https://brianmcsherry.com brianmcsherry Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:01:10 +0000 https://brianmcsherry.com en https://brianmcsherry.com/Home Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:01:10 +0000 brianmcsherry https://brianmcsherry.com/Home Brian McSherry Art &amp; Law User: &nbsp; Can you use law as an art medium? AI: &nbsp; &nbsp; Artists can use legal concepts as the core of their ideas. User: &nbsp; Will I get arrested or sued? AI: &nbsp; &nbsp; The outcome is not clear https://brianmcsherry.com/Art-Law-Fake-Estates-LLC Mon, 09 Nov 2020 19:38:40 +0000 brianmcsherry https://brianmcsherry.com/Art-Law-Fake-Estates-LLC <img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9b8c7cda91d6a8b67d1cc24bf013e1b3b18db2e4692a0b75c0b4ff62738e8196/insta3.png" data-mid="148853199" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9b8c7cda91d6a8b67d1cc24bf013e1b3b18db2e4692a0b75c0b4ff62738e8196/insta3.png" /><img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3374b1b22870836b191e5fe1b8168977af9155f1bd130dbb182d2898e0b1fbfc/insta4.png" data-mid="148853203" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3374b1b22870836b191e5fe1b8168977af9155f1bd130dbb182d2898e0b1fbfc/insta4.png" /><img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3c02671c2608e6fb14e53c409b17fa852bd9e349222f6aacec26c38c3f6c46ff/My-project-1-2.jpg" data-mid="162208391" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3c02671c2608e6fb14e53c409b17fa852bd9e349222f6aacec26c38c3f6c46ff/My-project-1-2.jpg" /><img width="4136" height="4136" width_o="4136" height_o="4136" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f3d48f8d33a0b09739385c3fbc0562da94b3f21a0c73495c3d96833caece0887/Jeff-Koons-Flip-My-Property.jpg" data-mid="162208667" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f3d48f8d33a0b09739385c3fbc0562da94b3f21a0c73495c3d96833caece0887/Jeff-Koons-Flip-My-Property.jpg" /><img width="1990" height="1061" width_o="1990" height_o="1061" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d8ef18be6b3ab8887ca16e61861d30577ade86fecb8f0f223a4c573e26c81989/IMG_1643.PNG" data-mid="162208367" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d8ef18be6b3ab8887ca16e61861d30577ade86fecb8f0f223a4c573e26c81989/IMG_1643.PNG" /> <img width="5100" height="3413" width_o="5100" height_o="3413" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7f24bec44a5e6502011fbec82bed21ee36096ba9bff23b8e0a1a759b51c7682c/fake-estates-goes-to-the-ocean.jpg" data-mid="162208671" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7f24bec44a5e6502011fbec82bed21ee36096ba9bff23b8e0a1a759b51c7682c/fake-estates-goes-to-the-ocean.jpg" /> <img width="720" height="1280" width_o="720" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cb4f37d19b03337e5ba8cfb960f5d4d8f41aebac59e609077e12d15b4495be48/1656889084051.jpg" data-mid="162208556" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/720/i/cb4f37d19b03337e5ba8cfb960f5d4d8f41aebac59e609077e12d15b4495be48/1656889084051.jpg" /> <img width="5100" height="3413" width_o="5100" height_o="3413" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/54fecb96b9239743c35dc6abb79360b62229b93c2fe0bc710253e481b7df0ea4/fake-estates-eats-the-zillow.jpg" data-mid="162208610" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/54fecb96b9239743c35dc6abb79360b62229b93c2fe0bc710253e481b7df0ea4/fake-estates-eats-the-zillow.jpg" /> Fake Estates LLC is a performative design that utilizes the following Untied States legal texts: copyright, the visual artists' rights act (VARA), and graffiti case law (5pointz, English, and Pollara), as design background. The main topic for copyright is the unanswered question of the copyrightability of illegal works, such as graffiti, which remains unanswered by the law. For VARA, we are trying to find out if ‘temporary’ and possibly illegal designs that are attached to property can be sold, enjoyed, or possibly halt new constructions. Based on this background, Fake Estates LLC creates and sells GPS-augmented reality nfts that are only accessible within and around overly priced real estate, publicly owned private spaces, vacant lots, and the moon. We also create free gps-augmented reality works on historical public monuments to protest, distort, mutilate, and/or modify the existing racist structures, which may violate the original monuments' own VARA protections.