On June 1, 2026, Robert Wyland, a Florida-based environmental artist, filed suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas against building owner Slate Asset Management, 3PZ Property Company, LLC and the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) and its affiliates.[1] Wyland alleges that, in
Continue Reading Whaling Wall: Wyland Sues FIFA and Property Owners Under VARA for Destruction of Dallas Mural in Advance of World Cup
On August 18, 2023, the Second Circuit held that Vermont Law School’s permanent concealment of two controversial murals located at the school did not violate the mural creator’s rights under the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 (“VARA”).[1] In a unanimous opinion authored by Circuit Judge Debra Ann Livingston
Continue Reading Second Circuit’s Decision in Kerson v. Vermont Law School May Embolden Property Owners to Conceal Contentious or Inconvenient Art
A pair of copyright decisions issued in May, one involving the appropriation artist Richard Prince[1] and the other involving works portraying the musician known as Prince, explore and expand on the “fair use” defense to copyright infringement. On May 11, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of
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