Bold move by German photographer’s descendant to put archive on the blockchain sparks copyright row

Image recognition and data scraping technology are increasingly being used by the NFT community to protect intellectual property online

The court’s ruling on the case, a years-long dispute between the Warhol Foundation and photographer Lucy Goldsmith, could be a watershed for the fair use doctrine

Rights to use the design had been granted to a company fined for selling fake Aboriginal art

A lawyer for the foundation says a review by the Supreme Court of a lower court’s decision would “reaffirm the importance of free artistic expression”

A string of court cases have allowed states to claim sovereign immunity when they have used images without permission, giving copyright holders cause for concern and few options for remedy

A district court will now consider whether Rick Allen’s footage of a pirate ship salvage operation was unjustly taken by state officials

Photographer Lynn Goldsmith says recent Supreme Court ruling on Google supports previous decision that went against the Pop artist's foundation

Under the agreement, the Morgan Art Foundation will continue to promote the Pop artist's work in museums and on the market

Ruling slams British street artist for “sham efforts” in trying to mislead the European Union Intellectual Property Office

Restrictive EU laws prevent the city of Targu Jiu, home to three public works by the Romanian sculptor, from reproducing images of his work

“No licence or rights were convened to the seller,” estate says

With interest in non-fungible tokens growing fast, the legal questions are testing the experts

Decision appears to signal that appropriation artists may have to proceed more cautiously

Cosmo Wenman made a freedom of information request for the files and is taking the museum to court because it turned him down

The American artist’s sculpture can now no longer be shown in France

Hamburg’s Kunsthalle to publish photographs of 843 paintings for free research tool

Made by the Luritja artist Harold Thomas in 1971, the rights to the flag design are currently held by Ben Wooster, a former art dealer previously fined AU$2.3m for selling fake Aboriginal works of art

Frank Buffalo Hyde says the imagery in the short film for the band's 1974 hit Come and Get Your Love released by Legacy Recordings this month is "too close to comfort" to his work

The artist says photographs of her canvas Bright Music II, offered for sale online, have been altered beyond recognition as her work

The conceptual artist, who disavowed the work, claimed that replacing materials without her consent violated the US Visual Artists Rights Act

The error comes as the London institution launches a revamped version of its online catalogue

American Image Art founder alleges certain works are in the public domain and cannot be copyrighted

A planned new mediation system, which aims to streamline copyright breach claims in the US, has loopholes that could deny artists justice, critics say

Opinion finds Congress overstepped its authority with 1990 federal statute, but allowed for a new law to "stop states from behaving as copyright pirates"

Sweet Cecily Daniher rented her unicorn decorated vehicle to the studio for a party, only to find out its doppelganger will appear in the animated movie Onward

Bruce Munro claims the Fairchild Tropical Botanical Gardens intentionally imitated his works for its festive event known as The NightGarden

Street artist has created merchandise range from disco balls made from riot police helmets to hand-stitched welcome mats

Julian Rivera says his heart-shaped “love” design was copied on a popular line of clothing without his permission

Project Fulfill Art Space says Chinese branch of the cosmetics company did not have permission to use Chen Sung-Chih installation