Re: The SFLC has pleaded their clients right out of court

[Alexander Terekhov]

Hyman Rosen wrote:
> 
> On 4/16/2010 2:30 PM, RJack wrote:
> > Yup. "Only the author of a work of visual art...".
> 
> You made a blanket comment that US law does not recognize
> the value of moral rights.

http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/property/library/moralprimer.html

"Under VARA, moral rights automatically vest in the author of a "work of
visual art." For the purposes of VARA, visual art includes paintings,
drawings, prints, sculptures, and photographs, existing in a single copy
or a limited edition of 200 signed and numbered copies or fewer. In
order to be protected, a photograph must have been taken for exhibition
purposes only. VARA only protects works of "recognized stature;"
posters, maps, globes, motion pictures, electronic publications, and
applied art are among the categories of visual works explicitly excluded
from VARA protection. 

The language of the Copyright Act excludes works-for-hire from the
definition of "works of visual art," thereby excluding such works from
VARA protection. "

regards,
alexander.

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