Art and Copyright Law

An Interdisciplinary Study on Interpictoriality
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-97448-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Intellectual Property, Theory, Culture

This book tackles the lack of synchronicity between art and copyright law, proposing practical and interdisciplinary tools through which to navigate this conflict.

In the last decades, high profile lawsuits have been filed against artists accused of plagiarism including Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger and Andy Warhol. This book demonstrates how these cases are at odds with contemporary artistic reality, in which the use of antecedent visual forms is common practice. Focusing on the dichotomies of “original/copy” and of “old/new”, this work addresses this phenomenon from both theoretical as well as legal perspectives. Using Swiss copyright law as the main case study, the book comparatively assesses other international legal frameworks. Through understanding the origins of the conflict between art and copyright, the book highlights solutions to navigate copyright cases with a new methodological approach.

The book will be of interest to researchers in the field of art and copyright law, intellectual property and art.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Walter, Giulia

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht
• Rechtswissenschaften Wirtschaftsrecht Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz allg., Marken- und Kennzeichenrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Wirtschaftsrecht Urheberrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

 

Part I: The Interpictorial Original Copy

1. An Art Historical Novum

 

Part II: The Work, or “The Original”

2. The Fundamentals of the Work

3. Three Axes of Copyright Protection

 

4. The Work’s Scope of Protection

Part III: Copyright Spaces for Interpictoriality

5. The Exceptions to Copyright in Comparative Perspective

6. On The Relation Between Art and Copyright Law

 

Part IV: Displacing The Paradox

7. Beyond Copyright Law – External Remedies

 

Part V: Back To Copyright Law

8. Towards A Cognitively Open Copyright Law

 

Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Giulia Walter, PhD, is a lawyer based in Zurich, Switzerland. She studied law at the universities of Lucerne, Geneva and Vienna and obtained a PhD at the University of Zurich. Specializing in art law and intellectual property law, her research strives to adopt an interdisciplinary approach bridging between the disciplines of law, (legal) sociology and art theory. In her work, she has in particular engaged with Niklas Luhmann’s systems theory, which allows to accurately describe the interactions of different autonomous social systems (like art and law) by preserving their differences and analyzing their reciprocal expectations.