US Second Circuit Court of Appeals tames ‘transformative’ fair use; rejects ‘celebrity-plagiarist privilege’; clarifies protectable expression in photographs

Jane C Ginsburg

Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice, 2021, vol. 16, issue 7, 638-646

Abstract: Andy Warhol Found for the Visual Arts, Inc v Goldsmith, 992 F.3d 99 (2d Cir 2021)The Second Circuit reversed the SDNY’s grant of summary judgment that Andy Warhol’s silk screen adaptation of a photographic portrait of entertainer Prince was a fair use; the 2d Circuit’s decision retreats both from its prior caselaw’s generous characterization of artistic reuse as ‘transformative’, and from the outcome-determinacy of a finding of ‘transformativeness’. The court also provided an important explanation of copyrightable authorship in photographs.

Date: 2021
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