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Case Summary
Graham v. Prince et al. (consolidated with McNatt v. Prince et al.)
Graham v. Prince, No. 15-CV-10160 (SHS), 2023 WL 3383029 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 25, 2024); McNatt v. Prince, No. 1: 16-cv-08896-SHS (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 25, 2024).
Précis
Graham filed suit in the District Court of the Southern District of New York against Richard Prince, Larry Gagosian, and the Gagosian Gallery (together the “Gagosian Defendants”) in December 2015 for three counts of willful copyright infringement; namely, the “Portrait of Rastajay92” as exhibited at Gagosian and its accompanying promotional materials; the billboard; and Prince’s Twitter post. In November 2016, Eric McNatt also filed suit against...
Associated Legal Decision(s)
Associated Statutes and/or Legislation
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Copyrights, 17 U.S.C. § 101, (Copyright Act of 1976), Definitions
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Copyrights, 17 U.S.C. § 106, (Copyright Act of 1976), Exclusive rights in copyrighted works
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Copyrights, 17 U.S.C. § 501, (Copyright Act of 1976), Infringement of Copyright
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Copyrights, 17 U.S.C. § 107, (Copyright Act of 1976), Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use
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Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, 28 U.S.C. § 2201, (Declaratory Judgment Act), Creation of Remedy
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