Art and Copyright Law

This book tackles the lack of synchronicity between art and copyright law, proposing practical and interdisciplinary tools through which to navigate this conflict. It will be of interest to researchers in the field of art and copyright law, intellectual property and art.

Autorentext

Giulia Walter 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, she 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 an accurate description of the interactions of different autonomous social systems (such as art and law) by preserving their differences and analyzing their reciprocal expectations.

Inhalt

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