Groningen municipality may remove artwork at Oude Boteringepoort
On 12 November 2013, the Court of Appeal in Leeuwarden ruled in a dispute between the designer of the artwork "a virtual Boteringepoort" and the Municipality of Groningen.
The artist has rights to his creative work; copyrights, moral rights etc; when can the artist oppose the destruction of his work; in case of resale, does he still have a resale right and a right to a payment; often the rights of artists are related to intellectual property: a field in itself!
On 12 November 2013, the Court of Appeal in Leeuwarden ruled in a dispute between the designer of the artwork "a virtual Boteringepoort" and the Municipality of Groningen.
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