2023 Art, Law, and Finance Symposium – June 8, 2023
2022 Art, Law, and Finance Symposium – May 26, 2022
Canvas, Issue 12
This month we highlight news of copyrights and activism, fraud and money laundering, art-backed debt securities, tracking looted antiquities, cyberattacks, and more.
Art Beyond Copyright Introduction
In their introduction to the Winter 2024 edition of Grey Room, editors Amy Adler and Noam Elcott argue that the incentives of copyright protection are meaningless in the context of visual art where “authenticity” is the measure of value and copies are essentially worthless.
Canvas, Issue 11
This month we highlight news of recovery of stolen artifacts, trends in the art market, the instability of the crypto world, artistic freedom, and more.
Trademark Law and the Contingent Art Object
UCLA Law Professor Xiyin Tang discusses the nexus between contemporary art on the one hand, and branding and trademark law on the other — a connection increasingly strengthened by the transformation of contemporary art into a kind of luxury good where the artist becomes the brand.
Canvas, Issue 10
This month we highlight news of artistic freedom and the courts, the illicit antiques trade, trends in the art market, artificial intelligence in museums, and more.
Regulating Technology Through Copyright Law: A Comparative Perspective
Berkeley Law Professor, Pamela Samuelson, underscores the provisions of the EU’s Directive on Copyright for the Digital Single Market (DSM) and questions whether the new rules will have the desired effect.
Going “Beyond” Mere Transformation: Warhol and Reconciliation of the Derivative Work Right and Fair Use
Peter Menell, Berkeley Law Professor, analyzes the meaning and implications of the recent Supreme Court watershed fair use decision in Warhol v. Goldsmith.
Canvas, Issue 9
This month we highlight news of copyright and the courts, fraud and the art market, activism and social justice, the impact of federal regulations on museums, and more.