Art and Copyright

Simon Stokes is a solicitor and partner with Blake Morgan in London, UK.

1. Introduction
1.1. Background and Scope
1.2. Copyright and Art
2. The Copyright System: Justification and History
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Justifications for Copyright
2.3. The History of Copyright
3. The Modern Law of Copyright
3.1. Background
3.2. UK Law
4. Moral Rights and Artist’s Resale Right (Droit de Suite)
4.1. Moral Rights
4.2. Implications of Moral Rights and some UK Cases
4.3. Performers’ Moral Rights and Performance Works
4.4. Moral Rights in the United States
4.5. Artist’s Resale Right (Droit de Suite)
5. Art, Technology and the Internet: Copyright, Related Rights and Digitisation
5.1. Copyright in Digital and Digitised Works
5.2. Copyright, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Computer-Generated Works
5.3. Copying and the Internet
5.4. Transmission Right/Communication to the Public Right
5.5. Publication Right
5.6. Database Right and Art (and Art Market) Databases
5.7. Implications of Moral Rights for the Digital Environment
5.8. Blockchain, Art and Copyright Management
5.9. Art, Copyright Legislation and the Digital Future
6. Some Current Issues
6.1. Copyright in Photographs of Public Domain Artistic Works
6.2. Copyright and Visual Search Engines: Fair Use and Fair Dealing in the Online Environment
6.3. Image Sharing, User-Generated Works and Online Artistic Collaboration
6.4. Modern and Contemporary Art and Copyright (Including Film, Video and Performances)
6.5. Orphan Works
6.6. Art, Originality, Infringement and the Development of EU Copyright Law
6.7. Brexit and UK Copyright Law Relating to Artistic Works
6.8. Freedom of Panorama
6.9. Traditional Cultural Expressions, Intangible Cultural Heritage and Copyright
7. Some Practical Issues and Precedents
7.1. Collecting Societies/Collective Management Organisations (CMOs)
7.2. Copyright in the Context of Art Loans
7.3. Copyright and Setting Up a Website, Online Viewing Room and Using Instagram: Acquiring and Using Image Rights
7.4. The Use of Images in Art Books: The Limits of Fair Dealing
7.5. Transferring/Acquiring Copyright in Artistic Works: Commissioned Art Works and Moral Rights Waivers
7.6. Licensing Artistic Works and Creative Commons
7.7. Artist’s Resale Right (ARR) in the United Kingdom: Practical Guidance
7.8. Copyright, Moral Rights and ARR Following the Death of the Artist
7.9. Copyright, Moral Rights and ARR Where the Artist is an Employee or Company Director
8. Art and Intellectual Property Rights Other than Copyright
8.1. Breach of Confidence
8.2. Passing Off
8.3. Trade Marks
8.4. Domain Names
8.5. Privacy and Publicity Rights
8.6. Copyright and Freedom of Expression
9. Conclusion
9.1. Categories of ‘Art’ and the Subsistence of Copyright
9.2. Appropriating the Public Domain: Idea Versus Expression
9.3. Art, Technology and the Future