Category: Art Law
Art Law
Au revoir, appellate court says to Calif. attempt to give artists a percentage of rising value of their works under ‘droit de suite’ concept
With blood, sweat, and tears, a quartet of California artists pursued their vision, winning over...
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Landlord white-washes walls of ‘graffiti,’ but U.S. judge invokes ‘VARA,’ imposing $6.7 million penalty for damage to big Queens display of ‘aerosol art’
Gerald Wolkoff, a building owner in the New York borough of Queens, in search of what he might...
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Champs’ publicity-rights claim slapped down
With federal copyright laws holding sway, online sales are acceptable of prized photos of...
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Is an icon’s image too generic to trademark?
Bitter battle by Marilyn Monroe estate to protect her legacy may have unforeseen consequences for...
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Podcasts? Here are 3 on entertainment law
If you’re looking for a way to stay up to date in easy, convenient fashion with key...
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Tierney v. Moschino
The copyright infringement action by graffiti artist Joseph Tierney aka “Rime,” has...
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For courts and creatives, it’s a time to reconsider
It’s suddenly legal deja vu all over again: Another legal defeat for SiriusXM, a win for Flo...
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Copyright an issue for museums in cyberspace
As museums modernize and seek to offer more of a virtual experience for the public, copyright law...
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On appeal, ecdysiasts stripped of tax break
If Bob Fosse or Jerome Robbins taught a ballet dancer how to bump and grind a leotard-clad...
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Judge halts suit over buffed up Einstein ad
A depiction of a buffed up Albert Einstein does not provide grounds for a lawsuit, U.S. District...
Read MoreVisualize this: possible new rights for artists
Is the nation ready for a federal resale royalty rate? Congress has asked the U.S. Copyright Office to review how current copyright law affects and supports artists and public comments will be taken until close of business on...
Read MoreLucas loses UK suit over Star Wars props
Film icon George Lucas has lost his copyright infringement case in Britain’s highest court, the BBC reports. The defendant in the case was Andrew Ainsworth, one of Lucas’ former prop designers who runs a small...
Read MoreWhat isn’t covered by copyright, eh?
Ignore it and it just may go away. Try though we might, it may have been the arguments over the monkey photographs that, of course, pushed the point: This truly has become a stretch, maybe even a silly season for copyright and...
Read MoreDoes stadium ruling throw theaters a curve, too?
Entertainment lawyers get thrown plenty of diverse matters to deal with but might their practice also include handling concerns about the Americans with Disabilities Act? Don’t bet against it, as a recent case in a U.S....
Read MoreJudge orders copyright-offending art destroyed
Holy, Moses: a U.S. District Court in New York has stunned many in the contemporary art world by skipping past the Solomonic approach and ordering some copyright offending works potentially worth huge sums to be plucked from the...
Read MoreA thumbs up by museums for tiny displays
The Association of Art Museum Directors has released its long-awaited policy that deems working with, or using, low-quality digital thumbnail images a copyright fair use. This much-debated policy should provide greater clarity...
Read More‘Hope’ leads to more disputes for the AP
The Associated Press and Shepard Fairey reached a settlement earlier this year, ending a two-year dispute as to whether the artist violated copyright terms in using a 2006 photo by a photographer from the news collective of...
Read MoreSupreme Court to tackle thorny rights revivals
Taking on what will be a key copyright case, Golan v. Hoder, the U.S. Supreme Court will answer the question: Can Congress restore foreign works previously in the public domain? In Golan, orchestra conductors, educators,...
Read MoreStars gird for war over UK helmet ruling
Some of the most iconic props to come from Hollywood apparently may not have copyright protection in Britain, and, George Lucas, creator of Star Wars, is not having it. After a British appellate court determined that the...
Read MoreRevolution©: who owns iconic Che image?
Revolution ©: who owns iconic Che image?
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