Sep 22, 2023 | News & Trending
AI-generated art can’t be copyrighted, according to a new ruling by a federal judge, and the consequences may be broad. The ruling is the result of a lawsuit brought several months ago against the U.S. Copyright Office by one Stephen Thaler. His aim is to list...
Mar 6, 2023 | Art, News & Trending
Andy Warhol and his work is at the center of a case which may change the way art and copyright interact. In 2021, an appeals court declared that Andy Warhol, famous pop artist of the 60s and 70s, had illegally appropriated a photograph taken by photographer Lynn...
Feb 28, 2022 | Art, News & Trending
An artificial intelligence won’t be allowed to copyright a work of art, according to the US Copyright Office. In 2019, Steven Thaler attempted to formally copyright a digital painting on behalf of an algorithm he’d made, called the Creativity Machine. The...
Mar 5, 2021 | Art, Articles
It’s so easy to acquire digital art that many people, even professionals working on corporate design, tend to think of it as ownerless. Or at least valueless. After all, if a file can be infinitely replicated, how can it be owned? But digital art has rights of...
May 1, 2018 | Art, News & Trending
Since graffiti is often viewed as vandalism, most people don’t believe the artists themselves have any legal rights to their work. But according to the Washington Post, “… artistically speaking, the law is often on their side.” Recently, clothing and...