&nbsp; To achieve this, we have created a fully licensed LLC, created a parody website utilizing/slightly changing the lingo from real estate agents, made a social media account, have had two works selected for NYC Artwalk Times Square Billboard Show, and have begun placing augmented reality experiences through the use of Web3, AR.js, Three.js, Public Domain Imagery/Video, Adobe Illustrator, etc. ︎&nbsp;CLICK HERE&nbsp;TO VISIT&nbsp;FAKE ESTATES LLC <img width="2255" height="2725" width_o="2255" height_o="2725" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/03da176cff8263d9572a443338c75e1fc5b77cfc7a0acb63c9a8b79d618afac9/IMG_0042.png" data-mid="162208435" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/03da176cff8263d9572a443338c75e1fc5b77cfc7a0acb63c9a8b79d618afac9/IMG_0042.png" /> <img width="804" height="1080" width_o="804" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/65c836ed43eac754940650596d1a6845caafa6bb78e6b311a48fa019fb2cf687/real-tweet.png" data-mid="162208440" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/804/i/65c836ed43eac754940650596d1a6845caafa6bb78e6b311a48fa019fb2cf687/real-tweet.png" /> <img width="804" height="1080" width_o="804" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/19dfdf092999125169feac8786da7430c0f68742db75ae4e5599a8ba07df9db4/midglitch.png" data-mid="162208439" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/804/i/19dfdf092999125169feac8786da7430c0f68742db75ae4e5599a8ba07df9db4/midglitch.png" /> <img width="804" height="1080" width_o="804" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/03c3535b2f64f9aeb879c8768e1e812fe8d7602278aa643a0f6296101b53493e/manafort.png" data-mid="162208437" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/804/i/03c3535b2f64f9aeb879c8768e1e812fe8d7602278aa643a0f6296101b53493e/manafort.png" /> <img width="804" height="1080" width_o="804" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eefd5378c67b18dac94f39aab6aef539fbdaaa6f46e758d80e7871938d0dbea0/trumphead.png" data-mid="162208443" border="0" data-scale="49" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/804/i/eefd5378c67b18dac94f39aab6aef539fbdaaa6f46e758d80e7871938d0dbea0/trumphead.png" /> <img width="804" height="1080" width_o="804" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a67965019fdaf96516fceb2c93a676d6c5902e75b31833a995350d1df092c351/stone.png" data-mid="162208442" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/804/i/a67965019fdaf96516fceb2c93a676d6c5902e75b31833a995350d1df092c351/stone.png" /> &nbsp; https://brianmcsherry.com/Art-Law-thumbnail Fri, 11 Oct 2024 16:14:18 +0000 brianmcsherry https://brianmcsherry.com/Art-Law-thumbnail thumbnail Within the federal fair use analysis, the recent decision by the Supreme Court relating to Andy Warhol has reignited my initial research into a secondary branch that is being investigated. In this space, I am exploring the conversation the Supreme Court is not having with the 9th Circuit’s decision, Perfect 10 v. Amazon, declaring search engine imagery as transformative fair use, and the writings of Hito Steyrel in relation to deteriotaion of legibility.&nbsp; My recent solo exhibition, “thumbnail”, examines this by merging thumbnail low-resolution images with painting, collage, multiples, and artificial intelligence as an evidentiary tool. From this space, I am moving forward with the limitation of only utilizing low-resolution imagery as a form of new language within art and law to test the boundaries of technology, art, design, and law. <img width="3591" height="4160" width_o="3591" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/627dd4f4402d8d143088b62125bb27fc76a29b74298bd8e6bd6b6821d3f64b7c/Warhol-Smith.jpg" data-mid="219604874" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/627dd4f4402d8d143088b62125bb27fc76a29b74298bd8e6bd6b6821d3f64b7c/Warhol-Smith.jpg" /> <img width="3849" height="5869" width_o="3849" height_o="5869" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ce9deaf175237418ff87847672f63504a6240c243d3c40f7b36c5df82e0c2017/Richard-Benatar-Smith.jpg" data-mid="219604872" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ce9deaf175237418ff87847672f63504a6240c243d3c40f7b36c5df82e0c2017/Richard-Benatar-Smith.jpg" /> <img width="4008" height="4066" width_o="4008" height_o="4066" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/babe981410f3bc060eee554a604917e533da29ed959fa757ab63f4f37afe4894/derivative-finished-10.14.22.