This article on wall decor by Alexa Boschini in Home Accents Today begins with music to my ears: “Adorning a room with new wall décor is perhaps one of the surest ways for consumers to change the overall look and feel of the space without breaking the bank.”

The terrorist attacks in Paris hit me, and perhaps all of us, pretty hard. Just as the whole world empathized with New York and America during 911, the world is with Paris and France now. While these bombings were “over there,” it feels like this could have happened anywhere.

There are a lot of crazies out there running for president, “a lot” meaning, as of today, 1030 on the Federal Election Commission list. You can include me in that group (18 alphabetical spots above Hilary, 35 below Jeb).

Orphan works are those whose copyright parents, i.e. owners, can’t be located, and therefore receive something of a copyright “pass” in potential penalties. It turns out that the fears were overblown in several respects, as described in an Art Copyright Coalition sponsored white paper by Joshua Kaufman.

Yes, we wanted to “knock ‘em dead” at SURTEX, but our crew was not ready for a murder in the hotel the first night of the show. Despite the police and media presence (Sarah was interviewed by NBC), everyone managed to stay focused on putting on a great SURTEX. This was a strong show for Wild […]

I’m guessing that very few industries or companies are immune from having their intellectual property ripped off by Chinese firms. This includes trademarks, patents, and (yes, my favorite subject) copyrights.

If the West Coast Art & Frame show in Las Vegas is any indicator, 2015 is going to be quite a year. We’re returning home both exhausted and elated. Held at the Paris Las Vegas casino and convention hall for the second year, the show was well run as ever, and the organizers were ridiculously […]

Two years ago a group of us Art Copyright Coalition members began attending Chinese trade shows for the purpose of confronting copyright infringements.  I admit I had doubts about whether the strategy would work, or just be a futile exercise trying to stop a tsunami. Remarkably, the strategy is working very well. Even though we […]

You may have heard that Alibaba is going public. In a big way, perhaps the biggest IPO ever.  It boggles my mind that the world’s biggest facilitator of counterfeit goods is meeting with such investor acclaim. One of my jobs is working on copyright protection, both for Wild Apple and for the Art Copyright Coalition.  […]