By Ava Mandele
The legal concepts in copyright cases can be complicated to understand. Lawyers, students and academics alike can struggle to come up with a definitive criteria for what constitutes copyrightable material. Consequently, intensive case research is required in order to achieve a robust understanding of copyright in the US. However, with dozens of copyright cases tried each year, it can be hard to know where to start.[1]
On March 3, 2025 Columbia University’s Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts announced the development of the Visual Art Infringement Database (VAID).[2] The database, inspired by Columbia’s Music Copyright Infringement resource, was created to educate members of both the academic and artistic communities about issues involving copyright and visual arts.[3]
Unlike many existing databases, the VAID places an emphasis on showcasing the disputed images.[4] The purpose of this feature is to supplement the courts’ textual descriptions of disputed images in order to provide users with a clearer comprehension of legal conflicts.[5]
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