They probably did, and their customer service response didn’t make things any better. Thanks to our good friend Amanda Sitzer for the heads up.

When asked if his use of a copyrighted photograph of Bob Marley in a judicial opinion was fair use, 7th Circuit Judge Richard Posner had this to say.

“It’s not as if we’re selling our opinions in competition with a photographer,” he said. “Using the photo in a judicial opinion couldn’t conceivably be hurting the copyright holder.”

The case, Grayson v. Schuler, concerns the right of a prisoner with dreadlocks to refuse a haircut on religious grounds.

Via Reuters.

A source close to the contract negotiations notified Hyperallergic on Wednesday that the union and the museum have had five meetings and are unable yet to settle on a new contract.

Via Hyperallergic. [Note: the article refers at least twice to "contacts," but we believe they mean to say contracts.]

Scientists at Notre Dame have adapted a nuclear physics methodology to quickly determine whether a piece of art is a forgery using accelerated ion beams, without affecting or damaging the artwork.

Via Forbes.

An elderly woman, Jan Cowles, sued the Gagosian Gallery and Larry Gagosian in NY County Court, claiming it allowed her son to sell a major work by pop artist Roy Lichtenstein, without her permission, for far less than its true value. The woman claims that her son Charles Cowles, an art dealer in New York City, sold her Lichtenstein enamel, “Girl in Mirror,” out of financial desperation, while his mother suffered “moderate to severe dementia.”

Cowles wants her artwork back and $10 million in punitive damages for fraud, conversion, breach of fiduciary duty and unjust enrichment.

Via Courthouse News Service.

Younger Lawyers Division of The Federal Bar Association of the Southern District of New York presents:

The Second Annual

“ART, LAW & BEER”

Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 6:30 p.m.

The heirs of the famous Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, the Kunstmuseum Basel and the Government of the Canton of Basel-Stadt announced today that they have agreed to resolve the Heirs’ claim to works by Malevich (two gouaches “Landscape with Red Houses” and “The Washing Woman” and a series of approximately 60 drawings made by Malevich and his assistants) that have been in the possession of the Kunstmuseum Basel.

Link coming soon.