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29 March 2021CopyrightRory O'Neill

‘Judges can’t play art critic’, warns 2nd Circ over Prince image

A US federal appeals court has ruled that Andy Warhol’s “Prince Series”, featuring modified images of the late pop star, infringed a photographer’s copyright and did not qualify as fair use.

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