Dear MCN members, On April 29 the College Art Association is cosponsoring a public program on art images and copyright law, together with the NYC Bar Association, Creative Commons, and ARTstor. We expect a lively discussion among our distinguished panelists. The information is below, and I also attach a flyer (though I don't know if attachments are accepted on this list.)
Please circulate this and post it to relevant listserves or groups. Many thanks, Eve Sinaiko Director of Publications College Art Association * * * Who Owns This Image? Art, Access, and the Public Domain after Bridgeman v. Corel Public Panel Discussion Cosponsored by: Art Law Committee, New York City Bar Association College Art Association ARTstor Creative Commons Panelists: Dr. Theodore Feder, President, Art Resource, Artists Rights Society Christopher Lyon, Executive Editor, Prestel Publishing William Patry, Senior Copyright Counsel, Google Hon. Richard A. Posner, United States Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit Maureen Whalen, Associate General Counsel, J. Paul Getty Trust Moderator: Virginia Rutledge, Chair, Art Law Committee, New York City Bar Association; Vice President and General Counsel, Creative Commons Who owns the Mona Lisa? In Bridgeman Art Library Ltd. v. Corel Corp. (S.D.N.Y. 1999), Judge Lewis A. Kaplan ruled that exact photographic copies of two-dimensional public domain works of art are not copyrightable under U.S. law, because such images are not original. Yet nearly a decade after that decision, copyright in many such images continues to be asserted. This program addresses questions currently debated across the worlds of art, publishing, and the law: Should access to public domain artworks control uses of images of those works? When and how should custodians of public domain artworks exercise control over reproductions of them? How does contract intersect with copyright in the control of image uses? Does the image permissions hurdle play a role in the decline of art publishing, or are the complaints of critics overwrought? What is the nature of the public domain with respect to works of art? When: Tuesday, April 29, 2008, 6:30 - 8:00 pm Where: The Great Hall, New York City Bar Association, 42 W. 44th Street, New York City This program is free and open to the public; no reservation required. Seating is limited.
