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Why Can't I Clean the Graffiti Off My Walls? — No Infringement Intended Podcast

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In this episode of No Infringement Intended, hosts Austin Padgett and Rusty Close delve into the 5Pointz case, where graffiti art clashed with property rights in Queens, NY. Explore how the Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA)...more

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Glimmer of Hope? Judge Suggests Some Claims in AI Image Case May Survive

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We are still waiting for a formal ruling on the Andersen v. Stability AI defendants’ second round of motions to dismiss, but so far it’s looking like most of the case may be allowed to proceed to discovery. The judge heard...more

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Litigation Minute: The Generative AI Litigation Landscape (Generative AI Series: Part One of Three)

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What You Need To Know In A Minute Or Less - Beginning in 2023, courts across the United States have grappled with a wave of lawsuits challenging the legality and use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems and...more

Miller Canfield

Supreme Court Rules Against Andy Warhol Foundation in Question About Fair Use

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For the first time in almost 20 years, the United States Supreme Court has issued a ruling that has prompted vigorous debate over the future of the fair use doctrine under the Copyright Act. On May 18, 2023, in Andy Warhol...more

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A Picture, A Painting, and A Prince: The Supreme Court Addresses the ‘Fair Use’ Doctrine

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On May 18, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its 43-page majority opinion in the case of Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith, No. 21-869, 598 U.S. Facts. The facts of the case center around...more

Venable LLP

Generative AI - Copyright Overview Part 1

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Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is a technology promising to disrupt how artwork is created, software is developed, and text is written. This disruption brings with it a host of new legal questions surrounding...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

A Tale of Two Princes

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An important decision by the Second Circuit in The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith, Case No. 19-2420-cv (2d Cir. Mar. 26, 2021), has, in important respects, upended how the defense of fair use is...more

Foster Garvey PC

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight - March 2021 #3

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Welcome back and to those of you who celebrated a belated Happy St. Patrick’s Day. While I can’t promise that this installment of the Spotlight will be the “hair of the dog,” it should still make for a great accompaniment...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Driver's License: Copyright Infringement in the World of Street Art

In January 2018, Mercedes-Benz began a marketing campaign that included photos of its cars in the Eastern Market in Detroit. The Eastern Market is home to many murals commissioned through the Murals in the Market Festival,...more

Sullivan & Worcester

Is Coopting Graffiti's Street Cred a Fair Use?

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Estate of Graffiti Artist Sues McDonald’s Over Fast-Food Décor - The estate of Dashiell “Dash” Snow, better known as graffiti artist “Secret Snow”—has sued McDonald’s over allegedly infringing use of Snow’s street art...more

Sullivan & Worcester

Is Graffiti Ineligible for Copyright Protection Just Because the Act of Tagging is Illegal?

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After reports of a settlement proved premature, designer Moschino S.p.A. and its creative director Jeremy Scott have moved for summary judgment on the copyright claims filed last year by street artist Joseph Tierney, better...more

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Appropriation Art As Fair Use Under The Copyright Act

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Appropriation art raises special issues of fair use. An appropriation artist takes the work of another artist and modifies it in some fashion and in the process creates a new work of art. Andy Warhol's Campbell Soup Can...more

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