UNITED STATES
DISTRICT
COURT
SOUTHERN
DISTRICT
OF
NEW
YORK
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PATRICK CARIOU,
Plaintiff,
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11327
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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.
This
matter
is
now
beforethe
Court
on
cross-motions
for
summary
judgment.
Defendants
Richard
Prince,
Gagosian
Gallery,
Inc.,
and
Lawrence
Gagosian
seek
a
determination
that
their
use
of
Plaintiff's
copyrighted
photographs
was
a
fair
use
under
the
relevant section
ofthe
Copyright
Act,
17
U.S.C.
§§
107(1)-(4),
and
that
Plaintiff's
claim
for
conspiracy
to
violate
his
rights
under
the
Copyright
Act
is
barred
by
law.
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Plaintiff
seeks
summary
judgment
in his
favor
on
the
issue
of
liability
for
copyright infringement.
For
reasons
detailed
herein,
the
Court
finds
(1)
that
lNamed
Defendant
Rizzoli
International
Publications,
Inc.
was
voluntarily
dismissed
from
this
action
by
stipulation
ofdismissal entered
by
the
Court
on
February
5,
2010.
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