s ruling that Andy Warhol’s use of a photograph of Prince as a reference for a collection of screen prints is not fair use – to the extent his foundation decided to license them at least. Goldsmith et al, Case No. Goldsmith et al, Case No.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 22, 2023

The Supreme Court ruled on May 18 that Andy Warhol’s “Orange Prince” work of pop art was not a fair use when licensed to Condé Nast in 2016. Dawn Jackson is a co-author of this post and is a Summer Associate at Bradley. By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

APRIL 8, 2024

In an ever more fragmented digital landscape, this provision has become a key instrument of self-regulation, playing a crucial role in the allocation of rights and obligations around the licensing of copyrighted works as training data (see here ).

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JD Supra Law

MAY 23, 2023

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 on respondent Lynn Goldsmith’s photograph of the artist Prince Rogers Nelson, better known simply as “Prince.”.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JUNE 30, 2021

Chapman (‘plaintiffs’) collectively filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Netflix, Amazon, and Apple (‘defendants’), claiming that the defendants had directly and indirectly infringed their copyright over the song “ Fish Sticks n’ Tater Tots ” by using it in their documentary titled ‘Burlesque’ ( Brown v. Netflix , Inc. ).

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IP Watchdog

MAY 18, 2023

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit was correct in holding that the Andy Warhol Foundation's (AWF's) licensing of an orange silkscreen portrait of the musician Prince, created by Andy Warhol using photographer Lynn Goldsmith’s photo, was not fair. The Supreme Court ruled today in Andy Warhol Foundation v. that the U.S.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 25, 2023

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 the late musician shared “substantially the same purpose” as the original Lynn Goldsmith photo on which Warhol’s silkscreen was based, and therefore weighed against fair use.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 3, 2022

The school moved to dismiss on fair use grounds, and the district court granted the motion and awarded attorneys’ fees to the school. (I Bell appealed to the Fifth Circuit, which easily affirms the fair use dismissal and attorneys’ fees. Nature of the Use. ” Bell sued anyways. Nature of the Work.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 10, 2024

For their part, some GenAI companies like OpenAI argue that there is no infringement, either because there is no “copying” of protected materials or that the copyright principle of fair use uniformly applies to generative AI activities. These arguments are deeply flawed and gloss over crucial technical and legal issues.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 25, 2023

Last week, the Supreme Court issued a long-awaited copyright fair use decision in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. Goldsmith et al.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 18, 2023

Vanity Fair magazine had hired Warhol to make the illustration; it was to accompany an article about Prince in the magazine’s November 1984 issue. Goldsmith had issued a limited license for this purpose. The license stated her photograph could be used for reference, “one time only.”

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LexBlog IP

MAY 25, 2023

Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Andy Warhol’s portraits of music legend Prince did not qualify as fair use under copyright law. She emphasized that both uses were commercial in nature, making them substantially similar in purpose. In a closely watched copyright case, the U.S.

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