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How Two Artists are Challenging the SEC’s Role in Shaping the NFT Art Market

By Allie Wiley As of the Summer of 2024, Brian L. Frye is suing the Securities and Exchange Commission along with Jonathan Mann to confront...
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The U.S. Copyright Office: Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Challenges

By Atreya Mathur Summarized from the Testimony of Register Shira Perlmutter for the Oversight Hearing on November 13, 2024 (before the Senate Committee on the...
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Revisiting the 2017 Nicosia Convention

By Eleanor Gartstein A number of key frameworks are often cited as foundational to the field of international cultural heritage law. The 1954 Hague Convention...
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WYWH: 2024 Art & Law Executive Course & International Conference on Preventing Art Crimes Through Regulation and Self-Regulation

By Emily G. Finch and Center for Art Law As an intern with the Center for Art Law, in September 2024, I was thrilled to...
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Case Review: Ravensburger v. Italian Ministry of Culture (LG Stuttgart, Judgment of 14.03.2024 – 17 O 247/22)

By Lydia Filipsson The Vitruvian Man, created by Leonardo da Vinci around 1490, is a renowned drawing that illustrates the ideal human proportions, depicting a...
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Protecting Filmmakers’ Rights in the Digital Age

By Shruti Vadada Introduction In an era where technology has blurred the lines between professional and amateur filmmaking, the digital age has redefined how stories...
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The ‘Heroes and Monsters’ Exhibition: Conspiracy in Cultural Institutions?

By Jessica Mellen Followers of art news are likely well aware of the headlining FBI raid of the Heroes and Monsters exhibit by the Orlando...
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Reclaiming the Past: An Overview of the U.S-India Cultural Property Agreement

By Atreya Mathur Imagine walking through a museum and coming face to face with a carved statue of a deity, its ancient aura exuding centuries...
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Prospect of Forum Shopping in Nazi-Era Looted Art Litigation

By Damla Karabay The complex provenance histories of stolen and looted art, often spanning multiple locations and competing ownership claims, frequently lead to conflicts of...
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Before SCOTUS Hears Another Looted Art Case, Should Congress Reform the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act?

By Joseph G. Scapellato Holocaust survivors and their heirs face substantial challenges in suits to recover Nazi-looted art in U.S. courts. First, a potential claimant...
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A New Framework for Cultural Heritage Protection through the CERD: Armenia v. Azerbaijan

By Isabelle Kapoian, under the guidance of Yelena Ambartsumian, Esq. Armenian cultural heritage in Artsakh, a region where Armenian communities have existed ancestrally for centuries, is...
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Dispute Between Minerva and Neptune: Conflicts Between Spanish Territories over the Patronage of Cultural Assets from a Legal Perspective

By Lucas Güimil Valdés Introduction One of the foundational myths of Athens, known as the name-giving of Athens,[1] involves the Greek gods Athena and Poseidon...
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