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Owning Nothingness: Between The Legal And The Social Norms Of The Art World, Guy A. Rub Aug 2020

Owning Nothingness: Between The Legal And The Social Norms Of The Art World, Guy A. Rub

BYU Law Review

Almost $8 million—that is what the Crystal Bridges Museum paid for one work of contemporary art in November 2015. What did that museum get for that hefty sum? From a legal perspective, absolutely nothing. The work it purchased was just an idea, and ideas of this kind escape legal protection.

Despite this lack of legal protection, the social norms of the art world lead large, sophisticated, experienced, and legally represented institutes to pay millions of dollars for this type of work. This Article is one of the first in legal scholarship to examine at depth those norms in this multibilliondollar …


Modding: Amateur Authorship And How The Video Game Industry Is Actually Getting It Right, Ryan Wallace Jan 2014

Modding: Amateur Authorship And How The Video Game Industry Is Actually Getting It Right, Ryan Wallace

BYU Law Review

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The Day The (Digital) Music Died: Bridgeport, Sampling Infringement, And A Proposed Middle Ground, Joshua Crum Sep 2008

The Day The (Digital) Music Died: Bridgeport, Sampling Infringement, And A Proposed Middle Ground, Joshua Crum

BYU Law Review

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