-prince-lisa.jpg" data-mid="155861427" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/babe981410f3bc060eee554a604917e533da29ed959fa757ab63f4f37afe4894/derivative-finished-10.14.22.-prince-lisa.jpg" /> <img width="2480" height="3508" width_o="2480" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/463a8759d101a863d0b876ea4a5eaa1b22a17b09a5f69fbd0fce9bb5b77aceb1/Brian-McSherry_Stare-Derivative_2022.jpg" data-mid="155861240" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/463a8759d101a863d0b876ea4a5eaa1b22a17b09a5f69fbd0fce9bb5b77aceb1/Brian-McSherry_Stare-Derivative_2022.jpg" /> <img width="7601" height="8406" width_o="7601" height_o="8406" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/20c06f0e3f3fe7553546f53dab277b239838dfade12ae957cb51e19446fbb531/USA-BrianMcSherry-Derivative.jpg" data-mid="155861480" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/20c06f0e3f3fe7553546f53dab277b239838dfade12ae957cb51e19446fbb531/USA-BrianMcSherry-Derivative.jpg" /> Derivative is an ongoing project that is turning the Supreme Court, 2nd Circuit Judge Gerard Lynch, and Attorney Lisa Blatt into various Andy Warhol derivatives.&nbsp;Some of the images are created via photoshop while others are created using Dall-e 2.0 artificial intelligence. But, all are placed into an editorial design that slightly changes. One of the goals for all of these derivatives is to find the point of fair use. As of 10/14/22, the case between the Andy Warhol Foundation and Lynn Goldsmith is before the Supreme Court. The outcome of the case may decide if the work produced is legal. <img width="2480" height="3508" width_o="2480" height_o="3508" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/463a8759d101a863d0b876ea4a5eaa1b22a17b09a5f69fbd0fce9bb5b77aceb1/Brian-McSherry_Stare-Derivative_2022.jpg" data-mid="155861240" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/463a8759d101a863d0b876ea4a5eaa1b22a17b09a5f69fbd0fce9bb5b77aceb1/Brian-McSherry_Stare-Derivative_2022.jpg" /> <img width="7601" height="8406" width_o="7601" height_o="8406" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/20c06f0e3f3fe7553546f53dab277b239838dfade12ae957cb51e19446fbb531/USA-BrianMcSherry-Derivative.jpg" data-mid="155861480" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/20c06f0e3f3fe7553546f53dab277b239838dfade12ae957cb51e19446fbb531/USA-BrianMcSherry-Derivative.jpg" /> <img width="1296" height="1728" width_o="1296" height_o="1728" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/babe981410f3bc060eee554a604917e533da29ed959fa757ab63f4f37afe4894/derivative-finished-10.14.22.-prince-lisa.jpg" data-mid="155861427" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/babe981410f3bc060eee554a604917e533da29ed959fa757ab63f4f37afe4894/derivative-finished-10.14.22.-prince-lisa.jpg" /> https://brianmcsherry.com/Art-Law-peep-Now-We-You-re-Famous Mon, 05 Nov 2018 19:59:08 +0000 brianmcsherry https://brianmcsherry.com/Art-Law-peep-Now-We-You-re-Famous peep: a series <img width="756" height="1008" width_o="756" height_o="1008" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f79ad510aa0d6073892a141ee2645ee49ef540cc2a9a57bfdd0950f3eaa05409/IMG_20181026_122948.jpg" data-mid="121700828" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/756/i/f79ad510aa0d6073892a141ee2645ee49ef540cc2a9a57bfdd0950f3eaa05409/IMG_20181026_122948.jpg" /> <img width="756" height="1008" width_o="756" height_o="1008" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/764252650308d467dd5a54afa7f05ca8973f72c81f74a615e4cd3f7762bc8470/IMG_20181026_123000.jpg" data-mid="121700829" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/756/i/764252650308d467dd5a54afa7f05ca8973f72c81f74a615e4cd3f7762bc8470/IMG_20181026_123000.jpg" /> <img width="756" height="1008" width_o="756" height_o="1008" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b85fc15c32b13aff21f0d1a98e995b9dad1de744829d7fbfc5694b88a1fac05c/00000IMG_00000_BURST20181029124318042_COVER.jpg" data-mid="121700826" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/756/i/b85fc15c32b13aff21f0d1a98e995b9dad1de744829d7fbfc5694b88a1fac05c/00000IMG_00000_BURST20181029124318042_COVER.jpg" /> <img width="756" height="1008" width_o="756" height_o="1008" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/feaac31031f276ad6bedfd33d7ea2fa44c4b82db99e9f9d68edb0e7b8c863a5e/00000IMG_00000_BURST20181029124248328_COVER.jpg" data-mid="121700827" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/756/i/feaac31031f276ad6bedfd33d7ea2fa44c4b82db99e9f9d68edb0e7b8c863a5e/00000IMG_00000_BURST20181029124248328_COVER.jpg" /> <img