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Ping® By AdlerLaw – Public Art & Social Media

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Or, Can I post a photo of graffiti art to Instagram? Feeling inspired and intrepid you snap a photo, instantly uploading it to your story with a witty one-liner about undiscovered urban art. What if the social media account is used to promote the account owner’s own goods or services, or a third party’s brand?

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St. Art Foundation v. Acko General Insurance: Decoding Street Art, Fair use and Moral rights

SpicyIP

In St Art India Foundation v. Acko General Insurance , the Delhi High Court is faced with the opportunity to elaborate whether and how street art in general is subject to the Copyright Act, the scope of ‘artistic work’ under Sec. 52(1)(t) and ‘moral rights’ of the author in such work. Image from the order.

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“Sentiti Libera”: from street art in Genoa to the Manifesto Dress at Sanremo Music Festival 2023

The IPKat

As a digital entrepreneur, she represents one of the most influential people in the business of social media. Underneath the photo, Claire Fontaine, an artistic duo that specialises in “ready-mades” (the wording the duo uses to describe the art term “ found objects ”), was acknowledged as the author of the photograph.

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Book review: Copyright in the street. An Oral History of Creative Processes in Street Art and Graffiti Subcultures

The IPKat

An Oral History of Creative Processes in Street Art and Graffiti Subcultures ”, authored by Enrico Bonadio (City University of London). As its title suggests, this book focuses on the relationship between US copyright law and street art and graffiti. Chapter 3 is entitled "Copyright within the street art and graffiti circles".

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Could Banksy Sue Christopher Walken Over Destroyed Artwork?

Copyright Lately

” Could the street artist claim a violation of his moral rights? To be clear, there’s no E&O policy in the world that would cover the destruction of a work of art potentially worth millions of dollars—so there’s no doubt Banksy was all in on the show’s gag. Actor Christopher Walken has a unique talent.

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A Work in Progress: CCC and Artificial Intelligence

Velocity of Content

Shumaker: What’s the status of social media content or content made available without charge by policy think tanks, public interest groups, and the like? there are issues relating to moral rights and other considerations. Its purpose is the promotion of science and useful arts. Moreover, outside the U.S.,

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Taking the Mona Lisa Effect from Illusion to Reality: Enhancing the Museum Experience with Augmented and Virtual Reality

JIPEL Copyright Blog

From July 2017 to April 2018, the Art Gallery of Ontario (the “AGO”) staged an exhibition titled “ ReBlink ,” which urged visitors to “[t]ake a second look… with a modern lens:”. infringement of the creator’s exclusive right to reproduce and/or prepare a derivative work) or VARA/moral rights (i.e.,