Tagged With: legal dispute
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National Portrait Gallery responds to Wikipedia copyright case
This online article details the National Portrait Gallery's public statement in response to criticism of its decision to send a cease and desist letter to a Wikipedia editor who uploaded to Wikipedia in March 2009, over 3000 high-resolution images made available online by the Gallery.
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Digitising public domain images creates a new copyright, rules German court
This blog post summarises the result of the Regional Court of Berlin's decision to recognise protection in 17 reproductions of public domain works made by the Reiss Engelhorn Museum, which were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons.
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After 'Bridgeman': Copyright, Museums, and Public Domain Works of Art
This case comment argues that the Bridgeman v. Corel Corp decision was incorrect: the interpretation of the originality requirement was misjudged in two ways, being both too 'broad' with the sweat of the brow doctrine, and too 'narrow' with the level of creativity required.
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An end to bad heir days: The posthumous power of the literary estate
This article describes Stephen Joyce's attempts to control the literary estate of his grandfather James Joyce, from the 1980's to the present day. It also explains some of the problems James Joyce faced publishing and protecting Ulysses during his own lifetime.
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Wikimedia Loses German Copyright Case Over Photographs of Public Domain Paintings
This article reviews the Regional Court of Berlin's decision in favor of the Reiss Engelhorn Museum, ruling photographs of public domain paintings are protected by the section 72 copyright-related right of the German Copyright Act.
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Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia Deutschland urge Reiss Engelhorn Museum to reconsider suit over public domain works of art
This blog post responds to the lawsuit filed by the Reiss Engelhorn Museum in Mannheim, Germany, against Wikimedia Foundation in regards to 17 images of public domain artworks which were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons.
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Copyright and Appropriation Art: Recent Legal Controversies
This presentation discusses recent legal cases of visual artists working with in-copyright material without authorisation from the rightsholder.
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Appropriation Art
This panel event presents and discusses copyright issues in appropriation art with special reference to issues raised by Shepard Fairey's 'Hope' poster of Barack Obama.