Re: Copyright of laws

From: Terry Wolfe <twolfe[_at_]osf1.gmu.edu>
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 1994 21:55:23 -0500 (EST)

On Mon, 5 Dec 1994, Vance R. Koven wrote: 

>

> In the US I'd say
> that the First Amendment, which is implicated in parody, would trump
> moral rights (even though as part now of the Copyright Act you could
> say moral rights have independent Constitutional support).

This part of your post reminds me of a question I came upon to annoy a friend of mine who's a copyright expert and a big advocate of moral rights:

I'm an artist. I want to stage some performance art I'll call "Shredded Picasso." I acquire an original, rent a hall, get my ginsu, and I'm all set to go. Will VARA enable Paloma (or whoever) to stop me? If so, what of the First Amendment?

If VARA can't stay me, has VARA teeth?

Is this the right question to be asking the week before my copyright final? 

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