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Business of Art: Copyright, Fair Use, and the New Borrowers

Nancy Drew. Jackpot (2005). Acrylic, glitter, and flocking on canvas.Courtesy Roebling Hall Concurrent with the explosion of sophisticated methods of appropriation in visual art, music, and most other artistic genres is a mounting confusion regarding America’s fair use laws for artistic pursuits. Responding to the situation, New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice has recently…

Photographers: Let the Shutters Fly

Photographers of New York’s urban architecture and public transportation: beware! Police and security officers have been monitoring the photography of bridges and tunnels, subways and buses, and occasionally questioning photographers thoroughly. Is this treatment legal, and what are an artist’s rights in such a situation? This summer, after New York City’s Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)…