The Source for Art & Law
Great little article on courtroom artists. For courtroom artists, the work is sporadic (a celebrity in trouble with the law helps), and it is most lucrative when a number of different news outlets call on a single artist….
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Here’s the latest on the alleged Anselm Adams treasure trove.
Trying to catch up. From last week. A Brooklyn photographer is suing producers of “Fela!,” alleging that the Broadway musical used a photograph she took of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s famed Shrine without her…
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Let me make on thing clear. I read the Wall Street Journal, and I like it. In fact, I like it much more than the New York Times. The WSJ has wide and succinct coverage on numerous issues without being preachy, dated, or…
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In what looks to be an interesting case of ethics and law, the NY Times ran an article today on the pleas by two women who allege they were forced and obligated to appear nude and topless in their father’s videos and films….
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Peter Hirtle, from the LibraryLaw Blog, takes this July 4th to ponder why, given the ominous copyright cloud, museums and repositories would even bother getting into the licensing business. He picks up on our previous post…
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Quiet week overall, but some good stuff on copyright. Michael Cohen, of the Trademark Blog, has a great synopsis of the recent 9th Circuit decision regarding the registration requirement for copyright infringement…
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