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Who’s Your Daddy? Supreme Court Sits in Judgement on Fair Use

Fair Use is at the Supreme Court with potentially huge transformative consequences to artists on both sides of the issue.

The Supreme Court meets Andy Warhol, Prince and a case that could threaten creativity, Nina Totenberg, NPR’s All Things Considered, October 12, 2022

You know all those famous Andy Warhol silk screen prints of Marilyn Monroe and Liz Taylor and lots of other glitterati? Now one of the most famous of these, the Prince series, is at the heart of a case the Supreme Court will examine… And it is a case of enormous importance to all manner of artists. Read the whole article here.

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Corporation To Run for Congress

From the Institute for Public Accuracy:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, March 15, 2010

Corporation Running for Congress Following Supreme Court Ruling
Interviews Available

On Saturday, the Washington Post published a front-page story about the corporation Murray Hill running for Congress: “After the Supreme Court declared that corporations have the same rights as individuals when it comes to funding political campaigns, the self-described progressive firm took what it considers the next logical step: declaring for office.

“‘Until now, corporate interests had to rely on campaign contributions
and influence-peddling to achieve their goals in Washington,’ the
candidate, who was unavailable for an interview, said in a statement.
‘But thanks to an enlightened Supreme Court, now we can eliminate the
middle-man and run for office ourselves.’ Continue reading “Corporation To Run for Congress”

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