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"VARA-90": What Landlords Can Do to Stop the Aerosol Spread … of Graffiti Artists' Claims

How did the artists qualify for protection under the Visual Artists Rights Act, how could the owners know whether the artists had achieved "recognized stature" warranting prevention of their works' destruction, and what could the owners have done to avoid liability while retaining the right to dispose of their properties as they saw fit?

7 minute read June 01, 2020 at 12:05 AM
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Joseph I. Farca
"VARA-90": What Landlords Can Do to Stop the Aerosol Spread … of Graffiti Artists' Claims

No, it's not another virus. "VARA" is the federal Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 (17 U.S.C. §101, et seq.).

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