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The National Portrait Gallery's ethical dilemma
Plus, taking a stand on copyright
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Warhol's Prince series ruled fair use by a New York judge in contested copyright case
The ruling settles a heated two-year legal battle between the artist's foundation and photographer Lynn Goldsmith, who shot the original image in 1981
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Bad guy? Billie Eilish video by Dave Meyers mirrors the work of artists Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari
The director seems to once again have borrowed from the work of visual artists, which has previously led to lawsuits against Kendrick Lamar and Ariana Grande
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US singer Chris Brown accused of ripping off several artists’ work in Wobble Up music video
Marius Sperlich and Tony Futura are among those calling for greater copyright protection in the creative industry
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EU copyright crackdown is intended to protect artists, but might it damage their market instead?
New laws to stop copyrighted material from being uploaded to social media without permission could pose problems for those using sites like Instagram to sell art
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Ai Weiwei denies his porcelain works borrow from Lebanese artist's prize-winning vases
Raed Yassin says there are "striking similarities" between his ceramic series on the Lebanese civil war and Ai's pieces on the Syria war and refugee crisis
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Las Vegas-based artist claims that Ariana Grande plagiarised his work
Vladimir Kush is suing the 7 Rings singer for copyright infringement
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Artist Lina Iris Viktor and rapper Kendrick Lamar resolve Black Panther legal dispute
Copyright infringement case centred on Constellations series
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Jardin Majorelle in Marrakech can keep its name, Paris court rules
Decision allows Fondation Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint Laurent to continue using trademark of French painter Jacques Majorelle
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Fair use or foul? An appropriation case involving Warhol raises an artistic debate in New York court
A legal battle over the Pop artist’s portraits of Prince is heating up
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Richard Prince defends reuse of others’ photographs
In court motions, he argues that his appropriation explores the virtual world of social media
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Copyright case brought by Naf Naf creative director against Jeff Koons finally comes to court
Franck Davidovici first accused the artist of plagiarising his 1985 advertising campaign almost four years ago
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Dalí foundation sues California museum for use of artist’s name and image
Monterey’s Dalí17, which displays the 500-work private collection of the Ukrainian-born real estate developer Dimitry Piterman, features the Surrealist’s face—complete with upturned moustache—on its logo
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Elon Musk under attack over use of potter's farting unicorn image
The Tesla chief has defended himself, saying he helped popularise the mug design for free
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French dealer awarded rights to Chinese artist T'ang Haywen's work
Paris court decision ends legal saga that began in 1991, when the artist died without an heir
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Once bitten, twice shy: Canadian artist caught using comedians' photos without permission promises no more funny business
Despite controversy over public art project in Calgary, Derek Michael Besant has been commissioned to create a similar work in Ottawa
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Palais de Tokyo removes work showing artist protesting against Dana Schutz's Open Casket painting
Parker Bright says protest image of him taken at Whitney Biennial was used by Neil Beloufa without permission
BlogDiary of an art historian
How abolishing museum image fees could boost audiences
New research shows that image licensing is barely profitable for some UK museums
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UK museums' right to charge image fees is called into question
Campaign for institutions to free up photographs of out-of-copyright works is backed by legal experts
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Christo and Smithsonian sued for copyright infringement over Running Fence images
Photographer Gianfranco Gorgoni says copies of his pictures of the California land art project were shown and reproduced without his knowledge
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The reproduction fee hustle
Museums’ licensing demands are a pernicious tax on scholarship
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Trinity Church sued by sculptor over 9/11 work removed from courtyard
Steve Tobin filed a complaint under the Visual Artists Rights Act saying the church violated his moral rights
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Centre Pompidou broke even on Koons retrospective, Paris court decision reveals
Due to a €1.25m loan fee to the Whitney, the museum did not see many profits from one of their biggest shows ever