ASSIGNMENT 10

LEGAL MEMORANDUM

To: Paralegal

From: Senior Attorney]

Our client, Jon Copeland ("Cope") is a well-known street artist who has created numerous works of aerosol art or graffiti. Cope's work has also been exhibited in various mainstream museums throughout the United States.

Cope and the nonprofit Modern Art Museum entered into an oral agreement whereby Cope agreed to paint a mural to celebrate the opening of the Museum's new wing, the Bell Pavilion, dedicated to nontraditional art forms.

The mural Cope created was sprayed on a wall (at the entrance to the new wing) with aerosol paint and was 12 feet high and 20 feet long. The mural showed several artists in various poses, holding chalk, cans of spray paint, and paint brushes. It displayed the wording "Preserve Art in All Forms. Come Visit Bell Pavilion." Cope was paid $40,000 for his work, which was recognized by several newspapers and critics as being "bold" and "visionary."

After the six-month opening celebration ended, the Museum painted over Cope's mural in anticipation of its next exhibition. Cope has retained us to determine if any of his rights under the federal Visual Artists Rights Act have been violated.

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