Supreme Court Rules Against Andy Warhol’s Estate in Major Copyright Clash Over Prince Images

The Supreme Court in a 7-2 decision Thursday sided against Andy Warhol’s estate in a major copyright clash involving the late artist’s famed Prince series.

The court rejected that one of Warhol’s silkscreens was immune from celebrity photographer Lynn Goldsmith’s copyright claims, tossing arguments that it was transformative enough to constitute a “fair use.”

“To rule otherwise would potentially authorize a range of commercial copying of photographs, to be used for purposes that are substantially the same,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote for the majority.

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