width="1008" height="756" width_o="1008" height_o="756" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d251cdb29b511344ebe5ae12f2861c0a7b86afa2fe26aef643fbffeb9ffe2cca/IMG_20181026_104959.jpg" data-mid="121700830" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d251cdb29b511344ebe5ae12f2861c0a7b86afa2fe26aef643fbffeb9ffe2cca/IMG_20181026_104959.jpg" /> <img width="3300" height="2334" width_o="3300" height_o="2334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/90e97219a614d3d8be56b9dcd4f466add572930759ecdd5d521b34dd226bd75c/Peepkk.jpg" data-mid="121767449" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/90e97219a614d3d8be56b9dcd4f466add572930759ecdd5d521b34dd226bd75c/Peepkk.jpg" /> <img width="3300" height="2334" width_o="3300" height_o="2334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7de6c7bfe895dc31874386b50fdb7885af22a0d6b97a3faa25f7cee1da07adb5/Peepgallery.jpg" data-mid="121767446" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7de6c7bfe895dc31874386b50fdb7885af22a0d6b97a3faa25f7cee1da07adb5/Peepgallery.jpg" /> <img width="3300" height="2334" width_o="3300" height_o="2334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f47d9d0fcdeb0bcf5d245272afc7933753a0a04fda3e7f886412ee3d5fb5ea62/Peepdrama.jpg" data-mid="121767445" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f47d9d0fcdeb0bcf5d245272afc7933753a0a04fda3e7f886412ee3d5fb5ea62/Peepdrama.jpg" /> <img width="3300" height="2334" width_o="3300" height_o="2334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4a974d6b6522c621fd41861802502559b7f95406a8ae7bf14edf1ca308f0b173/Peephappy.jpg" data-mid="121767447" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4a974d6b6522c621fd41861802502559b7f95406a8ae7bf14edf1ca308f0b173/Peephappy.jpg" /> <img width="3300" height="2334" width_o="3300" height_o="2334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/40dfb4d930cfe3cee62f2298044c7865231eee61769be4aced32b42a73145021/Peepbored1.jpg" data-mid="121767444" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/40dfb4d930cfe3cee62f2298044c7865231eee61769be4aced32b42a73145021/Peepbored1.jpg" /> <img width="3300" height="2334" width_o="3300" height_o="2334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ffc136ed05379b8365d9467edaea65a93e3e932f6aa1ac8f4439d2f14e0bc843/Peepperson.jpg" data-mid="121767451" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ffc136ed05379b8365d9467edaea65a93e3e932f6aa1ac8f4439d2f14e0bc843/Peepperson.jpg" /> <img width="3300" height="2334" width_o="3300" height_o="2334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/144ea3d9a084c6ee40e7706bb7b5d130b437a846480d7cdc07cf10be87447dae/Peeplips.jpg" data-mid="121767450" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/144ea3d9a084c6ee40e7706bb7b5d130b437a846480d7cdc07cf10be87447dae/Peeplips.jpg" /> peep: critiques the closeness individuals feel towards celebrity via social media posts. These photographs were taken through a peephole installed within a reflective box that peers into the social media accounts of multiple celebrities.&nbsp; They show glimpses of celebrity life while individuals in quarantine try to mirror these emotions to feel the leisure of celebrity. This leisure is an unattainable microcosm surrounded by infinite dead space. No matter how much individuals wish to mirror celebrity they will not attain that leisure due in part to not only an absence of commodity, but also the worldbuilding of a legal/political economy that excludes the quarantines masses. https://brianmcsherry.com/Art-Law-Defense Mon, 30 May 2016 03:04:41 +0000 brianmcsherry https://brianmcsherry.com/Art-Law-Defense <img width="1750" height="812" width_o="1750" height_o="812" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4790e521187ce812317929dcf755307239255a1f038b4ff41eb49ee256e7a387/Defense_art_law_artist.jpg" data-mid="226897341" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4790e521187ce812317929dcf755307239255a1f038b4ff41eb49ee256e7a387/Defense_art_law_artist.jpg" /> Defense,An abstract painting connecting two different areas of law, Copyright and Right of Publicity, that contains a legal argument for the copyrightability of living art systems that also infringes and copyrights a celebrities identity "Defense", Installation, 2016 https://brianmcsherry.com/Art-Law-Right-of-Publicity Sat, 29 Aug 2015 20:02:28 +0000 brianmcsherry https://brianmcsherry.com/Art-Law-Right-of-Publicity <img width="3872" height="2592" width_o="3872" height_o="2592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/98affd8e9a97ae4e3725c61de8bbca88a9fe1e4168f73dc96a08bc2a700caaad/Web2.jpg" data-mid="121700845" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/98affd8e9a97ae4e3725c61de8bbca88a9fe1e4168f73dc96a08bc2a700caaad/Web2.jpg" /><img width="3872" height="2592" width_o="3872" height_o="2592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f12e5732622e66313d2dfef0e6478961d07af5ac4f60c60bf17f40b7471419e2/Web3.jpg" data-mid="121700846" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f12e5732622e66313d2dfef0e6478961d07af5ac4f60c60bf17f40b7471419e2/Web3.jpg" /> “Right of Publicity”, is a case study that takes prec edents decided by various jurisdictions on topics of copyrightability and identity as intellectual propery. Intended to purposefully infringe on celebrity images, “Right of Publicity” uses amorphous non-copyrightable materials: mirrors, reflection, and light, to commercially infringe upon the protected amorphous identity of celebrity. As “Right of Publicity” is intended to be a clear case of copyright and identity infringement, the case examines:(1) if amorphous light/identity can be copyrighted, (2) are the materials and subject matter transformative enough for fair use analysis, (3) can commenting and critiquing the law be a form of fair use, and (4) in the analysis of fair use which is more important, the purpose and the character of the use or the effect upon the marketplace. While this case study questions time-based materials, such as light, for copyrightability, transformativeness, and fair use; it also addresses the paramount question if courts grant deferential treatment in fair use to celebrity economics&nbsp; (e.g., newsworthiness protections for paparazzi/tabloids and intellectual property protection for identity) over artistic free speech in remix/appropriation culture. "Right of Publicity", Screenprint, Mirror, Adobe CC, Light, 2014 https://brianmcsherry.com/Art-Law-The-New-Social-Darwinists Tue, 19 Apr 2022 15:34:06 +0000 brianmcsherry https://brianmcsherry.com/Art-Law-The-New-Social-Darwinists The New Social Darwinists is an Augmented Reality project that utilizes Meta’s SparkAR platform to test the amount of free speech granted in the new MetaVerse. *Spolier alert: They deny posting your work if you criticize Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, or Amazon. <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d722d77ab18af564482631eee9f9c5d58ade76dfce021160faf93de64b69d68b/DSC01958.JPG" data-mid="140058430" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d722d77ab18af564482631eee9f9c5d58ade76dfce021160faf93de64b69d68b/DSC01958.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/02dbbc38a667e106a130e9796814fc500eef0eac5440d49de28d4e810643534a/DSC01938.JPG" data-mid="140058425" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/02dbbc38a667e106a130e9796814fc500eef0eac5440d49de28d4e810643534a/DSC01938.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aa8abb5696aa32f1c2a913182ce91063bc8a7bc8c8a98743ac7a809c3518281a/DSC01939.JPG" data-mid="140058426" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aa8abb5696aa32f1c2a913182ce91063bc8a7bc8c8a98743ac7a809c3518281a/DSC01939.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9d3a0e298fe90e1176b43abf25224be1e9e2c49a19c3e6ae3303c38805918c26/DSC01941.JPG" data-mid="140058428" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9d3a0e298fe90e1176b43abf25224be1e9e2c49a19c3e6ae3303c38805918c26/DSC01941.JPG" /> <img width="960" height="540" width_o="960" height_o="540" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5598c842f2f2bdbd93666341d45d6692a5646a71924ebc9e1bb9fb938eece8aa/Glitching-the-Legalese.jpg" data-mid="140059677" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/5598c842f2f2bdbd93666341d45d6692a5646a71924ebc9e1bb9fb938eece8aa/Glitching-the-Legalese.