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No Infringement in Cariou v. Prince—Second Circuit Plays Art Critic and Finds Fair Use

Posted in Copyright

Two years after a U.S. District Court decision that sent shock waves through the contemporary art world, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed that earlier finding that Richard Prince infringed the copyright of Patrick Cariou.  Instead, the appeals court ruled that all but five Prince works at issue were fair use under the Copyright… Continue Reading

Cariou Files Appeals Brief—Is this Case Less Transformative Than It Seemed?

Posted in Copyright, Intellectual Property, Uncategorized

Patrick Cariou has filed his much-anticipated responsive brief in the Richard Prince/Gagosian Gallery copyright infringement appeal.  Cariou’s brief makes its stand on the question of transformative use.  The degree to which a derivative work is transformative of a protected work is, of course, a central element of a fair use analysis about which Prince will have to persuade… Continue Reading

Prince Copyright Appeal: Warhol Foundation Makes the Case to Reverse Infringement Finding

Posted in Copyright, Intellectual Property

After several months of inactivity, the first brief is available in the Richard Prince appeal of the judgment against him and the Gagosian Gallery earlier this year for infringing on the works of Patrick Cariou.  Prince’s arguments of “fair use” of Cariou’s photographs failed to persuade the District Court and the infringing works were ordered… Continue Reading

Richard Prince Copyright Appeal Survives Cariou Motion to Dismiss

Posted in Copyright, Intellectual Property

The Richard Prince copyright case is in the news again, though probably more than it deserves.  Patrick Cariou, whose photographs Prince was found this spring to have infringed, moved to dismiss Prince’s appeal arguing that the injunction concerning the impoundment and destruction of the existing works (Prince was ordered to deliver them for destruction) was… Continue Reading