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Warhol v. Goldsmith: licensing an image of Prince

Decision date · 18 May 2023

Context photograph: U.S. Supreme Court building, Washington, D.C.
Context photograph: U.S. Supreme Court building, Washington, D.C. Daderot · Public domain · Resized

The dispute

The Warhol Foundation licensed an image based on Lynn Goldsmith’s Prince photograph for a magazine.

The decision

The Supreme Court held that the first fair-use factor favored Goldsmith for that specific commercial license.

Source

US Supreme Court · 598 U.S. 508

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