Is your robots.txt file updated for 2025? 🛡️

Everyone is talking about Nightshade, but the real battle against AI scraping is happening in the infrastructure.

We reviewed the latest 2025 legal research to identify the 3 most effective shields for artists and galleries:

1️⃣ Robots.txt: It's no longer just a suggestion; courts are beginning to view it as a binding contract. 2️⃣ Specific ToS: Why your generic "Terms of Use" won't stop a scraper (and what to write instead). 3️⃣ Process Logging: Why saving your "layers" is your best copyright defense.

Don't leave your archive exposed. Read the full technical guide: https://tr.ee/5_89ZUsSOv

#ArtLaw #AIprotection #Copyright2025 #ArtTech #DailyArtNews

👉 Empfehlung: XIX. Heidelberger Kunstrechtstage

DER KUNST IHR RECHT
Unter diesem Titel widmen sich die XIX. Heidelberger Kunstrechtstage aktuellen Fragen an der Schnittstelle von Kunst und Recht.

📅 24.–25. Oktober 2025
📍 Heidelberg
🗣️ Veranstaltet von Ifkur – Institut für Kunst und Recht
➡️ Jetzt anmelden: https://ifkur.de/programm-xix-heidelberger-kunstrechtstage/

#kunstgeschichte #kunstrecht #artlaw

Chicago’s Wrightwood 659 opens "The First Homosexuals" exhibition, exploring queer identity's roots through 300+ artworks. This cultural event raises legal questions about art censorship and the protection of LGBTQ+ rights. How can local laws better support artistic expression? #Chicago #LGBTQ #ArtLaw

Read more: https://hypebeast.com/2025/5/wrightwood-659-the-first-homosexuals-exhibition

The Nazi looted Schiele was sold by Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd.

Famed art collector Robert Owen Lehman bought Portrait of the Artist’s Wife from the London gallery Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd. for £2,000 ($5,600) in 1964.

Judge ruled that it must be restituted to heirs of Holocaust victim

#Mastart #museum #collections #wwii #Holocaust #artlaw #Schiele #justice

"Lack of jurisdiction" doing some heavy lifting in ensuring that Nazi looted art cases don't get heard.

US judge rejects Nazi-loot claim to Van Gogh Sunflowers painting owned by Japanese company

What is the legal situation for WWII looted art and forced sales in Japan?

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/06/06/us-judge-rejects-van-gogh-sunflowers-nazi-loot-claim

#looted #art #artlaw #international #law #legal #VanGogh #Holocaust #court #judge #Japan #WWII

Detecting Deception in Art Provenance Texts

#NEW video
👉https://youtube.com/watch?v=AXwjBoC0Kp4

Presentation of a computational approach, published online in honor of #provenanceresearchday

Rigged Game conference

#digitaltools #NLP #artlaw #tagderprovenienzforschung #provenanceresearch #MastoArt #datascience #DigitalHumanities #NLP #crime #arthistory #museum #digitalisierung #innovation #investigation #artmarket

RIP Richard Serra. I decided to go to law school after reading about the Tilted Arc controversy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilted_Arc

#ArtLaw #DroitMoral