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.

It’s summer and that means everything is blooming. It’s the perfect time to have a chat about botanicals. Botanicals have been a popular art subject for centuries. Did you know they have found a 15th Century BC stone frieze depicting 275 plants in the tomb of Thutmose III in Karnak, Egypt? According to the American Society of Botanical […]

One of the reasons this look is loved by so many is the feeling that the art and design we are looking at is hand crafted. The time-honored art of hand lettering – or the art of drawing letters – takes us back to simpler times when the digital world didn’t exist.

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 […]

We all love a little adventure and even if we can’t travel somewhere exciting, at least we can create an escape right in our own homes. Maps are the perfect way to create your own little travel-inspired oasis. Designers are using large-scale wall murals to add WOW while product designers are creating entire home decor […]

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.  […]