Legal Opinion
Andy Warhol Found. for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith
District Court, S.D. Illinois
Decided July 1, 2019No. 17-cv-2532 (JGK)PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN G. KOELTL, District Judge:
This case raises the question of whether Andy Warhol's use of a photograph of an iconic singer as the basis for a series of artworks is protected as fair use.
More particularly, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. ("AWF"), seeks a declaratory judgment declaring that works created by Andy Warhol based on a photograph of Prince Rogers Nelson, best known as "Prince," taken by photographer Lynn Goldsmith do not constitute violations of the Copyright Act.1 Goldsmith has filed a counterclaim against AWF claiming that the Warhol works do constitute…
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