by Administrator | Mar 16, 2015 | Copyright
In Automattic, Inc. & Hotham v. Nick Steiner, the federal court for Northern California found that the defendant had willfully misrepresented that he owned the copyright in the plaintiff’s blog post and awarded the plaintiff damages in the amount of $25,084....
by Administrator | Mar 12, 2015 | Authentication
Many artists do not keep a catalogue of their work which can lead to issues of attribution years after their death. Attribution of a work can lead to decades, if not centuries, of scholars arguing “yes, it is”–“no, it...
by Administrator | Mar 12, 2015 | Copyright
A recent ruling by a California federal court serves as a warning to all artists who wish to use another artist’s work. A jury found that musicians Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams infringed the music of Marvin Gaye. The suit was brought by family members of...
by Administrator | Mar 11, 2015 | First Amendment
A young composer, whose work was to be premiered in Carnegie Hall, had it pulled at the last minute because the piece contained a snippet of a Nazi anthem, Horst-Wessel-Lied. The piece, Marsh u Nebuttya, or March to Oblivion, was composed by Jonas Tarm, a student at...
by Administrator | Mar 7, 2015 | Legal Issues for Museums
The Smithsonian has announced that it is banning the selfie stick in all of its museums. You can read the story here. It is the latest museum to make this move, and its reasoning is similar to the issues I brought up in an earlier post concerning selfie sticks. This...
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