SUPREME COURT: Andy Warhol Violated A Photographer’s Copyright On Image Of Prince
May 18, 2023 9:44AM PDT
FILE – In this 1976 file photo, pop artist Andy Warhol smiles in New York. The Supreme Court on Thursday, May 18, 2023, sided with a photographer who claimed the late Andy Warhol had violated her copyright on a photograph of the singer Prince. The Supreme Court sided 7-2 with photographer Lynn Goldsmith. The case involved images Warhol created of Prince as part of a 1984 commission for Vanity Fair. Warhol used a Goldsmith photograph as his starting point. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a photographer who claimed the late Andy Warhol had violated her copyright on a photograph of the singer Prince.
The Supreme Court sided 7-2 with photographer Lynn Goldsmith.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in a majority opinion that: “Lynn Goldsmith’s original works, like those of other photographers, are entitled to copyright protection, even against famous artists.”
The case involved images Warhol created of Prince as part of a 1984 commission for Vanity Fair.
Warhol used a Goldsmith photograph as his starting point. Warhol died in 1987.
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