Supreme Court rules against Warhol estate in Prince artwork copyright case.

The US Supreme Court ruled that Andy Warhol's use of Lynn Goldsmith's photograph of Prince in a silkscreen series was not immune from her copyright infringement lawsuit. The ruling focused on the licensing of only one of Warhol's Prince images and did not deem the entire silkscreen series a copyright violation. The case was watched closely in the art world and entertainment industry for its implications regarding the legal doctrine called fair use, which promotes freedom of expression by allowing the use of copyright-protected works under certain circumstances without the owner's permission.