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...
by Administrator | Mar 5, 2015 | Copyright
Jeff Koons is once again facing a claim of copyright infringement, this time in a French court. The focus of the claim is around his sculpture, Fait d’Hiver. It is one of three, one of which was currently on exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in Paris until it...
by Administrator | Mar 4, 2015 | Education
The annual Protecting the Creative Spirit Conference is scheduled for Saturday, April 11, 2015 at Plymouth State University. It is a day for artists to learn about how to protect themselves, their rights, and their works. Last year was well attended, and seating is...
by Administrator | Mar 4, 2015 | The Art Market
In a wonderful twist of irony, two Spanish brothers who attempted to sell a fake Goya painting were paid in fake cash. Apparently the brothers had purchased the painting several years prior, thinking that it was real. After paying the deposit, they had it appraised...
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