Charging Bull sculptor says New York's Fearless Girl statue violates his rights

Re:Charging Bull sculptor says New York's Fearless Girl stat... by 542458 on Thursday April 13, 2017 @01:09PM (#14108875)

I can't speak for US law, but in Canada at least the holder of the artistic copyright is allowed to control/restrict modifications to their art. For example, the Eaton's center placed temporary Christmas bows on a sculpture they were displaying. The artist objected, and won in court.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_v_Eaton_Centre_Ltd

That said, I can't speak to how US law will see it, or how the law works in regards to adjacent art installations.

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Re:Charging Bull sculptor says New York's Fearless Girl stat... by dragonwriter on Thursday April 13, 2017 @02:38PM (#14109735)

Installation of another work near his art doesn't affect the integrity of his work, even if it does create a new composite work in which his, with complete integrity, is subsumed.

Moreover, it's important to note that the federal copyright exceptions regarding satire and other forms of commentary, even though some of them are also reflected in statutory fair use, are of constitutional dimension, and would therefore similarly limit application of any state-law restriction on a new work as they do federal copyright law.

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Re:Charging Bull sculptor says New York's Fearless Girl stat... by gerbilly on Thursday April 13, 2017 @01:13PM (#14108921)

I believe these are called 'moral rights."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_rights

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