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Kunsthal Trial on Hold, Court President Grants More Time to Investigate

[caption id="attachment_3091" align="alignleft" width="300"] The lawyer for Radu and Olga Dogaru, Catalin Dancu, told the press the paintings were not burnt.[/caption] On Tuesday, the Court...
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Cave Prosecutorem as “Art Returns to Art” in Italy

Gioacchino Campolo, the Mafiosi formerly known as "the slot machine king" had great taste in art. He could also afford it. In 2011 he was...
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With Victory for Green Day, the West Coast Weighs In On the Fair Use Debate

Note: This story is being revised to include a comparison between this case and recent fair use ruling in appropriation art. For in depth coverage of...
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Peter Paul Biro’s Libel Case Against Conde Nast Dismissed

[caption id="attachment_2966" align="alignright" width="270"] Peter Paul Biro[/caption] This Thursday, on August 8, 2013, New York Federal Court Judge J. Paul Oetken dismissed Peter Paul Biro's...
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Update: Free Speech Trumps Privacy in Case of “Peeping Tom” Photographer

In a remarkable decision, New York Supreme Court Justice Eileen Rakower dismissed a case against Arne Svenson, a photographer who took pictures of his Tribeca neighbors...
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Green Day Wins Fair Use Claim

[caption id="attachment_2989" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Left: Green Day's stage design, Right: Derek Setzer's "Scream Icon"[/caption] On Thursday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in California ruled...
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US Returns 10,000 Artifacts to Iraq

[caption id="attachment_2950" align="alignleft" width="300"] US 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Texas at Iraq's National Museum September 10, 2003.[/caption] On Friday, Iraqi and United States officials announced...
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Selling the Detroit Institute of Art Collection… What’s the Big Deal?

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="186"] Van Gogh, "Self-Portrait with Straw Hat," 1887[/caption] If you're searching out for something - Don't try so hard ... But if...
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Naysayers Vamoose: Forum Asserts that ADR is a Possible Solution in Antiquity Disputes

[caption id="attachment_2936" align="alignright" width="300"] The Dallas Museum of Art returned the Orpheus Mosaic to Turkey in exchange for future loans.[/caption] While some may say that...
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Destruction of Art as Crime Against Humanity?

"Crimes against humanity," decided by the International Criminal Court, include 'odious offenses' against human beings but not inanimate objects. The International Court of Justice may...
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Suit Over A Suit Avoided: Dispute Between Estate of Freddie Mercury and Go Go Gorilla

In Norwich, England, a dispute arose between two unlikely parties: the estate of Freddie Mercury, formerly of the legendary rock band Queen, and the organizers...
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US and UNESCO Rapprochement

In 2011, we brought to your attention the story entitled UNESCO saves US $60 million (for the arts) — Trick or Treat.  Now, the US...
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