The Supreme Court’s Self-Conscious Take on Andy Warhol | The New Yorker

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The Supreme Court’s Self-Conscious Take on Andy Warhol

In a copyright case, the Justices revealed their own anxieties about interpreting precedents.

via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-supreme-courts-self-conscious-take-on-andy-warhol

Whether the Prince Series is fair use turns on whether Warhol “transformed” the photo on which he relied—and the answer to that turns on what exactly “transformative” means