A French court may have just set a major precedent for copyright cases involving visual art. Last week judges ruled that famous artist, Jeff Koons was guilty of plagiarism for his 1988 sculpture, Naked. The porcelain artwork is part of Koons’ Banality series and features a nude young boy and girl standing together over a…
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A bill was recently reintroduced to Ugandan parliament which, if signed into law, will force women to cover up. Should Uganda President Yowery Museveni decide to sign the bill into law, it would mean that women (if caught wearing a miniskirt) will be fined $4,000 and face up to 10 years in prison. Simon Lokodo,…
The Model Alliance Underage models are joining the umbrella of workers protected by the Department of Labor. On October 21, Governor Cuomo signed a bill extending new legal protections to minor models . The bill's provisions are being hailed as a major potential step forward in the treatment of young models, and are posed to…