A Maryland school district recently implemented a very controversial policy claiming that the creative work of its student is School property, not owned by the...
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The Internet is once again fixated on the infamous Monkey selfie, after People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) filed a copyright infringement suit...
The United States has been waging a battle against several other countries over how long a copyrighted work should be protected. Copyright duration has...
Artist’s rights in their street art, whether commissioned or guerrilla, has been in the news with some frequency lately, largely due to suits against American...
The shooting of unarmed 18-year old, Michael Brown, in Ferguson County, Missouri has once again made police brutality a topic of conversation across the media...
In the summer of 2011, the infamous monkey selfie went viral. Nature photographer David Slater was shooting in North Sulawesi Indonesia, when his camera stolen...
Last week, I attended the Contemporary Art Show in Istanbul, Turkey. One night at dinner, I heard a story about how a Turkish photographer had found one of his...
When registering a copyright for a published work, each must be registered individually with some exceptions. For unpublished works, there is a bit more...