Art Law Journal

JULY 15, 2021

If an artwork is in the public domain, free from copyright protection, then how can a museum claim it holds the copyright? Steve Schlackman.

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Public Domain Copyright Artwork Intellectual Property 127

Art Law Journal

JUNE 16, 2022

It’s heartbreaking to find your artwork on a t-shirt at Forever 21 or as an image on someone’s blog without your permission. Congress included a “statutory damages” provision in the Copyright Act to ensure that artists receive guaranteed compensation for an infringement along with making any infringement case easier and faster to litigate.

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Copyright Infringement Artwork Copyright Registration 52

Art Law Journal

JULY 15, 2021

If an artwork is in the public domain, free from copyright protection, then how can a museum claim it holds the copyright? The post How Can Museums Copyright the Works of Old Masters? appeared first on Art Business Journal.

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Public Domain Copyright Artwork Journalism 52

LexBlog IP

MAY 24, 2023

SCOTUS: No “Fair Use” Defense in Warhol Use of Prince Photograph SCOTUS found that Andy Warhol’s commercial use of Goldsmith’s photograph of Prince did not entitle the Foundation to a fair use defense to copyright infringement. And Warhol often cited “mass production” as a justification for his artwork.

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Fair Use Artwork Intellectual Property Copyright Law 52

Kluwer Copyright Blog

JULY 14, 2023

Context Copyright can be challenging for cultural institutions (or “GLAM“ for Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) when pursuing digitization and dissemination activities, as copyright governs whether a given work can be used and if so, how (as shown in recent studies for museums , archives or libraries ). Proposal 1.

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Database Right Licensing Public Domain Artwork 52

Art Law Journal

JANUARY 7, 2021

What are the challenges for collectors in authenticating artworks? What are the legal remedies when a purchased artwork is discovered to be an art forgery? The Trouble with Authenticating Art appeared first on Art Business Journal. The post Can You Spot a Fake?

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Art Artwork Journalism Business 52

Art Law Journal

JUNE 30, 2022

Unfortunately, Intellectual Property law has gotten so complicated that many people aren’t even sure which type of Intellectual Property (copyright, trademarks, or patents) protects their creative work. Take these two commonly heard phrases: “I need to copyright my company name,” and “I want to patent my new idea.”.

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Intellectual Property Invention Intellectual Property Law Design Patent 67