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/08ca573ad3a2da6d553d145a10ef4766ce112fc2f89a2f8a39ccddd03e0e9b69/DSC01942.JPG" data-mid="140058429" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/08ca573ad3a2da6d553d145a10ef4766ce112fc2f89a2f8a39ccddd03e0e9b69/DSC01942.JPG" /> <img width="960" height="540" width_o="960" height_o="540" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f48ab199e29b7aa0258ac492cdae4a1e9149b5dd7a89ee3a3bd541b6a9ebb4bb/Glitching-the-Legalese-1.jpg" data-mid="140059983" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/f48ab199e29b7aa0258ac492cdae4a1e9149b5dd7a89ee3a3bd541b6a9ebb4bb/Glitching-the-Legalese-1.jpg" /> The New Social Darwinists During the 19th century Social Darwinists, Herbert Spencer and William Graham Sumner, touted their concepts of economic/societal “survival of the fittest” and the ongoing benefit of hereditary wealth, which inadvertently doomed not only the physical world, but also the virtual, augmented, and spiritual.Social Darwinism galvanized robber barons, such as Andrew Carniege and John D. Rockefeller, into delusional acceptance of their wealth and the steps taken to achieve it without remorse. As Rockefeller states: “The growth of a large business is merely a survival of the fittest… The American Beauty Rose can be produced in the splendor and fragrance which brings cheer to its beholder only by sacrificing the early buds which grow around it. This is not an evil tendency in business. It is merely the working-out of a law of nature and a law of God.” Ironically, these industrialist barons would destroy the beauty of nature for their quest of economic divinity. Those who dissented to the “law of nature” were seen as “social meddlers”. These reformers were viewed as delusional laborers that did not believe in the survival of the fittest, and wanted to create an artificial world of glee. In Sumner’s view “the social meddlers had been laboring under the delusion that, since there are no natural laws of the social order, they might make the world over with artificial ones… to remake it with their petty desires…with the premise that “everybody ought to be happy”.Here in the 21st century, we still have robber barons destroying the beauty of nature for their quest of economic divinity. They still sacrifice the laborers through the union-busting activities of Google, Amazon, Tesla, and Facebook. While the physical world is in shambles from the previous hereditary wealth wreath, the new Social Darwinists look towards the stars and the artificial.Sumner’s quip on laborer’s creation of an artificial utopia where “everybody ought to be happy”, could have existed with open-source/public domain technology such as, three.js, ar.js, which revolted against natural rights. However, the barons have invaded. This work is hosted on Facebook’s (or “Meta’s”) SparkAR platform. These augmented or artificial experiences are sacrificial buds. Hopefully, this dead design will galvanize others to be social meddlers, reformers, and technological unionizers. https://brianmcsherry.com/Art-Law-3344 Mon, 30 May 2016 02:54:17 +0000 brianmcsherry https://brianmcsherry.com/Art-Law-3344 <img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a8fb1d3b00b97257bf961e91e89f9603a24881cd02545af7176dab468d09930b/3344_o.jpg" data-mid="121700849" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a8fb1d3b00b97257bf961e91e89f9603a24881cd02545af7176dab468d09930b/3344_o.jpg" /> A 3D printed bust of Arnold Schwarzenegger placed in a living art system to comment and critique the celebrity/governor's role in propagating California Civil Code 3344 to extend Right of Publicity claims past death for celebrities while situating within the vague holding of Chapman v. Chicago Park regarding living art and fixation within the copyright statue of the United States. "3344", 3D print, living art system, 2016 https://brianmcsherry.com/Allison-Strong-Bronte Tue, 10 Jan 2023 00:55:08 +0000 brianmcsherry https://brianmcsherry.com/Allison-Strong-Bronte <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2b9711e2ed4d4a29081c2ffa1de858aff62038f26c5ac7fa843b3bdf0dec1af6/Bronte-Music-Video_FINAL-with-COLO17.png" data-mid="164154533" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2b9711e2ed4d4a29081c2ffa1de858aff62038f26c5ac7fa843b3bdf0dec1af6/Bronte-Music-Video_FINAL-with-COLO17.png" /><img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e32bbdb34d4ea20c020b841caf3679c45398b50e949c3165c28215ed535d5edf/Screenshot-221.png" data-mid="164154531" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e32bbdb34d4ea20c020b841caf3679c45398b50e949c3165c28215ed535d5edf/Screenshot-221.png" /><img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a692599bb6265cecd7fc88c70491b9f781fe6ba160c814821c423daff1ca8c0b/Screenshot-222.png" data-mid="164154635" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a692599bb6265cecd7fc88c70491b9f781fe6ba160c814821c423daff1ca8c0b/Screenshot-222.png" />