Just back from London, but I heard about his last week and have been meaning to write a bit about it. According to Texas-based, Big Bend Now, Playboy Enterprises Inc. has begun installing a large-scale sculpture on the outskirts of Marfa, but…

Seth Siegelaub passed away last week. Curator and artist, Lauren van Haaften-Schick provides a vivid memory of Seth, giving him credit and thanks for more than just artistic production. Seth Siegelaub’s simple dictum “You…

Via the paper of record (no, not The Guardian), a filmmaker is suing to prove that the song, “Happy Birthday to You,” is in the public domain.

By Matthew Fredrickson The Federal Trade Commission’s recent amendments to its Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule will take effect on July 1, 2013, but the changes might ultimately exacerbate a fundamental problem that…

By Megan Fensterman In an unprecedented move to protect citizen privacy, Iowa City residents presented the city council with a bill last week which, if passed, would ban the use of all red-light cameras, license plate readers, and traffic…

By Chelsey Heindel This week, the Texas legislature passed the “Texas Privacy Act,” a bill that would prohibit private drone usage within the state. Passing the state Senate 26-5 and House of Representatives 140-4, House Bill 912…

By Robyn Guilliams, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder, I run a small nonprofit presenting organization. We recently received an email from a patron who wanted to attend a particular performance, and he asked if we provide accommodations for the…

By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: I just received an email that an artist is leaving my roster for another manger, effective in two weeks. I’ve been working with this artist for over five years. We’ve never…

By Brian Taylor Goldstein, Esq. Dear Law and Disorder: I have read your clearly stated articles about mechanical use and rights.  What about “fair use”? Aren’t there specific scenarios where permission is not needed to…

 

Dust off your collection sale check-list and add another set of boxes of bases to cover when you are contemplating the sale or exchange of artwork from your collection. Perhaps in reaction to the dreadful state of the economy, or perhaps in…

Recently a client of mine forwarded an email it received from a Twitter user which read in part “I have been told that your company uses the ___________ name in its ordinary course of business.  I happen to own the _____ name and would be…

Once again, businesses handling the personal information of a Massachusetts resident have been granted an extension to comply with the Massachusetts Data Security Regulations.  The proposed new deadline for compliance is March 1, 2010.

The War: A bunch of artists, including Chuck Close and the Sam Francis estate, sued Christies and Sotheby’s for millions of dollars in back royalties under the California Resale Royalty Act. This law obligates the buyer and dealer in a fine…

In 2000, a photographer named Patrick Cariou came out with a book of photographs he took during the 6 years when he lived with the Rastafarians in Jamaica. In 2007, Richard Prince, along with his dealer, Gagosian Gallery, began exhibiting a…

Accepting Gifts... Should You? Charitable organizations receive all types of donations, including cash, personal property, and even business interests. Often times, the charity is so excited about a potential gift that no diligence is…