LexBlog IP

MAY 24, 2023

Warhol’s use of Prince’s photo (taken by Lynn Goldsmith) was not entitled to fair use. The Court found that Goldsmith’s earlier photo and Andy Warhol’s use served the same commercial purpose – as a magazine illustration. I am not so sure. Take a look a the illustration above.

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IP Intelligence

JUNE 7, 2023

Sy Damle, (2016-2018 General Counsel) testified that “the training of AI models will generally fall within the established bounds of fair use.” (S. At the time Goldsmith was also licensing her original photograph to several magazines that were also writing articles about Prince’s life and music. Damle introductory statement, Tr.

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Copyright Lately

JANUARY 20, 2025

Townsquare Media : Sublicensing, Fair Use, and De Minimis Use In Richardson v. read order here) , Judge Hellerstein dismissed copyright infringement claims brought by videographer Delray Richardson over the embedding of YouTube-hosted videos in articles published by XXL Magazine. Richardson v. Townsquare Media, Inc.

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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). Read more

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JD Supra Law

MAY 24, 2023

In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court found that an Andy Warhol silkscreen of the singer Prince, sourced from an original Lynn Goldsmith photograph, did not qualify for the Copyright Act’s “fair use” defense because both the photograph and the silkscreen had the same use, which was to illustrate commercial magazine articles about the singer.

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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. ” Unbeknownst to Ms.

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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. copyright law, the Supreme Court focused on the actual use made, i.e. what the user does with the original work. copyright law. Copyright law in the U.S.

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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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JD Supra Law

JUNE 8, 2023

Goldsmith redefines the contours of the fair use defense to copyright infringement. The Court ruled in favor of respondent Lynn Goldsmith, holding that the licensing to a magazine of an Andy Warhol print depicting the recording artist Prince did not constitute fair use of Goldsmith’s photograph on which the print was based.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 26, 2023

The Court held the AWFVA’s delivery to Condé Nast magazine in 2016 of an Andy Warhol silkscreen from 1984 based on a 1981 Goldsmith photograph of the musician Prince did not satisfy the first factor (of four) of the statutory fair use elements. The Court took a narrow approach, explicitly declining.

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Plagiarism Today

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Rules around fair use, notice and takedown and so forth are replaced by bots that are incapable of understanding the nuances of the law itself. For example, Escapist Magazine still has a YouTube channel, but gives strong preference to the video on its own site. This has put YouTubers in a bind.

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Velocity of Content

AUGUST 9, 2022

Goldsmith took the black and white photograph, using her artistic expression to try to capture a certain imagery. Vanity Fair (magazine) took a license to use and modify the image for its magazine and hired Warhol to use his artistic talents to develop a new image. The case is important for several reasons.

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Goldsmith said she was not aware of Warhol’s work until Tribute magazine featured the image, without crediting her, when Prince passed away in 2016. The legal question at the center of the dispute is whether Warhol’s series is fair use of Goldsmith’s original photograph.

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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]

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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]

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Dear Rich IP Blog

MARCH 5, 2022

Dear Rich: As I understand copyright, if I visit a park and take a photo of a statute, I own the copyright to the photo and I can use it in a book. But if I open a magazine and take a photo of an illustration, I still own the copyright to the photo, but using it in a book would be a copyright violation. Why is it different?

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 15, 2024

Plaintiff has been suing various wristwatch companies over the use of the term RED GOLD. Throughout the twentieth century, many newspapers, advertisements, magazines, textbooks, and other reference materials used the term “red gold” to describe the gold-copper combination.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Glynn Lunney: Examples in the US seem to fall under common regimes—what about where the law clearly doesn’t cover the use, such as use of a photo on the cover of a magazine when there’s reporting about the subject. A: History differs a lot—US foundation for ROP was set much earlier. You can cluster fair use cases.

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Nelligan Law

MARCH 25, 2024

She may have handed Vanity Fair the keys to her photographic kingdom, but she hadn’t signed up for the Warholian remix. They ruled that Andy Warhol’s use of a photograph by Lynn Goldsmith for a magazine cover featuring Prince was not fair use. GOLDSMITH ET AL., Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

OCTOBER 7, 2022

MIP ) magazine recently recognized Fish & Richardson Associate? Managing Intellectual Property ?( Vivian Cheng ?as as one of its 2022 “Rising Stars.” According to?

