Andy Warhol, Prince and a question of copyright

Supreme Court ruling that sent shockwaves through art world could have huge implications for AI image generation

Andy Warhol in The Factory in 1983
The court decided Andy Warhol’s work was not sufficiently different
(Image credit: Brownie Harris/Corbis via Getty Images)

A US Supreme Court copyright ruling that Andy Warhol did not have the right to use a photo of Prince has sent shockwaves through the art world, and left legal experts scrambling to asses the implications for AI image generation.

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