Canvas is half-blank for artists after Warhol's Supreme Court copyright loss; The Denver Gazette, May 20, 2023

John Moore, The Denver Gazette ; Canvas is half-blank for artists after Warhol's Supreme Court copyright loss 

"That’s why, Sink believes, “I don’t think this is going to open any floodgates of artistic repression,” he said. “I feel like that this case falls into its own category because it was a work-for-hire situation.”

The Andy Warhol Foundation issued a statement saying it was important to note that the ruling “did not question the legality of Andy Warhol's creation of the Prince series."

The case is, to put it mildly, “a very complicated, double-edge sword for artists,” Sink said. But two things he’s sure of: 1. “It really is the Wild West out there now” when it comes to these quickly evolving issues. And 2. Warhol (who died in 1987) would be loooooving this."

Proposed Draft Of Supreme Court Opinion On Andy Warhol's Painting Of Prince; Forbes, January 7, 2023

 Schuyler Moore, Forbes; Proposed Draft Of Supreme Court Opinion On Andy Warhol's Painting Of Prince

"For the second time in two years, the Supreme Court has taken up the challenge of adding clarity to the "fair use" defense to a copyright infringement claim. The prior attempt was in Google vs. OracleORCL +1.6%, which left the defense more muddled than ever by permitting extensive verbatim copying on specious grounds. In the latest foray, the Supreme Court is going to decide in a pending case whether Andy Warhol's colorized painting of a photograph of Prince is protected by the fair use defense against a copyright infringement claim brought by the photographer.

The decision in this case will have far-ranging critical implications for Hollywood, and it will be cited for decades to come. If history be our guide, it is almost certain that the Supreme Court will add yet more mud to a muddy issue. In order to avoid that result, and with the aim of impartiality, I humbly offer the Supreme Court drafts of the two opposing opinions it could issue for this case:"