Via Artnews: In New York’s Southern District Court on Monday, lawyers for the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and photographer Lynn Goldsmith stood before Judge John G. Koeltl in service of their clients in a case taking up a 1984 series of Warhol screenprints of the storied musician Prince. More here. Background on the two year old lawsuit here.
Taking into consideration recent socio-cultural and political-economic developments in art, law, and education, starting in the fall of 2019 the Program will transition to an intensive three-day colloquium that will focus on specific art and law topics. In the fall 2019, the Program will examine artists’ legacies and artists’ estates through the lens of tangible and intangible property, contracts, moral rights, freedom of expression, and corporations. This will allow us to examine how sectors of the art industry— such as academia, the gallery system, for-profit and non-profit institutions, auction houses, curatorial practices, and law—impact the practices, definitions and controversies of contemporary ...
According to Artforum, oppressed and aggrieved audience members that called for the destruction of Beau Stanton's mural included "Christine Y. Kim, associate curator of contemporary art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Kibum Kim, associate director and head of art business at the Sotheby’s Institute of Art Los Angeles." In order to avoid the destruction of his artwork, Stanton, who calls himself an "artist," has decided to "compromise" by modifying his artwork. Why bother with moral rights when so-called "artists" are more than willing to do the modifications and destruction all on their own. Here's an idea: ...
On May 1, 2019 Congress introduced the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2019 ("CASE Act”), proposing to address small copyright enforcement issues. For background on copyright small claims, see the Office’s Copyright Small Claims report here.
From the report, some surprises, some odd analysis, and some "what the hell is right of publicity doing in here?" moments. Regardless, and given our state of the union, we don't think any of these proposed amendments or bills would pass muster in the next thirty to forty years. An entertaining read nonetheless. The first proposed change would clarify that VARA’s exclusion for “commercial art” is limited to artworks both created pursuant to a contract and intended for commercial use. The second proposed change would add language clarifying how courts should interpret the“recognized stature” requirement, requiring courts to ...
Via Artnews:
In New York’s Southern District Court on Monday, lawyers for the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and photographer Lynn Goldsmith stood before Judge John G. Koeltl in service of their clients in a case taking up a 1984 series of Warhol screenprints of the storied musician Prince.
More here. Background on the two year old lawsuit here.
Half a year after Lehmann Maupinfiled a lawsuit against a former employee for allegedly stealing trade secrets, the two parties have reached an agreement and the case has been voluntarily dismissed. Background here.
Benjamin Sutton’s Artsy article regarding “unpaid internships” makes this type of labor use in the art industry seem so sexy. Unfortunately, Sutton does a poor job of mentioning the wide and complex legal issues surrounding so-called “internships” and employment law.
Might make for a good follow-up article; one that could focus on interviews with labor and employment lawyers. Just sayin’.
According to the Hollywood Reporter,
the Recording Industry Association of America told the Supreme Court that thanks to recent decisions, “States are once again free to engage in copyright infringement — no matter how widespread or blatant — without fear of having to pay any money as a result. Unsurprisingly, then, despite Congress’s efforts, copyright infringement by States is once again a very serious problem.”
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review this lawsuit.
Taking into consideration recent socio-cultural and political-economic developments in art, law, and education, starting in the fall of 2019 the Program will transition to an intensive three-day colloquium that will focus on specific art and law topics.
In the fall 2019, the Program will examine artists’ legacies and artists’ estates through the lens of tangible and intangible property, contracts, moral rights, freedom of expression, and corporations. This will allow us to examine how sectors of the art industry— such as academia, the gallery system, for-profit and non-profit institutions, auction houses, curatorial practices, and law—impact the practices, definitions and controversies of contemporary art.
The fall 2019 three-day colloquium will take place on the weekend of October 25, 26 and 27, each day from 9am to 6pm. The three-day intensive will be held at the Cornell Art Architecture Planning headquarters at 26 Broadway in New York City.
The rolling-admissions application deadline is August 16, 2019. All application and Program information is available here: artlawprogram.com
Applicants and admitted fellows shall take note that the Program is fully committed to freedom of expression.
Heavy metal’s all-time greats Iron Maiden are suing video game company 3D Realms over the game Ion Maiden, which Maiden describes as an “incredibly blatant” infringement on their intellectual property.
When one reads the description of what 3D is appropriating one can’t help but wonder what the hell 3D was thinking. [Disclaimer: I’m a big Maiden fan and have seen them live countless times. I also own most of their albums and several of their concert t-shirts.]
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