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The Briefing – Andy Warhol’s Prince Prints: Not Fair Use!? (Part Two)

The IP Law Blog

They provide a recap of last week’s episode , which covers the Second Circuit decision in favor of Goldsmith, the photographer whose image Warhol used to create the Prince Portraits, and the holding that Warhol’s renditions were not transformative enough to be fair use. Watch the episode on YouTube at this link.

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: July 9, 2022 to July 15, 2022

Broadcast Law Blog

The US Court of Appeals this week determined that the FCC’s requirement that broadcasters confirm by searching DOJ and FCC databases that all buyers of program time on their stations are not representatives of foreign governments was beyond the power of the FCC as authorized by Congress.

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Is Warhol Bad for Documentarians?

The IP Law Blog

The Supreme Court decision in Andy Warhol Foundation v. The Supreme Court in Campbell v. Take, for instance, the copyright infringement case filed by the rights holder to the Ed Sullivan Show against the producers of the Broadway hit Jersey Boys in Sofa Entertainment v. There is scant little case law to provide guidance.

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The Briefing – Andy Warhol’s Prince Prints: Not Fair Use!? (Part One)

The IP Law Blog

Their discussion covers the Second Circuit decision in favor of Goldsmith, the photographer whose image Warhol used to create the Prince Portraits, and the holding that Warhol’s renditions were not transformative enough to be fair use. The decision overturned a lower court decision in favor of the Warhol Foundation.

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The Nigerian Court of Appeal declines to enforce a Commonwealth of Virginia (in USA) Choice of Court Agreement

Conflict of Laws

Its argument, inter alia , was that by virtue of Article 12 and 13 of their agreement, the Nigerian court had no jurisdiction in this case. GOVERNING LAW: The Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, USA without regard to the principle of conflicts of any jurisdiction.”.

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SCOTUS Rules Quiet Title Act’s Time Bar Is Claim-Processing Rule

Constitutional Law Reporter

In reaching its decision, the Court noted the important distinction between “the classes of cases a court may entertain (subject-matter jurisdiction)” and “nonjurisdictional claim-processing rules, which seek to promote the orderly progress of litigation by requiring that the parties take certain procedural steps at certain specified times.”

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Flo and Eddie NY Suit on Pre-1972 Sound Recordings Ordered Dismissed By Court of Appeals – No Issues with Copies Made in the Transmission Process

Broadcast Law Blog

As we wrote just before Christmas , the New York Court of Appeals determined that there was no public performance right in pre-1972 sound recordings under New York state law. An issue in a Federal case is certified or referred to a state court when there are issues of state law that control the determination of the Federal case.

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