Introduction
One of the major cases about copyright infringement has recently been in session in one of the federal courts of appeal in New York. The case features a well-known photographer, Patrick Cariou, against a famous appropriation artist, Richard Prince. The main argument in this case was about how exactly fair use interpreted in a court. It also seeks to clarify whether there is a provision in the law for works that have copyrights to be re-purposed for the development of new works, which are distinct or different from the copyrighted work even when they refer, criticize, or even comment about the original work. ...
