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Copyright Protection of Modern Art

IP and Legal Filings

As a result, visual arts including paintings, sculptures, literary works, as well as video, plays, and music, are regarded to be works of art. A copyright’s primary topic is what it protects and the standards by which it is protected. It supports the idea that proper effort receives proper recognition and rewards.

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Fleshing out the copyright in a tattoo

IP Whiteboard

In what we understand to be an industry-first, the Copyright Agency (an Australian not-for-profit collecting society that also licences copyright protected literary and artistic works) has licenced an Indigenous artwork for a tattoo. Ms Hagebols is the manager of Kakudu National Park’s Marrawuddi Gallery and a tattoo enthusiast. Why does it matter?