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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

As IPKat readers are surely aware, his fame extends well beyond the art world, given that Koons has contributed as litigant to some of the most interesting copyright case law around the world [see, eg, IPKat coverage here ]. Moral rights under Italian law and the issue before the Supreme Court Moral rights are not harmonized at the EU level.

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Using that classic piece of art on a book cover: Grr…

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Works of art, in the form of the reproduction of a painting, frequently adorns the cover of a reissued edition of a renowned novel. What preoccupied Benjamin was how to understand the reproduction of works of art, especially in his seminal 1935 essay entitled, in English translation, "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction”.

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When Doors Close, A Market Grows: Museums, COVID-19, and Cultural Digitisation

IPilogue

Toronto museums are not alone, although perhaps their struggles are more drawn-out; museums and art galleries in the U.K. In 2020, visitor figures for the world’s top 100 art museums dropped by 77%. New York art attorney Amelia K. Museums in France can claim perpetual moral rights of an author’s work. and the U.S.

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[Guest post] Navigating the high notes: Taylor Swift's copyright dispute

The IPKat

This article delves into the saga’s central copyright issues and the concept of moral rights, and compares the situation in the US to how it might have unfolded under EU law. After all, making and using new recordings similar or even nearly identical to existing ones, are not infringing any US copyrights, as per art.

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Analyzing relationship between Contemporary art and Intellectual Property Rights

IIPRD

Introduction Over $67 billion USD was transacted in the worldwide contemporary art market in 2018, an increase of nearly $3 billion USD from the previous year’s value. Image Sources: Shutterstock] Protecting such outstanding works of art and property through the use of intellectual property law is undeniably a sound strategy.

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First duel between NFTs and copyright before the Spanish courts: NFTs 1 – Authors 0

Kluwer Copyright Blog

That is, in an NFT there can be an underlying copy of a work of art –typically an image, photograph, piece of music, video or certain audiovisual content– that may be subject to copyright. Therefore, the moral right of “disclosure” had already been exhausted. an exploitation that caused them no harm).

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IPKat Book of the Year Awards 2023 winners announced!

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Regulation, Innovation and Competition in Pharmaceutical Markets, by Margherita Colangelo. 25 Things You Should Know About Artificial Intelligence, Art and Copyright, by Pablo Fernández Carballo-Calero. 25 Things You Should Know About Artificial Intelligence, Art and Copyright, by Pablo Fernández Carballo-Calero.