United States Seeks Inclusion In High Court Fair Use Case Over Andy Warhol Works

Mealey's (August 18, 2022, 2:21 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The same day that the U.S. solicitor general (SG) filed an amicus curiae brief supporting a photographer who claims that Andy Warhol infringed the copyright in a photo she took of the musician Prince, the government also filed a motion asking the U.S. Supreme Court to permit it to participate in the upcoming Oct. 12 oral arguments over when the use of a copyrighted work is sufficiently transformative to constitute fair use....