Warhol case could 'rein back' courts on transformative use: counsel

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Warhol case could 'rein back' courts on transformative use: counsel

Rani Mehta
May 19 2023
The photo of Prince by Lynn Goldsmith (left) and the Andy Warhol depiction (right), as shown in court documents
The photo of Prince by Lynn Goldsmith (left) and the Andy Warhol depiction (right), as shown in court documents

SCOTUS’s ruling that the Andy Warhol Foundation’s commercial use of a Prince photograph wasn’t fair has been described as one of the most ‘significant copyright cases in the past 25 years’

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