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The work of small artists.

While reading chapter 13 in Freedom of Speech in The United States, I saw one of the definitions of copyright provided by Tedford and Herbeck being, "Copyright provides protection for the arrangement of words, musical notation, artistic compositions, and the like that are produced in such forms as books, musical compositions, paintings, and computer programs." (362) Now after reading that definition I couldn't help but think of big artists and designers and all the lawsuits that have been filed against them, mostly from foreign or smaller artists.
A more recent one that caught my eye since I used to follow this designer had to do with Marc Jacobs. The lawsuit was filed by Katie Thierjung, a small, independent artist who saw that her work was being copied from Jacobs when seeing it be praised by Vogue magazine. The work she is claiming to be copied were 5 pins and patches that were very similar in design to Marc Jacobs Resort 2017 collection. This isn't the first time that he has a lawsuit filed against him for the same reason and like many artists, Katie is tired of seeing the work of independent artist being copied by larger companies and them getting the praise.
Anytime I see lawsuits like this I never hear what decision was made in it, there's always a story for it but that is about it. It makes me start to wonder just how serious people actually take these cases, and if it only concerns those who aren't a part of a large company like Jacobs who has yet to comment on the lawsuit.
Kaplan, Isaac. "Artist Sues Marc Jacobs for Copyright Infringement." Artsy. net. 21 Nov, 2017
Tedford, Thomas L., and Dale A. Herbeck, Freedom of Speech in the United States. 8th ed.

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  1. AnonymousNovember 29, 2017 at 11:28 PM

    thats interesting, are there any laws being looked at to be enacted that would prevent this from continuing? eminemm had the same issue, with rap god, part of the lyrics some small rapper..young something said eminem copied part of his song. eminem won the lawsuit, but it got me thinking.

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