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Appellate Court Affirms Damage Award Decrease in VARA Copyright Claim

Balough July 23, 2019 0

(July 23, 2019) A trial court properly reduced the damages awarded to an artist whose works were destroyed by his landlord because the jury award double counted the value of the missing artwork. Christian Narkiewicz-Laine leased space from the defendants but was not current on his rent, so defendants cleaned out the space throwing away […]

Burning Man Festival Bus-Galleon Fails VARA Visual Art Test

Balough June 9, 2016 0

(June 9, 2016) A school bus turned into a 16th-century Spanish galleon at the Burning Man Festival may be art, but its destruction is not a violation of the Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA). The Ninth Circuit affirmed that La Contessa is not a “work of visual art” entitled to VARA protection. Instead, the galleon is […]