Rock 'n' roll portrait photographer Lynn Goldsmith won her Supreme Court case against the Andy Warhol Foundation, claiming they violated copyright laws.
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In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court decided that"If an original work and a secondary use share the same or highly similar purposes, and the secondary use is of a commercial nature, the first factor is likely to weigh against fair use, absent some other justification for copying." In 1981, Goldsmith took a series of photographs of the musician, Prince, after pitching him to the photo editor of Newsweek as"the next big thing." three years later, Vanity Fair commissioned Andy Warhol to recreate – with permission and licensing fees – one of the photographs from Goldsmith’s 1981 shoot. But Warhol also used her work to create an entire series of silkscreen images without her permission.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, author of the majority opinion, wrote, "Lynn Goldsmith’s original works, likeAssociate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, author of the majority opinion, wrote, "Lynn Goldsmith’s original works, like those of other photographers, are entitled to copyright protection, even against famous artists."
"Tennessee is home to countless singers, songwriters, and content creators whose ability to earn a living depends upon their right to receive fair compensation for their work," she said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
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