Supreme Court rules that Andy Warhol violated copyright

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against the estate of the late artist Andy Warhol, finding that Warhol violated a photographer's copyright when he used her 1981 photo of the musician Prince as the basis for a series of images.

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[mikegggg]

Even in death Andy manages to get his 15 minutes of fame again

[mercoid]

She deserves to be paid a fair sum for her work.

[mercoid]

So the Supreme Court just made a decision which will cause the original of that Warhol artwork to increase in value 10X… Best thing that could have happened to whoever currently owns it.

[argonymus]

And I'm sure Andy Warhol paid Campbell for using their Soup Cans as his subject!

[cbwavy]

I'm so confused. Aren't there more important cases that the Supreme Court should be occupied with?

[djmikio]

Warhols constant use of images that weren't his was part of his approach as a painter and when it was limited to a one of a kind art object, a legit case for artistic use. As soon as it's in mass production and Warhol or his estate are getting a license fee then copyright laws apply.

[tbd-]

Well thank god. Our country has nothing better to do. We're just twiddling our thumbs in a pool of tranquility.

[degrees]

All art is a copy of something. Even her picture was a copy of prince's face.

[GwensRealLoverAnthOny]

I needed a profile pic... What gives.. it was placed on public display to be photographed.. it's a pretty cool statue.. just don't kneel to it.. it was at the At&t headquarters in New York now it's in Dallas.... How could I not photograph it... It's a little piece of NY right here... Maybe we should relocate the statue of liberty to corpus Christi?