Texas Cops Seized Photographs From a Museum and Launched Child Pornography Investigation
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC), and the ACLU of ...
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No, Birkenstocks Are Not Works of Art, Rules German Court
A German court ruling has found that the famous Birkenstock shoe does not meet the legal definition of "applied art," ending ...
Are Birkenstocks a Work of Art? A German Court Says No.
On Thursday, the federal court of justice in Karlsruhe, Germany, ruled that Birkenstocks were not “copyrighted works of ...
Can sandals be art? Birkenstock says yes, but a German court says no
Birkenstock sandals are ubiquitous in summer. But can the well-known footwear be considered art? That’s the question Germany’s Federal Court of Justice had to wrestle with on Thursday.