Purple Pain: Warhol's Prince Series Isn't Fair Use of Photographer's Image
By EsqSocial Corporation 09/04/21
In a case spanning nearly 40 years of art and touching the estates of two of the world’s most well-known artists, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit clarified its position on the application of the fair use doctrine and its protection of transformative works. In doing so, the Second Circuit reversed the district court’s finding of fair use and held that a series of prints and illustrations of the musical artist Prince created by the visual artist Andy Warhol were substantially...
By: McDermott Will & Emery