Archive for the 'european law' tag

Conference: Contemporary Art and Copyright: Copyright or Right to Copy?

February 23rd, 2011 by Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento

Avid Clancco reader and art law attorney Elisa Vittone just e-mailed us with information concerning a conference on copyright and contemporary art, which she claims is the “first conference in Italy concerning the…
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Jean-Luc Godard Weighs in On Copyright

September 22nd, 2010 by Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento

Aoparently, French-Swiss film director Jean-Luc Godard has donated a thousand euros ($1,338)  toward the legal defense costs of a French citizen accused of downloading 13,788 MP3s. According to Boing Boing, Godard was…
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WB Yeats and Freud (and more) Become Public Domain Today

January 1st, 2010 by Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento

Good news for those seeking to use copyrighted material (some at least). Today’s Telegraph has some interesting news concerning copyright and the public domain.  Expect some litigation over this. Under European Union law…
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