By Elliott Alderman (Note: Although footnotes have been omitted from this version, the article is available in its entirety on WESTLAW.) I. Introduction On December 1, 1990, President Bush signed into law the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990, which was generally effective on June 1, 1991, and extends to visual artists the federal moral
By Elliott Alderman At the moment of creation and fixation of its work, a domestic copyright owner has exclusive worldwide rights to its creation through Section 104 of the U.S. Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. Section 104, and a network of multilateral treaties. One of these exclusive rights is that of distribution, and as the owner
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