by Administrator | Aug 31, 2021 | Copyright, Fair Use
The case of Dr. Seuss v. ComicMix isn’t over yet. In December 2020, the Ninth Circuit overturned the district court ruling stating that ComicMix’s use of Dr. Seuss’ materials was fair use. The district court had made this ruling at the...
by Administrator | Aug 24, 2021 | Copyright, Legal Issues for Artists
In 2019, film producer Rick Allen, who had been recording the underwater excavation of Blackbeard’s Queen Anne’s Revenge since the 1990s, sued the State of North Carolina for copyright infringement after the state posted Allen’s images and video clips on its...
by Administrator | Aug 17, 2021 | Copyright
One of the rights provided under copyright law is the right to public display. This particular right is important for artists such as photographers and filmmakers as they make a living off of the ability to license their images and films for public...
by Administrator | Aug 3, 2021 | Cultural Heritage, Legal Issues for Museums
There are those that say there is no such thing as bad publicity. We beg to differ. Once again Hobby Lobby is in the news with another example of how the company once again purchased and displayed items of questionable origin in its museum. This time it is in...
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