2nd Circuit Affirms That Museum Display Of Photograph Was Fair Use

Mealey's (April 6, 2021, 9:59 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — Display by the Metropolitan Museum of Art of a photograph of the late guitarist Eddie Van Halen playing his “Frankenstein” guitar was not actionable copyright infringement because the museum’s display “transformed the Photo by foregrounding the instrument rather than the performer,” the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said April 2....