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How Much Money Can I Get from a Copyright Infringement?

Art Law Journal

Copyright Office is the most effective way to ensure you'll be fairly compensated in a copyright infringement lawsuit. Steve Schlackman. Registering your work with the U.S.

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Stop, thief! How to win big in a copyright infringement case

Art Law Journal

Congress included a “statutory damages” provision in the Copyright Act to ensure that artists receive guaranteed compensation for an infringement along with making any infringement case easier and faster to litigate. What qualifies as an infringement of artwork? Let’s find out.

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Warhol and Prince: Good Artists Borrow, Great Artists…Litigate

LexBlog IP

The Eyes have it–Original photograph by Lynn Goldsmith (left); Work by Andy Warhol (right) After hearing from Goldsmith’s lawyers (the photographer was not pleased), the Foundation moved in the SDNY to have the court clarify the matter of copyright. Goldsmith counter-sued, claiming copyright infringement.

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Understanding Fair Use with a Dr. Seuss and Star Trek Mashup

Art Law Journal

Here, we discuss the resulting copyright infringement case, and whether a court may find the work permissible under the fair use doctrine. Comic book publisher ComicMix allegedly created a mashup of a popular Dr. Seuss book with elements of the iconic Star Trek TV series.

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Prince, Prince, Prints: Will the Supreme Court Revisit Fair Use?

LexBlog IP

Following Prince’s sudden and untimely death in 2016, the Warhol Foundation, successor to the copyright in the Prince Series, licensed to Condé Nast one of the Prince Series images for use in a commemorative magazine titled The Genius of Prince , which featured on its cover the image from the Prince Series. for Visual Arts, Inc.

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Digital collections from GLAM institutions: Policy Paper

Kluwer Copyright Blog

In a policy paper , copyright and art-law experts led by the author clarified the general copyright law principles applicable to stakeholders dealing with digital cultural heritage worldwide and formulated recommendations, addressed to policy-makers, to facilitate their digital activities. Proposal 9.