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Lawyers Weigh In on Appropriation Art and Fair Use
Left to right: Claudia Ray (Goose), Virgina Rutledge (Egg), Anthony Falzone; Center bottom image: "Smokin’ Joe Ain’t Jemama" in Hank Willis Thomas's "Unbranded,'' (1978/2006) from the book ''Pitch...
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Will Round Two of Cariou v Prince Change Art Law Forever?
An overlay GIF of Patrick Cariou's original image and Richard Prince's use of the same image (images from around the interwebz)Editor’s note: This is the first in a three-part series on the impact of...
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Cariou v Prince: The Money Issue
Editor’s note: This is the second in a three-part series on the impact of the Patrick Cariou v Richard Prince case. The first post was published on Friday, January 13, 2012.I have long suspected that...
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Prince v Cariou: How Much Does Fair Use Co$t?
An overlay GIF of one of Richard Prince's "Canal Zone" series with the author's De-appropriation. (via the web & the author)I’ve been brutal, lately, in my assessment of the Prince v Cariou appeal,...
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When Controversy and Failure Become Art
Installation view of "Canceled" at the Center for Book Arts (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic)One of the first works you come across as you enter the exhibition Canceled: Alternative...
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Richard Prince: Back in Black!
Wikipedia’s fair use symbol transposed onto an image of two books, each comprising the opposing works in Cariou v. Prince. (original image via artlaboratory-berlin.blogspot.com)Wednesday night, a...
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Judicial Activism and the Return of Modernism in the Cariou v. Prince Decision
Barbara Kruger, “I Shop Therefore I Am (II)” (1987)The Cariou v. Prince decision was handed down last Thursday. I have struggled with what to write primarily because I have been shocked into a...
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Is Cariou v Prince Killing the big T?
Editor’s note: This is the final in a three-part series on the impact of the Patrick Cariou v Richard Prince case. The first post was published on Friday, January 13, 2012 and the second on January 17,...
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Court of Appeals Reverses Ruling on Cariou v. Prince
Richard Prince, “Graduation” (2008) was widely cited throughout this case (here depicted side-by-side with Patrick Cariou’s original), and was one of the five pieces the Court withheld judgment on...
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Nail in the Coffin for Cariou v. Prince
Richard Prince, “Canal Zone” (2008) (image via Art in America)Richard Prince, J.D. Salinger fan and one-half of the traveling legal circus Cariou v. Prince, had the copyright charges levied against him...
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Cariou v. Prince Isn’t Over: Orgs Rep’ing 45,000 Creatives File Brief in...
Richard Prince’s “Graduation” (2008) (right) was widely cited throughout the Cariou v. Prince case (shown here side-by-side with Patrick Cariou’s original). (image via Fordham’s IPLJ)Contrary to what...
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Cariou v. Prince Settled Out of Court
The images associated with Richard Prince’s contested series have yet to be restored to the Gagosian website. (screenshot via Gagosian Gallery)A settlement announced yesterday marks the end of the...
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Appropriators Beware: The Author Is Not Quite Dead
(Left) the original photograph of the Madison mayor, and (right) the tshirt in question. (via US Court of Appeals 7th District opinion) I’ve been called a lot of things (including, “lawyer”), but one...
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This Richard Prince–Inspired T-Shirt Hates Copyright
Nothing quite says “copyright” like this. (via Eric Doeringer’s Etsy shop) Nothing quite says “fuck you” to copyright like a Mickey Mouse–meets–Richard Prince T-shirt. Whether at the gym, walking your...
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Photographer Sends Cease and Desist Letters to Richard Prince and Gagosian
Donald Graham’s original image and Richard Prince’s artwork featuring the image on Instagram. (images courtesy Donald Graham) Richard Prince’s New Portraits exhibition closed last October, but the saga...
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