Showing items tagged "Copyright, IP and artist rights"
What is copyright infringement?
Copyright infringement takes place where there is copying of all or a substantial part of an image – unless a ‘fair dealing’ or ‘substantial part’ exception applies, or unless it is only the ideas or concepts that…
Copyright and Moral rights: New legislation (introduction)
On October 30 1987, the Government introduced into the House of Lords the long overdue measure to reform the law of copyright and other intellectual property: The Copyright, Designs and Patents Bill'. It…
Copyright and Moral rights: New legislation (part 3)
What remedies are available for Copyright Infringements? Last month’s column continued our three part examination of the new Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988, shortly coming into force (the precise date will…
What works are covered / protected by copyright?
The simple answer is – any original work made in any medium whether visual, musical, dramatic, literary, film, video, TV or sound broadcasts, including artworks (paintings, sculpture, drawings and prints of any…
Photographing Art Collections
In May 2007 a conference was held in London to discuss a leading court judgment, made in 1999, which ruled that exact photographic copies of public domain images could not be protected by copyright because the copies…
Stamp of Approval
The Stamp Art and Postal History of Michael Thompson and Michael Hernandez de Luna was recently published in the US and makes fascinating reading. The authors are mail artists, who teamed up in 1994 to pursue their…
Monumental Manoeuvres in the Dark
The destruction of a sculpture the Government specifically commissioned and permanently installed on a national site is one of the more outrageous of the issues raised recently. I don’t care How many letters they sent…
Recording Visiting Speakers
This piece considers key legal and ethical issues involved. Copyright in speech is the first issue. Copyright is an economic right, lasting for the lifetime of an author plus 70 years after the end of the year…
What legal issues should I be aware of if I want to include cartoons in my work?
Animation and film companies will generally fiercely guard against unauthorized use of their intellectual property such as images of cartoon characters, particularly when these…
The Artists’ Campaign for Droit de Suite
On 17 May 1993 a unique and important meeting was held to give artists the chance to hear about droit de suite (the visual artist’s resale royalty right) and form their own views…
What legal issues surround the use of legal tender, i.e. notes and coins, in my artwork?
There are specific rules and criminal penalties for the misuse of monetary notes and coinage, and you should refer to the Royal Mint’s own…
Tomorrow is a Long Time
Alteration, defacement, mutilation, modification, deterioration and destruction of artworks are matters usually ignored at the outset by artists, their commissioners and/or buyers. In future columns we will look at the conservation concerns of keepers of…
Self-Expression and the Law
On Tuesday 25 October 1977 Kerry Trengove was sealed inside a 15ft x 10ft breeze block bunker on the ground floor of the Acme Gallery in Covent Garden. He then dug a 3ft sq. hole to…
Originality
Last year’s Turner Prize controversy was pure artlaw territory and deserves closer examination. It concerned one of four short listed artists, Glenn Brown and his large canvas Loves of Shepherds, 2000. Full colour reproductions of the work were splashed…
How can I prevent unauthorised use of images of my work that are published on the Internet?
One practical safeguard is to keep images of your work on the Internet in low resolution, as this generally makes them unsuitable for…
Appropriation
On March 5, 2005, in central London two separate events took place: each focused on artlaw and different ways of appropriating the law into the form and content of artists’ works. The first was jointly organised by the Interdisciplinary…
International Foundation for Art Research: IFAR
The Internet continues to advance and develop the provision of high quality, free access information. IFAR is one such excellent and authoritative resource, for current and historical information about art business throughout the world.…
Nothing is Forever
It seems that the number of artists whose works suffer minor indignities or major censorship at the hands of the powerful will continue to increase until kingdom come. But nothing, as Pat Lally observed, is forever. Pat…