Judge throws out part of The Velvet Underground's lawsuit against Warhol Foundation
Earlier this year, John Cale and Lou Reed filed a lawsuit against the Andy Warhol Foundation For The Visual Arts, claiming the organization was illegally licensing the iconic Warhol-designed banana cover of their 1967 record, The Velvet Underground & Nico. Turns out the crotchety ex-Velvets didn’t like their album art popping up on iPad accessories, which the band claims implied their endorsement. (For its part, the Warhol Foundation “wonders if this is the same band that broke up 40 years ago.”)
