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		zaroth on Dec 11, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Copyright denied because the model’s pose is not u... Warhol’s work - his painting of a photo of Prince - is going before the Surpreme Court to answer just this question, is it not?!

shadowgovt on Dec 11, 2022 [–]

It's going before the court to answer the question of whether that work is transformative.

"Transformative" being an affirmative defense for copyright infringement is precedent (Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, 1994).

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