Kat Von D Meets Tiger King: Has Warhol Destroyed Transformative Fair Use?
Check out my article published June 11, 2024 on the "IP Watchdog" legal news website! Celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D recreated a photograph of a famous musician in ink on her client’s arm and posted photos of the process online. Netflix docuseries “Tiger King”...
U.S. Supreme Court Strengthens Copyright Owners’ Ability to Prosecute Late-Discovered Infringements
Copyright owners are the winners of the U.S. Supreme Court’s latest copyright ruling in Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy. Issued May 9, 2024, the Nealy ruling preserves legal benefits for copyright owners who fail to file suit within the traditional three-year...
Warhol v. Goldsmith: Supreme Court Clarifies ‘Prince’-iples of Copyright Fair Use in New Ruling
Andy Warhol’s adaptation of Lynn Goldsmith’s 1981 photograph of musician Prince was copyright infringement and not fair use, according to the Supreme Court in its May 2023 opinion authored by Justice Sotomayor.