Problematyka prawnoautorska oraz własnościowa tworzenia i usuwania sztuki ulicznej z przestrzeni publicznej
Copyright and property rights in creating and removing street art from public space

Author(s): Olga Grodecka
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Cultural history, History of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: street art; property rights; comparative law; intellectual property law
Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on legal issues concerning street art in comparative terms, both in its social and legal context in the USA, Great Britain and Poland. The author discusses the problem of intellectual property rights in public space (personal copyrights versus the ownership rights of the object on which the work is created), analyses the street art phenomenon and its historical background. She presents the special nature of this form of creativity (illegality transitory nature, anonymity) and its legal status in comparison with paintings, discussing the relationship between the artist and the owner of the work.

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