Fair use or copyright infringement?

October 18, 2022 at 3:34 am

PURPLE FAMEIn 2019, a federal judge ruled in favor of Andy Warhol and the foundation established after his death regarding the “Prince Series” of screenprints he made for Vanity Fair in 1984. For $400, Vanity Fair licensed one of photographer Lynn Goldsmith’s black-and-white studio portraits of Prince from December 1981 […]

The world’s first public orchestra

September 30, 2021 at 10:22 pm

“Backed by a $700,000 Pew grant, the Philadelphia Public Orchestra ambitiously seeks to redefine just what an orchestra is — and what it plays.” Pricey tickets. WASPy galas. The Philadelphia Public Orchestra is set to overturn all of those notions. The Philadelphia Public Orchestra’s manifesto makes it quite clear that […]