Does painting blots over the eyes of a photograph turn it into something new? That's one of the questions that a US district court was asked to consider last week, leading to a surprising decision about when artists can use copyrighted work. The issue was whether "appropriation artist" Richard Prince was fairly repurposing images from Yes Rasta, a 2000 book documenting photographer Patrick Cariou's time with Rastafarians in Jamaica. While a previous court case found that his work was copyright infringement, the Second Circuit Court of appeals overturned their decision, even though Prince wasn't commenting on the photographs involved — one of the tests that has long helped determine what's legal.
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via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/29/4282168/appropriation-artist-richard-prince-wins-copyright-fair-use-appeal
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