Condé Nast is Condé Nasty When It Comes to Union Workers
I learned about Condé Nast’s toxic culture from what was once my favorite podcast, the dearly departed Reply All. That podcast was doing some excellent reporting on an explosion at Bon Appétit over editorial choices and promotion decisions at that…
Condé Nast Faces Setback in California Web Tracking Class Action
A California federal court has refused to dismiss a class action lawsuit alleging that Condé Nast unlawfully installed online trackers on its websites, signaling yet another instance of courts applying a decades-old privacy statute to modern data collection practices.
The…
Publishers Launch Legal Battle Against AI Firm Cohere for Copyright Infringement
Editor’s Note: The legal battle between major media publishers and AI firms has reached a new flashpoint with a lawsuit against Cohere Inc., a Canadian AI startup valued at over $5 billion. Fourteen prominent publishers, including Condé Nast, The Atlantic,…
Supreme Court Affirms Andy Warhol’s Prince Series Not Transformative Fair Use
On May 18th, the Supreme Court handed down its much‑anticipated opinion in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith. We’ve tracked the progress of this case through the trial court, Second Circuit, and Supreme Court…
The Court of Florence finds against Condé Nast for use of the image of the David by Michelangelo, recognizing image rights to the work of art
With a first instance ruling issued on 20 April 2023 (available here), the Court of Florence has ordered Condé Nast (editor of GQ Italy) to pay EUR 50,000 plus interest as compensation for damages arising from the unauthorized use…
Supreme Court Finds Warhol’s Commercial Licensing of “Orange Prince” to Vanity Fair Is Not Fair Use and Infringes Goldsmith’s Famed Rock Photo
On May 18, 2023, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of famed rock photographer Lynn Goldsmith against the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.’s (AWF),[1] in a long-awaited decision impacting fair use under Section 107(1)…
Does Transformative Matter? No, At Least Where Use Is Commercial
Art. Money. Copyright. Fair use. Andy Warhol. And Prince, the Purple One. (Or in this case, Orange.)
These were the hot topics in the recently decided Supreme Court case of Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith…
Supreme Court Finds Warhol’s Commercial Licensing of “Orange Prince” to Vanity Fair Is Not Fair Use and Infringes Goldsmith’s Famed Rock Photo
On May 18, 2023, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of famed rock photographer Lynn Goldsmith against the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.’s (AWF),[1] in a long-awaited decision impacting fair use under Section 107(1)…
Supreme Court Finds Warhol’s Commercial Licensing of “Orange Prince” to Vanity Fair Is Not Fair Use and Infringes Goldsmith’s Famed Rock Photo
On May 18, 2023, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of famed rock photographer Lynn Goldsmith against the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.’s (AWF),[1] in a long-awaited decision impacting fair use under Section 107(1)…