G&M Realty (G&M), the owner of the famous New York City graffiti space known as 5Pointz, asked the Supreme Court to strike down as unconstitutional the Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA), a federal copyright law that provides...more
8/7/2020
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Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA)
In a major victory for street artists, the Second Circuit on Feb. 20, 2020, affirmed a lower court’s decision that awarded $6.75 million in statutory damages to aerosol artists whose graffiti art on a warehouse was destroyed...more