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How Meme Culture and a Landmark Legal Case Against an Artist in Germany May Loosen Europe’s Tight Copyright Regulations

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11 April 2022, International

A first ruling in the European Union of its kind for an artwork has been framed as a win for appropriation art.

After three years, a Berlin Regional Court has decided that German artist Martin Eder’s painting doesn’t infringe on the UK artist Daniel Conway's copyright protections, legally declaring Eder’s work a pastiche that lawfully samples from the original artwork.

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/martin-eder-lawsuit-2091647

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