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When is an artist entitled to refuse attribution of an artwork? Italian Supreme Court provides (final) guidance in long-running dispute over Jeff Koons’s The Serpents

The IPKat

There, it was presented as an original Koons artwork of which three copies exist. Garrone subsequently contacted Koons several times (in 1997, 2007 and 2009) in order to obtain a declaration of authenticity from him and thus sell the artwork. Subsequently, the sculpture was shipped to Italy and held at customs in Milan.

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Eleventh Circuit Affirms Finding that Takedown Notice for Auto Stickers Violated DMCA

IP Watchdog

(DDI) acted with willful blindness in submitting a fifth Takedown Notice to Amazon asking that auto stickers it alleged infringed its licensed artwork be removed from the site.

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Jean Paul Gaultier, Birth Your Own Venus

IPilogue

The Italian Code , which came into effect in 2004 and was updated in 2016, operates independently from copyright law. The prevalent use of Uffizi’s artworks despite Italian law led to Uffizi using software to police whether artworks are used to sell products, especially on social media.

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Digital art protectable under copyright? Yes, says the Italian Supreme Court

The IPKat

The Supreme Court recalled the conditions of protectability of an artwork in a case involving a work created using software. Here below the artwork by Lindelokse. Pictures of the artwork by Lindelokse from lindelokse.deviantart.com. RAI contested all the claims as groundless. Picture of the cat courtesy by Arianna Antonelli.

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Infographic | Copyright legal dispute

Olartemoure Blog

He used a cropped photo based on one of Goldsmith’s images to create his artwork. The photographer became aware of the use of her photograph in 2016 when Prince died, and the Andy Warhol Foundation licensed the use of Warhol’s “Prince Series” to use in a magazine commemorating his life.

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When Do Defendants Have Access to Copyrighted Works Posted to the Internet?–Cooley v. Target Corp.

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Work #2: This work was published in 2016 in a video that “had over 100,000 views within the first 7-10 days and currently has about 125,000 views.” The work was also posted to Facebook and Instagram in 2016. Work #7: posted to Facebook in 2016 and got 59 likes and 16 comments. Instead, the court summarizes: N.O.C.

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The US and Italy set precedents in copyright and art

Olartemoure Blog

This incident has ignited a broader debate concerning the utilization of public domain artworks for commercial purposes. In a separate but parallel development, the United States Supreme Court recently settled a protracted legal battle originating in 2016 between photographer Lynn Goldsmith and the Andy Warhol Foundation.

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