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Copyrighted artwork in films
by Jonathan Riddell on Monday 03/Nov/2003, @16:17

Copyright issues with artwork in films is not unknown. See http://the-future-of-ideas.com/excerpts/index.shtml

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The film Twelve Monkeys was stopped by a court twenty-eight days after its release because an artist claimed a chair in the movie resembled a sketch of a piece of furniture that he had designed. The movie Batman Forever was threatened because the Batmobile drove through an allegedly copyrighted courtyard and the original architect demanded money before the film could be released. In 1998, a judge stopped the release of The Devil’s Advocate for two days because a sculptor claimed his art was used in the background.
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Music in the background during live broadcasts has explicit exceptions under UK laws but otherwise the music must be licenced.

The rights and wrongs of it can be argued forever, and of course the US has fair use exceptions as has been said.

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