Visual Artists Rights Act Cases. While an important development, vara protects only a narrow, statutorily defined subclass of the visual arts, as defined in 17 u.s.c. With respect to works of visual art created before the effective date set forth in section 610(a) of the visual artists rights act of 1990, but title to which has not, as of such effective date, been transferred from the author, the rights conferred by subsection (a) shall be coextensive with, and shall expire at the same time as, the rights.
These rights have long been protected in european countries, where other moral rights are also protected and moral rights descend to the artists’ heirs. Under the visual artists rights act an artist can take his or her name off a work that’s been modified in a way that’s “prejudicial” to the artist’s reputation. The visual artists rights act of 1990 (vara), (pub.l.
The visual artists rights act of 1990 in 1990, congress for the first time legislated limited moral rights of attribution and integrity to authors of narrowly defined works of visual arts.
Among other things, he litigated the first case in the country involving the visual artists rights act. William fisher, theories of intellectual property, in stephen munzer, ed.,new essays in the legal and political theory of property (cambridge university press, 2001) is recommended for those who want to explore a sophisticated introduction to why the law recognizes property interests in intellectual products. When artists faced the destruction of new york’s graffiti mecca, long island city’s 5 pointz, last year, they sued the property owner under something called the visual artists rights act. Under the visual artists rights act, 17 u.s.c.