Supreme Court's Warhol Decision Sparks Debate on Artistic Freedom and Fair Use

Experts are still analyzing the impact of the Supreme Court's recent copyright decision involving Andy Warhol on other cases, including those involving artist Richard Prince. The Warhol decision was narrow, focusing on the use of the image rather than how much of another work an artist can copy. The court found that the Warhol portrait had been used for the same commercial purpose as the original photograph, and that conveying a new meaning or message through an artistically altered work was not justification enough for protection. The question of transformation remains central to the Richard Prince cases, which involve an installation called "New Portraits" that features Instagram photos printed on large canvases with added comments.