Why Andy Warhol’s ‘Prince Series,’ the Subject of a Long-Term Copyright Dispute, Should Be Considered Fair Use After All Two legal experts explain why a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of Google should inform the way courts think about art. April 27, 2021 The original Lynn Goldsmith photograph and Andy Warhol's Prince portrait of the musician, as reproduced in court documents. Last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit declared that a notable group of Andy Warhol paintings—his famed “Prince Series”—infringed the copyright of the photographer whose image served as the basis for the body of work.