Lilley v. Stout

MEMORANDUM OPINION

PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.

This case arises from a disputed collaboration between the two named parties in the production of a work of art. Plaintiff Gary Lilley, a photographer, claims that photographs he produced were incorporated without proper attribution into an artwork, “Red Room at Five,” created by defendant Renee Stout. Lilley claims that Stout’s acts constituted a violation of his rights under the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 (“VARA”), Pub.L. No. 101-650 (tit. VI), 104 Stat. 5089, 5128-33 (codified in various sections of Title 17 of the United States…