The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an unusual case involving copyright issues, a commissioned portrait of the late rock star Prince, and Pop art icon Andy Warhol:
, siding with Goldsmith and describing the two artists’ works as “substantially similar… as a matter of law.”
The Warhol Foundation immediately voiced its intent to appeal—and now, it will get the chance to make its case in the highest court in the country. The foundation said the appeals court ruling “casts a cloud of legal uncertainty over an entire genre of visual art” and would threaten “a sea-change in the law of copyright.”
“The ‘fair use’ doctrine has for centuries been a cornerstone of creativity in our culture,” said Andy Gass, a partner in the copyright practice of Latham & Watkins, which is representing the Warhol Foundation. “Our goal in this case is to preserve the breadth of protection it affords for all—from the Andy Warhols of the world, to those just embarking on their own process of exploration and innovation.
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