by Administrator | Apr 30, 2015 | Arts Advocacy
Senator Patrick Leahy has revived the Museum Partnership Act. If passed, the Act would change the portions of the tax code that currently limit the value of an artist’s donation to a museum or other cultural institution to the cost of the materials used to the...
by Administrator | Apr 29, 2015 | Copyright
The US Copyright Office is seeking comments from visual artists on ways that the Copyright Office and law can help them protect their works from online infringement. Right now, online infringement of photographs and other visual works is rampant, and attempts to...
by Administrator | Apr 27, 2015 | Legal Issues for Museums
The BBC recently featured an interesting essay on an exhibit at the British Museum called “Indigenous Australia: Enduring Civilisation”. It spans over 60,000 years of indigenous history in Australia. Once the show closes in August, the exhibit will...
by Administrator | Apr 21, 2015 | Copyright
Many artists are frustrated when their works appear without their permission on the internet. For example, a musician or filmmaker might suddenly find that her work is on YouTube, posted by a complete stranger and no acknowledgement of the artist. The artist is left...
by Administrator | Apr 16, 2015 | Copyright
In a recent Massachusetts ruling, the court upheld the validity of a “browsewrap agreement”, a type of agreement that websites are commonly using. Unlike the “click-through agreement” which makes a user actually click “I agree” under the terms and conditions, and...
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