Architects, Artists, Photographers, Property Owners, The Public and Their Rights: Reconciling Vara, the AWCPA, and Copyright Fundamentals

Architects, Artists, Photographers, Property Owners, The Public and Their Rights: Reconciling Vara, the AWCPA, and Copyright Fundamentals

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Murals, sculpture, and other works of visual art have been parts of buildings, monuments, and other structures for centuries. Copyright infringement litigation in the federal courts of the United States between artists, architects, photographers, and building owners is, however, relatively recent. This Article explains how the outcome of these lawsuits has an impact on the public seeing works of visual art; experiencing works of visual art on buildings, monuments, and structures; and, looking at photographs of visual art on those architectural works. Specifically, this Article focuses on how the Copyright Act's protection of artists' rights in their works of visual art on buildings under the Visual Artists Rights Act (“VARA”) relates to the Copyright Act's protection of architectural works under the Architectural Works Copyright Protection Act (“AWCPA”). Both VARA and the AWCPA were passed in 1990 as amendments to the Copyright Act.

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AIPLA Quarterly Journal, Spring 2023, Volume 51, Issue 2, p. 221.

[New York, NY] : Thomson Reuters, 2024.

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