Licensing Of Pope Image In Philly
The use of a photograph to as the basis to create new art which is then licensed out for all kinds of products, always garners comments. IN this case the twist is the defense being used by Milou's lawyer isn't going to based on "fair use" since he's worried about the time this would take to resolve during a short window of revenue generation.
It will be interesting to see the outcome.
http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/arts/20150901_Pope_portrait_painter_now_talking_with_Getty_Images.html
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