Video Painting and Copyright
Video painting is an intriguing art form that utilizes technology, photography, video, and performance art, while also being a fascinating study in copyright law.
Video painting is an intriguing art form that utilizes technology, photography, video, and performance art. I have always been a fan of works like these due to their transient nature and surrealist elements. Beyond the shear beauty that comes out of it, the copyright implications are also fascinating. On the one hand there is the copyright in the performance art itself as it is being recorded, but there are also the rights to the pictures, videos, accompanying music, art and design elements, and possibly the code written for the software. Just another good reason to make sure you know who owns what, and which elements you may need to license.
Check out this excellent recent installation by SWEATSHOPPE:
From the creators of the work:
"Video painting is a technology the duo developed that allows them to create the illusion that they are painting videos onto walls with electronic paint rollers they built. It works through custom software that they wrote that tracks the position of the paint rollers and projects video wherever they choose to paint, allowing them to explore the relationship between video, mark making and architecture and create live video collages in real time."
An Oregon Guitar Legal Battle
Selecting and developing trademarks and brands are frequently the most important decisions a business can make. Marks that appear secure may be open to attack years or even decades later. A lawsuit filed by Korg Inc. against Jack Meussdorffer highlights how even a long-standing, vigilantly protected mark can be open to attack.
Selecting and developing trademarks and brands are frequently the most important decisions a business can make. Marks that appear secure may be open to attack years or even decades later. A lawsuit filed by Korg Inc. against Jack Meussdorffer highlights how even a long-standing, vigilantly protected mark can be open to attack. - - - - "On Sept. 3, 2013, the multinational company Korg Inc. and its affiliates filed a complaint against Meussdorffer and his Phantom Guitar Works company, seeking to cancel several of Meussdorffer's long-held trademarks and claiming "tortious interference" with the brand's own models. Meussdorffer and his legal team filed a counter-claim, and the case has slogged on ever since."
http://www.oregonlive.com/music/index.ssf/2014/04/phantom_guitar_works_vox_korg_legal_battle.html - - - -