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Can You Copyright a Christmas Tree?
By Richard Amada on Dec 15, 2011 | In Visual Arts
Here's one for debate around the egg nog bowl...
If you decorate a Christmas tree, have you created a copyrightable work of visual art? After all, your tree is unique to all the world in respect to the exact placement of ornaments. And, of course, ea… more »
A Class Action for Resale Royalties
By Richard Amada on Nov 4, 2011 | In Visual Arts
If you sell your home for a profit, do you have to give some of that profit to the people who originally designed and built it? Of course not (unless you have some uncommon contractual arrangement with them).
But, if you resell a work of visual art an… more »
Who Owns Stolen Art?
By Richard Amada on Oct 20, 2011 | In Visual Arts
I came across an interesting essay regarding the legal ownership of stolen works of art that are sold to subsequent buyers who are unaware of the theft. The issue is whether the buyer owns the work by virtue of the fact that he made a good-faith purchas… more »
Takeaway Rembrandt
By Richard Amada on Sep 24, 2011 | In Visual Arts
Rembrandt is one of my absolute favorites among the great master painters. Those expression-filled faces staring out of the dark truly move me.
However, I've never been so moved by any work of art as to consider stealing it. But, apparently, Rembrand… more »
Making Money on Mug Shots
By Richard Amada on Sep 16, 2011 | In Visual Arts
A couple of enterprising Ohio women have tapped into a money-making artistic venture by selling digitally retouched photos of actual police mug shots from the 1950s.
One of the owners of Larken Design in Cincinnati, bought a handful of old photos in an… more »