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Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 20, 2022

which will determine the scope of the Lanham Act as applied to trademark infringement that occurs outside the US. The Court has also agreed to hear a patent case this term, and it will rule on a copyright fair-use case brought by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts that was heard this fall. Queen of Christmas.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 19, 2023

Yesterday, the Supreme Court held 7-2 that a specific use of Andy Warhol’s “Orange Prince” silk screen—based on a copyrighted photograph of Prince—was not fair use. The first factor did not apply to Warhol’s image as published in Condé Nast in 2016, so that specific use was not fair use.

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JD Supra Law

JULY 7, 2023

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 Goldsmith for use as a magazine cover was not fair use. In the case of Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts v. By: Perkins Coie

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The Copyright Act defines adaptation as (i) “in relation to a literary … work, any abridgement of the work or any version of the work in which the story or action is conveyed wholly or mainly by means of pictures in a form suitable for reproduction in a book, or in a newspaper, magazine or similar periodical.”

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IP Tech Blog

AUGUST 4, 2023

As many will recall, SCOTUS recently upheld a ruling that an early 1980s Andy Warhol’s photograph of the artist Prince was not fair use. Looking forward, what do we say about other fair uses? You have to look at the use, not the work, but the use.”

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IP Tech Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Netflix moved to dismiss the complaint on, among other grounds, fair use. In finding in defendant’s favor, the Court weighed the different factors of the Fair Use Doctrine. Second, the Court found the amount-and-substantiality-of-portion-used factor in Netflix’s favor. Lynn Goldsmith, et al. , Koons , 467 F.3d

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IPilogue

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In 1984, Vanity Fair magazine received a licence from photographer Lynn Goldsmith to use her 1981 portrait of Prince, which she had shot on assignment for Newsweek. Emily Xiang is an IPilogue Writer, a Senior Fellow with the IP Innovation Clinic, and a 3L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 23, 2023

On May 17th, 2023, the Supreme Court handed down a decision with potentially far-reaching consequences in the evolving landscape of copyright fair use, particularly for commercial works that reproduce copyrighted work. By: Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

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TorrentFreak

APRIL 11, 2023

Starting with a simple Google search for ‘youtube download legal’, there is a TON of sources – well-known, serious, public magazines – basically all stating: Yeah, it’s totally legal to download videos from YouTube.” “We also got ourselves informed about ‘fair use’ under German law.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 7, 2023

Sy Damle, (2016-2018 General Counsel) testified that “the training of AI models will generally fall within the established bounds of fair use.” At the time Goldsmith was also licensing her original photograph to several magazines that were also writing articles about Prince’s life and music. ” (S.

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 6, 2024

In that case, the court ruled in Adjmi’s favor because 3C was a parody of the sitcom and protected by fair use. David Adjmi was previously sued over his Three’s Company parody 3C , but in 2015 the court found the play protected by fair use.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 4, 2023

21-869, as part of INDICAM ’s podcast series “IPxSUMMER 2023 around the world” As many will recall, SCOTUS recently upheld a ruling that an early 1980s Andy Warhol’s photograph of the artist Prince was not fair use. ” “Looking forward, what do we say about other fair uses?

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

AI-generated works have won awards: The Crow , an “AI-made” film won the Jury Award at the Cannes Short Film Festival and the story of an AI artwork winning the Colorado State Fair’s annual art competition was reported in The New York Times. AI-generated art was used for magazine covers, including Cosmopolitan and The Economist.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 13, 2021

Second Circuit reverses district court’s fair use declaration granted to Andy Warhol Foundation; artist’s works were not “transformative” and could harm the photographer’s market for licensing her image. was entitled to a declaration that Warhol’s “Prince Series” did not infringe Goldsmith’s photo. 19-2420-cv.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

AUGUST 12, 2021

Second Circuit reverses district court’s fair use declaration granted to Andy Warhol Foundation; artist’s works were not “transformative” and could harm the photographer’s market for licensing her image. was entitled to a declaration that Warhol’s “Prince Series” did not infringe Goldsmith’s photo. 19-2420-cv.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 30, 2022

The Rusty Krab court expands upon these points in its subsequent section detailing findings of law, but its discussion is fairly conclusory, mainly comprising maxims about what a parody is and isn’t rather than specific discussion of the defendants’ use and why it fails to qualify.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 8, 2023

Copyright infringement & fair use. One of these exceptions is the Fair Use Doctrine. What is fair use in terms of copyright? Fair use comes with an affirmative defence that can be used in reply to claims by the sole owner of a copyright that a person is infringing a copyright.

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