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Gaylord v. United States: a memorial sculpture on a stamp

Decision date · 25 February 2010

An inscription at the Korean War Veterans Memorial, the site of the sculpture at issue.
An inscription at the Korean War Veterans Memorial, the site of the sculpture at issue. Dontkickthebaby · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized

The dispute

The U.S. Postal Service used a photograph of Frank Gaylord’s sculpture The Column, part of the Korean War Veterans Memorial, on a postage stamp.

The decision

The Federal Circuit rejected the government’s fair-use defense and sent the case back for proceedings on compensation.

Source

U.S. Copyright Office · Federal Circuit, 595 F.3d 1364

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