Warhol Foundation Loses Supreme Court Case Over Prince Photo (2)

The US Supreme Court ruled in favor of a photographer who says Andy Warhol violated her copyright by using her work to create 16 images of the musician Prince.

Voting 7-2, the justices rejected arguments from the foundation that holds Warhol’s rights in a clash centering on the use of one of the images on a Conde Nast magazine cover. The foundation argued that the images transformed rock-and-roll photographer Lynn Goldsmith’s 1981 portrait of Prince, making them “fair use” under federal copyright law.

The decision could impose new burdens on makers of follow-on works, making it more ...