Patrick Cariou beat Richard Prince and the Gagosian Gallery

DEBORAH A. BATTS, United States District Judge
Patrick CariouIn a landmark decision handed down in spirited fashion last Friday, Manhattan federal court judge Deborah Batts ruled against Richard Prince and the Gagosian Gallery in a copyright lawsuit brought by French photographer Patrick Cariou, who claimed that the prominent appropriation artist had unlawfully used his photographs in a series of paintings and other works. The ruling both affects millions of dollars worth of Prince artworks and promises to send tremors though the art community at large, where appropriation has become a widespread artistic strategy despite its often tenuous legality under the United States' statute of "fair use." - ARTINFO

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38 Page Document Case 1:08-cv-11327-DAB Document 71 Filed 03/18/11
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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PATRICK CARIOU,
Plaintiff,
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MEMORANDUM & ORDER
RICHARD PRINCE, GAGOSIAN GALLERY, INC.,
LAWRENCE GAGOSIAN, and RIZZOLI
INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS, INC.
Defendants.
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DEBORAH A. BATTS, United States District Judge.

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