Category Archives: Copyright

Can you copyright ‘Nothing’?

Posted on: June 10, 2014 by Alexander Herman

Performance artist Marina Abramović begins her show of ‘Nothing‘ tomorrow at the Serpentine Gallery in London. It consists of 512 hours of the artist in the gallery doing, well, nothing. It sounds like an ingenious idea, but apparently she is not the first to come up with such a piece. A number of complaints have been passed on […]

Orphan works: the saga continues

Posted on: June 3, 2014 by Alexander Herman

For those who have been following the consultation process for the adoption of an orphan works licensing scheme in the UK, the government has just released its response to a number of questions (27, to be exact) relating to the technical aspects of licensing orphan works. You can view the document, released on 30 May […]

New three-day IP course starting soon

Posted on: May 27, 2014 by Ruth Redmond-Cooper

On the 9th to the 11th of June 2014, the Institute of Art and Law will be presenting a brand-new three-day Diploma course focused on Intellectual Property for the benefit of museum professionals. Intellectual Property (IP) is of increasing importance to all those working in the museum world, especially in the digital age. Many questions arise: […]