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Year: 2021 (page 27 of 29)

©️ Is art reproduction illegal?

🎨 The short answer is no. However, it is important to take note that such reproduction is only legal if you adhere to the copyright law. In Malaysia, anyone can legally replicate any painting they like as long as the artist has been dead for over 50 years. In other countries, most of the copyright

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💭 Can a graffiti be copyrighted?

🙅‍♂️ Generally no. This is because when a graffiti is produced illegally, it would be not able to be protected by copyright because it is produced through a commission of a criminal act.

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⚖️ Can an artwork be monopolised by trademarking them?

📰 Copyrights aim to protect artistic works such as paintings, while trademarks are usually to protect simpler logos and sign to help consumers to identify the business. Most of the business owners nowadays will try to protect their artworks by trademarking them as trademarks can be continuously

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🎨 The Banksy’s trademark

©️ In 2014, Banksy’s representative, Pest Control Office successfully applied for an EU trademark for the Flower Thrower (picture); however, the trademark had been invalidated by the EU Trademark Office last year. The EU Trademark Office was of the opinion that since Pest Control Office could

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📷 Rogers vs. Koons 🖼️

©️ Art Rogers, a professional photographer took a black and white photograph of a couple holdings a line of puppies and sold the photo for use in greeting cards and other products. Subsequently, another renowned artist Jeff Koons used the photograph to create set of sculptures based on the image

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