Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Forget tattoos . . .

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How about copyrighting a nose job ?
Friday, May 27, 2011

Ink Think

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Lots of interesting commentary on the Hangover II tattoo case .  David Post says it "precisely mirror[s]" a hypothetical he uses ...
Thursday, May 26, 2011

"Law-enforcement officials around the country are prosecuting graffiti artists with harsher sentences than ever"

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The Wall Street Journal has the details .
Monday, May 23, 2011

"The suit isn’t frivolous, however, legal experts say."

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The New York Times had a front-page story over the weekend on the Mike Tyson facial tattoo lawsuit, mentioned earlier here .
Saturday, May 21, 2011

"It also, if affirmed, could shake the foundations of appropriation art."

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In his latest Copyright Law column in the New York Law Journal [ $ ], Robert Bernstein discusses the Prince-Cariou decision.  His conclusio...

"What curator worth his or her salt couldn't come up with a plausible argument that the deaccession of any item or group of items would not refine a collection?"

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Amy Goldrich on the new deaccessioning rules : "[A]lthough the new rules appear to require a more carefully justified decision to d...
Thursday, May 19, 2011

Still more on the tough, new deaccessioning rules

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Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento :  "Among the more perplexing of criteria is the requirement that the art 'item has failed to retain its ide...
Monday, May 16, 2011

More on those tough new deaccessioning guidelines (UPDATED 2X)

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From Cristina del Rivero : "What, if anything, does that last criterion [i.e., refinement of collections] accomplish? Arguably nothin...
Saturday, May 14, 2011

Fisk Follow-ups

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I flipped through the Attorney General's brief in the Fisk appeal.  No surprises, but I continue to scratch my head at the argument th...

Strict Scrutiny

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Also in the Maine Antique Digest , an update on the New York Board of Regents ad-hoc committee's proposed regulations for deaccessionin...

MAD on Prince-Cariou

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I'm quoted in this Maine Antique Digest piece on the Prince-Cariou decision.
Thursday, May 12, 2011

Fisk News

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Forfeiting his neutrality , the Tennessee Attorney General has filed his appellate brief in what Nashville Public Radio accurately calls th...

"The folk art museum took on $32 million of debt to construct the 53rd Street building. But attendance never met expectations, and after sustaining investment losses in the financial crisis, the museum defaulted on its debt."

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The NYT's Kate Taylor reports that MoMA is buying the American Folk Art Museum building on West 53rd Street.  "The folk art museum...

"Now, the Met and Jan Cowles have filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court of Manhattan, seeking a declaratory judgment that would force Wylde to hand over the painting to the museum."

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The Met enters the fray over the Mark Tansey painting that was sold by a collector even though it was partially owned by the museum.  Backg...
Monday, May 09, 2011

Missing

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I mentioned last week that the Friends of the Barnes were good enough to provide a link to the Foundation's brief seeking dismissal of ...
Thursday, May 05, 2011

"The mere fact that the present petitioners do not agree with the position the Attorney General took does not mean that there was any impropriety; it just establishes a difference of opinion."

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The Friends of the Barnes kindly provide a link to the brief the Barnes Foundation filed last week seeking to dismiss the most recent acti...
Wednesday, May 04, 2011

Plesner Prevails (UPDATED)

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Paul Schmelzer, who's been doing a great job following the story , has the details . UPDATE:  Plesner reacts :  "I am absolutely ...
Tuesday, May 03, 2011

Speaking of wallets . . .

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A timely post from Rebecca Tushnet:  Is copying theft?

They're just making sure people's wallets aren't stolen, right?

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The New York Times has a story today on Righthaven, whose business model is suing bloggers and others who use material from newspapers with...
Monday, May 02, 2011

Tattoo You (UPDATED)

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Here's an interesting one :  the tattoo artist who did Mike Tyson's distinctive facial tattoo "has sued Warner Bros. over the s...