Richard Prince a well-known appropriation artist, made headlines by pressing ever deeper into the gray areas of art, technology, and the law. Specifically, Prince took screenshots of personal photographs that were publicly displayed on Instagram accounts, included his own comments, enlarged and printed them on large canvases, and displayed them at…

A review of key provisions of the 1976 federal copyrights act covers: the rights acquired by claimed copyright, duration, transfer, termination, penalties for infringement, problems for museum collections and archives, and suggested approaches to them. Appended are an acquisitions checklist and suggested legal forms for transfer and deed of…