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The Visual Artists Rights Act's "Recognized Stature" Provision: A Case For Repeal, Drew Thornley
The Visual Artists Rights Act's "Recognized Stature" Provision: A Case For Repeal, Drew Thornley
Cleveland State Law Review
Using as a case study the recent “5Pointz” litigation, a case involving visual artists’ moral-rights claims to graffiti they drew on a piece of private property in Queens, New York, this article examines the threat that Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA)’s grant to visual artists of the right “to prevent any destruction of a work of recognized stature” poses to common-law property and contract rights. This article advances the argument that the default legal rule should be that the rights of property owners (real or personal), including the right to destroy such properties, trump any moral rights that visual artists …
Righting The Titled Scale: Expansion Of Artists' Rights In The United States, Colleen P. Battle
Righting The Titled Scale: Expansion Of Artists' Rights In The United States, Colleen P. Battle
Cleveland State Law Review
This Note focuses on the expansion of artists' rights in the United States, specifically the moral rights of paternity and integrity. It explores the history of judicial denial of moral rights and the attempt to gain protection through traditional causes of action. The Note then analyzes barriers to adoption of the moral rights doctrine, with emphasis on the challenge to traditional property concepts. The California Art Preservation Act of 1980 and the 1984 Artists' Authorship Act of New York are discussed and evaluated. This Note recommends adoption of the California statute as the model for future artists' rights legislation and …