US Supreme Court rules Andy Warhol image violated copyright

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1970-01-01 08:00

The court finds the late artist's painting of Prince infringed on a photographer's copyright.

The US Supreme Court has ruled Andy Warhol's painting of the singer Prince infringed on the copyright of the original photographer's work.

In 2016, Vanity Fair published a Prince tribute which featured Warhol's image but no credit or payment was given to the photographer, Lynn Goldsmith.