Media Institute Asks Supreme Court to Review Kienitz v. Sconnie Nation

The Media Institute asked the Supreme Court to review Kienitz v. Sconnie Nation, the organization said in a news release Tuesday. The institute filed a friend-of-the-court brief asking the court to review an “errant expansion of the fair use doctrine that is gaining traction among lower courts and eroding the rights of photographers,” it said. Photographer Michael Kienitz alleged that Sconnie Nation, a clothing company, infringed his copyrighted photo of a public official, said the institute. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court ruling that the company’s use of the photo was fair use, it said.