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With Friends Like These: Copyright Implications Of Novelists Drawing Inspiration From The Real Lives They Cross

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Dorland alerted publishers, writing conferences, and journalists to what she considered Larson’s plagiarism and ethical betrayal. Dorland counterclaimed for copyright infringement, claiming that Larson’s use of Dorland’s letter was a violation of intellectual property law. ’ Piccone v.

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The clash of artistic rights: Warhol, Goldsmith, and the boundaries of copyright in Brazil and in the U.S.

Kluwer Copyright Blog

This brief post dives into this duality, as exampled by American and Brazilian law. In 1984, Condé Nast, the publisher, obtained a license from Goldsmith to allow Andy Warhol to use her Prince portrait as the foundation for a single serigraphy to be featured in Vanity Fair magazine. Brazilian Law Review of Civil Law – RBDCivil, v.