Because the industry charged artists for everything, that put the artists on the line as "owners" of the work and its production, which means that now when they're looking to terminate old licensing agreements.
Ars Technica – Law and Disorder
- Identity theft lawsuit against Prenda Law abruptly ends
- NYT dumps a copyright snowfall on startup referencing its work
- Apple levels its latest patent complaints at Samsung’s Galaxy S4
- RIAA pulls 20 million links off Google, but “system isn’t working”
- Patent troll that wants $1,000 per worker gets sued by Vermont A-G
Techdirt
- Amazon Wants To Sell Fan Fiction With It, Originator And FanFic Author All Sharing Profits
- Cool New Platform For Supporting Artists: Patreon, From Jack Conte
- Modest Proposal: Going Piracy Neutral
- DailyDirt: Graduation Advice To Remember
- New Bill Would Stop Patent Trolls From Hiding Behind Shell Companies
The Art Law Blog
- "So while Cariou v. Prince can rightly be considered a victory for appropriation art to some extent ..."
- Richard Dorment on the Warhol Foundation
- Six of one
- "Since the full price of artworks donated to charity are not tax deductible for the artist, new records are a major incentive for their participation."
- Much Better Than The Impractical Advice Panel
Posts Tagged ‘ law ’
Where is Our Right of Revolution? No More Casualties in the Content Wars
The government should fear the people, and then there will be liberty. If they do not do their job... it's our DUTY to rebel. A call to arms - now it's time to fight.
Software Patents. Err… Copyrights? Ze Law!
When computer programs came out it was decided that the underlying code was protectable as a literary work, insofar as it embodied the original expression of the programmer. Ideas and functions are beyond the purview of copyright law,[1] but patent law was extended to certain aspects of software to incentivize production of novel methods of computing…
Machine = Tool; Man = Author?
The law tends to struggle as different technologies are introduced, but usually just tweaks the existing system, spins off some justification and calls it good. Many of the same issues bubbling up due to creative AI machines were addressed in 1884, when the Supreme Court upheld the power of Congress to extend copyright to photography.…
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