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Andy Warhol's Factory made a fortune off other people's work. Now desperate artists are accusing generative AI of supercharging that model

Warhol once said "Art is anything you can get away with.” Will Midjourney get away with training its image-generating AI on thousands of artworks?

Fortune

Lynn Goldsmith - the legendary photographer on documenting Bruce Springsteen’s Darkness tour

The artist, photographer and director’s behind-the-scenes photographs from the now-legendary tour are the subject of a new book from Taschen

Evening Standard

'New York Times' considers legal action against OpenAI as copyright tensions swirl

The news publisher and maker of ChatGPT have held tense negotiations over striking a licensing deal for the use of the paper's articles to train the chatbot. Now, legal action is being considered.

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Andy Warhol, Prince and a question of copyright

A US Supreme Court copyright ruling that Andy Warhol did not have the right to use a photo of Prince has sent shockwaves through the art world, and left legal experts scrambling to asses the implications for AI image generation.

The Week

Andy Warhol Foundation loses copyright battle, may have to pay photographer

The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the photographer whose photo of Prince was used by Warhol without consent

Digital Camera World

Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith: Supreme Court rules for income streams over artistic freedom

The Supreme Court has made it more difficult to quote from existing imagery, music and text, and harder to critique society by borrowing and amplifying others’ works.

The Conversation

Noah Feldman: The court’s Warhol-Prince ruling is pro-artist, anti-art

The Supreme Court has sided with individual artists — but against art itself. In a fascinating copyright decision that transcended ideological lines, the court held that Andy Warhol’s distinctive reworking of a photograph of Prince did not count as fair use, thus requiring the Andy Warhol Foundation to compensate the…

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Supreme Court: Andy Warhol's Prince Prints Not 'Transformative' Enough for Fair Use

The case could have long-term implications for how broadly fair use can be applied.

Reason

Supreme Court sides against Andy Warhol Foundation in copyright infringement case

In its 7-2 ruling Thursday, the Supreme Court said the late artist infringed on a photographer's copyright when he created a series of works based on an image of the pop star Prince.

WEKU

Andy Warhol in breach of copyright over Prince artwork, Supreme Court rules

Justice Elena Kagan argued the ruling would ‘stifle creativity of every sort’

The Independent UK

Supreme Court rejects Andy Warhol's use of copyrighted photo of Prince

WASHINGTON — Andy Warhol's posters of Prince, some shaded purple and others orange, may have been works of art, but they infringed the copyright of the photographer who captured the original image of the musician, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court backs photographer in Warhol copyright case over Prince portrait

The US Supreme Court sided with a photographer who says Andy Warhol violated her copyright by using her work to create 16 images of the musician Prince.

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court sides with photographer in copyright case involving Andy Warhol, Prince

The Supreme Court has sided with a photographer who claimed the late Andy Warhol had violated her copyright on a photograph of the singer Prince

The Independent UK

Blood and Honey: In Defence of the Winnie-the-Pooh Slasher Flick

Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s horror film might ruin your childhood, but it’s a win for creative freedom

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The Annie Leibovitz Limiting Principle for 303 Creative

The ACLU inadvertently explains how Lorie Smith could prevail.

The Conversation

The future of creative freedom is on the line, starring Andy Warhol, Prince and 2 Live Crew

The internet has opened access to culture. Billions of webpages build on the art, images, music, film, television and writing of the past.

The Independent UK

Andy Warhol, Prince at center stage in Supreme Court case

Andy Warhol and Prince held center stage in a copyright case before the Supreme Court on Wednesday that veered from Cheerios and “Mona Lisa” analogies to Justice Clarence Thomas’ enthusiasm for the “Purple Rain” showman

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court copyright case: Did Warhol images of Prince cross the line?

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday weighed a major copyright clash over Andy Warhol’s use of a photo of the singer Prince, and appears divided on how far artists may go in freely using the work of others.

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The Supreme Court meets Andy Warhol, Prince and a case that could threaten creativity

Images Andy Warhol created of Prince are at the heart of a case the Supreme Court will examine on Wednesday. Warhol used a black-and-white portrait taken by Lynn Goldsmith as a reference point.

Los Angeles Times

Nicholas Goldberg: The Supreme Court will decide if Andy Warhol broke the law, 37 years after the fact

In 1981, rock 'n' roll photographer Lynn Goldsmith, who has worked with Michael Jackson, Bob Dylan, the Beatles and many others, stepped into her studio with the artist then known as Prince, put some purple eyeshadow and lip gloss on him to "accentuate his sensuality," and began shooting pictures with…

Los Angeles Times

Here are the major cases before the Supreme Court this fall

WASHINGTON — Here's a look at some of the major cases to be heard by the Supreme Court in the term beginning Oct. 3.

Reason

"What's Wrong and What's Missing in the SG's Amicus Brief in Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith"

Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith promises to be an important precedent on fair use in copyright (itself an important area of the law), but I'm sorry to say I haven't been following it closely. Fortunately, Prof. Pam Samuelson (Berkeley), one of the leading senior scholars of copyright law in the…

Salon

Was Warhol's Prince portrait fair use?

Warhol v. Goldsmith is going to the Supreme Court for review. The case could have a major impact on copyright

The Independent UK

A Prince photograph, Andy Warhol, and the Supreme Court battle that put pop art on trial

Photographer Lynn Goldsmith contends Warhol infringed on her copyright when he used one of her images in several works; the Warhol Foundation insists it was fair. Clémence Michallon looks into the case that has reached the highest court in the land

The Independent UK

High court to hear case about Andy Warhol art, Prince photo

The Supreme Court has agreed to review a copyright dispute involving works of art by the artist Andy Warhol that were based on a photograph of the musician Prince

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