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I can't speak for US law, but in Canada at least the holder of the artistic copyright is allowed to control/restrict modifications to their art. For example, th
by 542458 10y ago
I can't speak for US law, but in Canada at least the holder of the artistic copyright is allowed to control/restrict modifications to their art. For example, the Eaton's center placed temporary Christmas bows on a sculpture they were displaying. The artist objected, and won in court.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_v_Eaton_Centre_Ltd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_v_Eaton_Centre_Ltd
That said, I can't speak to how US law will see it, or how the law works in regards to adjacent art installations.
- gerbilly 10y agoI believe these are called 'moral rights." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_rights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_rights
- dragonwriter 10y agoInstallation of another work near his art doesn't affect the integrity of his work, even if it does create a new composite work in which his, with complete integrity, is subsumed. Moreover, it's important to note that the federal copyright exceptions regarding satire and other forms of commentary, even though some of them are also reflected in statutory fair use, are of constitutional dimension, and would therefore similarly limit application of any state-law restriction on a new work as they do federal copyright law.