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- The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has agreed to pay photographer Lynn Goldsmith about $21,500 to settle a dispute that reached the U.S. Supreme Court last year, with the justices holding in a landmark ruling that Warhol’s silkscreens of music icon Prince, based on a Goldsmith photo, were not fair use. Warhol Foundation to pay photographer $21,000 as dispute over Prince portraits ends (theartnewspaper.com)
- TN Gov. Bill Lee signed into law a first-of-its-kind legislation intended to tackle misuse of AI by modifying a state law banning unauthorized copies of artists’ works to cover musicians, their voices and their songs. Tennessee becomes first state to protect musicians, other artists against AI | AP News
- Artists suing Stability AI, Midjourney, DeviantArt and Runway AI urged a CA federal court to keep their proposed class action alive, telling a judge who dismissed most of their copyright claims that their amended complaint withstands the defendants’ arguments for dismissal. Artists Fight Image Generator Cos.’ Bid To End Copyright Suit – Law360
- The U.S. Copyright Office was within its rights to refuse registration to an artist after finding that his sculpture “lacks the necessary level of creativity to warrant copyright protection,” a D.C. federal judge ruled, finding that the Copyright Office didn’t err in its analysis of the sculpture. Copyright Office Prevails In British Sculptor’s Challenge – Law360
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