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Leicester: street sculptures in Batman Forever

Decision date · 29 November 2000

Context photograph: The Ninth Circuit’s Browning Courthouse, San Francisco.
Context photograph: The Ninth Circuit’s Browning Courthouse, San Francisco. Blackhorsemedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized

The dispute

An artist challenged the appearance of towers associated with a Los Angeles building in a film.

The decision

The appeals court held that the architectural-work exception applied to the film’s depiction of the integrated features.

Source

Ninth Circuit · 232 F.3d 1212

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