Copyright Law

"However, Adams said he is reluctant to claim that the sales are a copyright violation . . ."

By Intellectual Property Law, Esq.

The LAT's Mike Boehm points to an interesting Catch-22 in the story of the newly-discovered "Ansel Adams" negatives: if they really are by Adams, then it's a copyright violation for the guy who found them to make prints from them. But to bring a copyright infringement suit, the Adams' estate would have to concede the negatives are in fact by Adams!

If you're late to this whole story, Lindsay Pollock has the Cliff Notes version.

Full post as published by The Art Law Blog on August 02, 2010 (boomark / email).