Tag: Lynn Goldsmith

Supreme Court Rules Andy Warhol’s Prince Art is Copyright Infringement Photographers Win! via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/05/18/supreme-court-rules-andy-warhols-prince-art-is-copyright-infringement/ The United States Supreme Court has released its opinion on The Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith case, finding in favor of Lynn Goldsmith and stating that Warhol’s use of her photo was not fair use.

Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Warhol Copyright Case A lawsuit over how much Andy Warhol “transformed” Lynn Goldsmith’s photographs of Prince may change how courts look at art. via Hyperallergic: https://hyperallergic.com/769275/supreme-court-hears-arguments-in-andy-warhol-copyright-case/ To make the image, Warhol was sent a portrait of Prince made a few years earlier by a photographer named Lynn Goldsmith

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

U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Critical ‘Fair Use’ Case Over Warhol Photo The ultimate verdict will have major ramifications on fair use in the visual arts. via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2022/03/28/u-s-supreme-court-to-hear-critical-fair-use-case-over-warhol-photo/ Lynn Goldsmith is a famed photographer who is also a long-time American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) member. In 1984 Vanity Fair licensed one of Goldsmith’s…

Lynn Goldsmith’s Victory Against the Warhol Foundation is Huge for Photographers – PhotoShelter Blog In 1981, Newsweek hired photographer Lynn Goldsmith to photograph Prince, an up-and-coming musician who was still years away from releasing his seminal “Purple Rain” album. Goldsmith’s portraits never ran, but she did own the copyright.  In 1984, Vanity F via PhotoShelter…

Photographer Wins Copyright Battle Over Warhol’s Use of Her Photo A U.S. appeals court has ruled in favor of photographer Lynn Goldsmith in her copyright dispute over how Andy Warhol had used her portrait photo of via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2021/03/29/photographer-wins-copyright-battle-over-warhols-use-of-her-photo/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 A U.S. appeals court has ruled in favor of photographer Lynn Goldsmith in her copyright dispute…

Andy Warhol’s ‘Prince Series’ Is Fair Use, Court Rules The artwork did not violate the photographer Lynn Goldsmith’s copyright, according to a ruling that sided with the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/02/arts/design/andy-warhol-prince-fair-use.html?emc=rss&partner=rss The artwork did not violate the photographer Lynn Goldsmith’s copyright, according to a ruling that sided with the Andy…