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Does Jumbo Own the Copyright?
By Richard Amada on Jul 27, 2011 | In Visual Arts
A student of mine raised an interesting issue... Who owns the copyright if an animal creates a work of art?
Now I'm not using the word "animal" here as the all-inclusive term for anything that's not vegetable or mineral. (In other words, I don't mean… more »
Agreement Designed to Help Keep Ancient Greek Art in Greece
By Richard Amada on Jul 22, 2011 | In Visual Arts
The United States and Greece are a step closer to helping keep the art of ancient Greece from being looted and shuttled out of its homeland. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Greece Minister of Foreign Affairs Stavros Lambrinidis signed a Memo… more »
Public Domain or Dangerous Minefield?
By Richard Amada on Jul 13, 2011 | In General, Cinema, TV, Radio
Is public domain material a free-for-all for any and every purpose? Maybe not.
One of my students in the playwriting class I'm currently teaching called my attention to the case of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., et al., v. X One X Productions, et a… more »
When Is Public Art Not for the Public?
By Richard Amada on Jul 6, 2011 | In Visual Arts
The answer to the question posed in the title of this post is: Possibly when the "public" is a professional photographer who sells a photo that includes an image of someone else's public art creation.
In this case, I'm talking about a Seattle public a… more »
