Re:Does Andy Warhol get same copyright treatment as Google c...
by mattmanser on Friday April 23, 2021 @08:06PM
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IANAL but isn't there a massive difference between an artist making a comment on a totally unrelated field (art world commenting on the business world), and copying a product to use for the same purpose (i.e. a business copying another business's API).
Re:Does Andy Warhol get same copyright treatment as Google c...
by throwaway8581 on Friday April 23, 2021 @11:11PM
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Yes, one of the fair use factors is whether the infringing use is a market substitute. No one is buying a Warhol painting of Campbell soup instead of real Campbell soup.
From the ruling:
In answering this question, we have used the word “transformative” to describe a copying use that adds something new and important. Campbell, 510 U. S., at 579. An Cite as: 593 U. S. ____ (2021) 25 Opinion of the Court “‘artistic painting’” might, for example, fall within the scope of fair use even though it precisely replicates a copyrighted “‘advertising logo to make a comment about consumerism.’”