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ArtsWestchester Publishes Farmer Article on Art Appropriation Case
June 8, 2023 - ArtsWestchester
Jana Farmer (Partner-White Plains, NY) authored “Supreme Court Supports Photographer in Recent Case Involving Warhol Foundation,” which appeared in the June 5, 2023, posting of ArtsWestchester. In her article, Jana parses the U.S. Supreme Court’s narrow decision in the case of Andy Warhol Foundation v. Lynn Goldsmith. The appropriation art dispute centered on whether commercial licensing of a work of art by Andy Warhol that was derived from celebrity photographer Lynn Goldsmith’s image was fair use under the Copyright Act. “The legal status of a number of works that derive from preexisting art, music, literature and other forms is now in question,” Jana concludes.