In 2021, photographer Jeffrey Sedlik filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit accusing celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D of infringing on his copyright by using his 1989 photo of Miles Davis for a tattoo on her friend Blake Farmer. A jury later ruled against Sedlik, and recently an appeals court upheld the verdict. But, notes the Copyright Lately website, in doing so, two judges from the Ninth Circuit voted to uphold an outcome they said was wrong, using the occasion to question whether the court's fifty-year-old "total concept and feel" test for copyright infringement should survive at all. Sedlik will "almost certainly" seek en banc review, which would mean asking a larger group of Ninth Circuit judges to rehear the case because of its broader legal importance, added CL.

The continuing deep freeze here in NYC offers another chance to revisit another great library. Stay tuned for new issues in this department! Here we visit  designer and artist Paul Buckley, former Senior VP/Executive Creative Director at Penguin Random House and a longtime AI-AP contributor.   Peggy Roalf: When did you realize that your career was meant to be in the world of books?  paul buckley: i was so lucky. i was also an extremely driven youn...