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the fact that an article taking Warhol’s side omits the actual pictures is telling
by dgs_sgd 4y ago
the fact that an article taking Warhol’s side omits the actual pictures is telling
- boomboomsubban 4y agoOr the article being printed in a magazine doesn't want to pay the republishing cost for both artworks.
- mminer237 4y agoA newspaper copying works for commentary or criticism on said works is like textbook fair use though.
- ghaff 4y agoIt is. It's also works in the middle of a legal dispute. I'd guess The Atlantic's lawyers nixed their use "out of an abundance of caution." If you get pulled into a legal dispute--even if you think you're on firm ground--you'll still be out a lot of money for lawyers.
- coredog64 4y agoPresumably, Atlantic has staff lawyers that would handle any legal case.
- ghaff 4y agoCompanies mostly don't just have spare lawyers sitting around waiting for work to come in. Furthermore, if something were to go to court, outside counsel would likely get involved in any case. So, yes, there are costs associated with law suits even if you have some in-house staff.
- boomboomsubban 4y agoWouldn't use of the works be fair use, but use of the photographs of the works require publishing rights?
- 6stringmerc 4y agoNot for use for commentary as long as they don’t threaten the market for the originals (as in super duper exact high res vs a couple okay thumbnails to show the comparison).