I have been wondering for a while when an attorney will
declare that he or she practices “Graffiti Law.” There have been so many graffiti-related
cases in the past two years (here,
here,
here,
here
and here)
that ‘graffiti law’ could very well become a legal niche.
I have not found any ‘graffiti attorney’ yet, but the topic
seems to be of interest to scholars. In France, the University of Paris 13
organized a organized a colloquium on law and street art, Droit(s) et Street Art, which
took place on October 14 in Paris, at the Bibliothèque
Nationale de France (BNF). One of the questions asked to the participants
was whether graffiti, was “an act of destruction, or an act of creation?"
In the U.S., the City of New York University School of Law
has invited
Dr. Enrico Bonadio, an intellectual property scholar from the City Law School
in London, to be a visiting scholar for the Fall 2016 semester. Dr. Bonadio’s current
research focuses on graffiti, street art and copyright law.
Dr. Bonadio’s plan, according to CUNY’s web site, is “is to interview artists from all five
boroughs, as he builds an argument for copyright protections for street
artists, particularly against corporations that use the street artists’ work,
without compensation.”
Dr. Bonadio will soon present his work in progress to the
CUNY law community. We hope that his communication will be published, so we can
all learn from Dr. Bonadio’s research.
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