In recent years, the number of conflicts related to the misuse of street art and graffiti has been on the rise around the world. Some cases involve claims of misappropriation related to corporate advertising campaigns, while others entail the destruction or 'surgical' removal of street art from the walls on which they were created. In this work, Enrico Bonadio brings together a group of experts to provide the first comprehensive analysis of issues related to copyright in street art and graffiti. Chapter authors shed light not only on the legal tools available in thirteen key jurisdictions for street and graffiti artists to object to unauthorized exploitations and unwanted treatments of their works, but also offer policy and sociological insights designed to spur further debate on whether and to what extent the street art and graffiti subcultures can benefit from copyright and moral rights protection.
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List of Figures List of Contributors Foreword / Christopher Buccafusco Foreword / Susan Hansen Introduction / Enrico Bonadio Part I: Creativity in the Street Between Misappropriation and Destruction: The Role of Copyright and Moral Rights Section A: A Sociological Perspective 1. A Set of Premises for the Scrutiny and Interpretation of Graffiti and Street Art / Heitor Alvelos 2. Graffiti and Street Art: Creative Practices Amid “Corporatization” and “Corporate Appropriation” / Ronald Kramer 3. Decontextualisation of Street Art / Peter Bengtsen Section B: Some Preliminary Legal and Policy Issues 4. Copyright Protection of Illegal Street and Graffiti Artworks / Paula Westenberger 5. Conservation of Street Art, Moral Right of Integrity and a Maze of Conflicting Interests / Enrico Bonadio 6. Works and Walls: Graffiti Writing and Street Art at the Intersection of Copyright and Land Law / Marta Iljadica Part II: National Legal Analyses Section A: Americas 7. Street Art, Graffiti and Copyright: A US Perspective / Enrico Bonadio 8. Graffiti, Street Art, Walls, and the Public in Canadian Copyright Law / Pascale Chapdelaine 9. Graffiti, Street Art and Colombian Copyright Law / Marcela Palacio Puerta Section B: Europe 10. Street Art, Graffiti and Copyright: A UK Perspective / Enrico Bonadio 11. Graffiti, Street Art and Copyright in France / Shane Burke 12. Street Art, Graffiti and Copyright: A German Perspective / Marc Mimler 13. Copyright in Street Art and Graffiti: An Italian Perspective / Enrico Bonadio and Gilberto Cavagna di Gualdana 14. Copyright in Street Art and Graffiti in the Netherlands / Anke Moerland and Stéphanie de Potter 15. Copyright Protection of Street Art and Graffiti in Greece: Intellectual Property and Personal Property in Conflict? / Stavroula Karapapa Section C: Africa, Asia, and Australasia 16. Graffiti and Street Art under South African Copyright Law / Tobias Schonwetter and Bram Van Wiele 17. Street Art, Graffiti, and Indian Copyright Law / Nandita Saikia 18. Copyright in Street Art and Graffiti: An Australian Perspective / Mark Davison 19. Copyright, Graffiti, and Street Art in Aotearoa New Zealand / Jonathan Barrett – Epilogue 20. Copyright Skepticism and Street Art: A Contrasting Opinion / Andrea Baldini