Car accidents are a rare phenomenon in the UK. In 2020, we sawa 17% decline in fatalities, year to year – but the trend was downward long before Covid-19 became a factor, thanks to a combination of changes in driving culture and improved safety technology. If you’re part of the unfortunate minority who find themselves involved in an accident or fender bender, however, then those statistics might not be much consolation. Let’s walk through some of the steps you’ll need to follow in the aftermath of any collision. Continue reading Steps to Take When You’re Involved in a Car Accident→
The Los Angeles-based street artist Thierry Guetta, better known as Mr. Brainwash, has lost a copyright case involving a 1977 photograph of the punk rock musician Sid Vicious shot by the British photographer Dennis Morris. Guetta had claimed that the seven works he created using Morris’s black and white photograph, including one mural and one collage made of broken vinyl records, were sufficiently altered to be protected by the fair use defence, which allows for the use of copyrighted material for commentary, criticism and parody. Continue reading Mr. Brainwash Loses Another Copyright Lawsuit→
On Tuesday, a judge dismissed copyright lawsuits between street artist Shepard Fairey and the Associated Press news service over an image of Barack Obama that Fairey used for a 2006 Obama campaign poster. This is a rather complicated case, or series of related cases actually, which involve Fairey and the “Obama Hope” image, which was later used on merchandise such as T-shirts and mugs. Continue reading Shepard Fairey Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Dismissed By Judge!→
