🎭 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴 | Law, the Arts, and the Digital World by 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿. This blog reflects on two recent arts productions relevant to CREATe’s research themes. 🔶 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴? by Georgie Dettmer 🔷 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝘆 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀, an exhibition curated by Dr Marie Hadley and Dr Adam McDade. 📖 Read the full blog 👇

Law and the Arts: Reflections on the play ‘Are you Watching?’ by Dettmer and the exhibition ‘Grey Lines’ by Hadley and McDade - CREATe

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Lucky me to speak at 'Whistler in Action', the Tate conference accompanying the Tate's current Whistler exhibition curated by Dr Carol Jacobi, Tate curator of 19th cent art. Definitely my event of the year! ⭐ Read more about the conference here 👇 tinyurl.com/3r37hrnv

CREATe academic contributes to the conference Whistler in Action, Tate Britain, London, June 2026 - CREATe

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New issue marks 100 years since first publication of Kafka's brilliant unfinished novel 'The Castle': guest editorial (Ekaterina Yahyaoui Krivenko) and all research articles, essays, arts and book reviews now available on the website: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@law-and-humanities.bsky.social arts review on my desk re 'Grey Lines' curated by @drmarieip.bsky.social & A McDade: exhibition, set in a mock tattoo parlour, immerses its viewing public in norms of creativity & ownership in tattooing. Dr S Hook UTS reviews: coming soon for L&H tinyurl.com/fr4ztre3

Grey Lines Exhibition - Marie Hadley

Grey Lines An installation Marie Hadley & Adam McDade 17 September – 15 November 2025 Watt Space Gallery, Newcastle https://youtu.be/CBP0ILNiZ6Q   Part methodological manifesto, part love letter to a ...

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As I edit S Hook's @law-and-humanities.bsky.social arts review of 'Grey Lines' on tattooing by @drmarieip.bsky.social & A McDade, I was drawn to the below: connection between client/tattooist, which shapes copying norms in 'Grey Lines', is here reflected in architectural designs tinyurl.com/43kh6m9e

Six interiors that celebrate the "ceremonial practice" of tattooing

Receiving a tattoo is likened to a spiritual and religious experience in this lookbook of tattoo parlours run by renowned artists across the world

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NEW ARTS REVIEW: Sarah Hook reviews Grey Lines, a visual-art exhibition exploring inter-relation of art & law in tattooing curated by tattooist A McDade & @drmarieip.bsky.social: how does tattooing ‘live’ within the ‘grey lines’ set by legally inspired tattoo-community norms? tinyurl.com/mtapxcap

Grey Lines, an exhibition curated by Marie Hadley and Adam McDade, at Watt Space Gallery, Newcastle, Australia from 17 September to 15 November 2025

Published in Law and Humanities (Ahead of Print, 2026)

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Dialogue on justice sparked by art: "art commenting on legal scholarship that commented on copyright law’s regulation of protest art on public art.  …kaleidoscope of law & creative practice, ever shifting into new arrangements & each time, new angles, new depth." In @law-and-humanities.bsky.social 👇

Marie Hadley@drmarieip.bsky.social · last yr.

Over the moon to see my paper with artist Travis De Vries has been published in @law-and-humanities.bsky.social. Our paper is framed through a series of conversations about art, law, and justice. You can read it here: doi.org/10.1080/1752...

Over the moon to see my paper with artist Travis De Vries has been published in @law-and-humanities.bsky.social. Our paper is framed through a series of conversations about art, law, and justice. You can read it here: doi.org/10.1080/1752...

Entropy Awakening or Tear it Down? A conversation about contested statues

This paper explores the challenges faced by states with colonial or slavery histories in addressing contested statues or monuments whose messages no longer align with contemporary societal values. ...

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I'm currently collaborating with tattooist Dr Adam McDade on a project that looks at copying and creativity in tattoo culture. Adam delivered a snapshot of our research last week, as part of a guest lecture to my IP law students. You can check it out here: youtu.be/fXpUDxOoqcI?...

Grey Lines: Authorship and Copying Norms in Contemporary Tattooing Practice

YouTube video by Marie Hadley

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Come listen to Dr Adam McDade on tattooist practices, authorship and copying norms. Tomorrow morning (23 May) 10am AEST. Online event. Register here today for the Zoom link: events.humanitix.com/creativity-c...

Grey Lines: Authorship and Copying Norms in Contemporary Tattooing Practice

Join tattooist and design scholar, Dr Adam McDade, in this public lecture as he explores the material role of the tattooist and authorship practices.

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Some thoughts on copyright and recipes in The Conversation today theconversation.com/recipetin-ea...

RecipeTin Eats founder accuses cookbook author of plagiarism. Can a recipe be copyrighted? A legal expert explains

Nagi Maehashi has accused the author of Bake with Brooki of plagiarising two of her recipes: for caramel slice and baklava. Big money is involved.

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This was a brilliant talk by @drmarieip.bsky.social

CREATe @create-glasgow.bsky.social · 2y ago

Yesterday, we were delighted to welcome Dr Marie Hadley from the University of Newcastle, Australia, for an engaging session with our early career researchers. Marie shared her experiences navigating artistic–academic collaborations 🎨 and offered valuable lessons from the field. Thank you, Marie! 👏

"Abseiling lesbians! Queers in the classroom! Moral panic in the streets! & an act of oppression that inspired a generational riot." That's @royalcourt.bsky.social blurb for the musical 'After the Act' re s.28 LGA 1988; singing & dancing we cover @law-and-humanities.bsky.social: shorturl.at/ejIWc

After the Act - Royal Court

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Really enjoyed hearing about the dialogic process of collaboration b/w Travis De Vries & @drmarieip.bsky.social (Law, Literature & Humanities stream) - lots of inspiration for future art/law research! Thanks to @drfoxpopuli.bsky.social and @jgreenwoodreeves.bsky.social for convening #slsa2025

A powerful presentation on the legacies of the Hillsborough Disaster at the Socio-Legal Studies Association Conference Plenary

Can't be doom and gloom all the time! Race + IP 2025: Abolitionist Futures is happening on April 17th-19th. You've still got two days to send us your abstract. The CFP is available here: raceipconference.org. We hope you'll join us!

"Who's Suing Who?" @knibbs.bsky.social at @wired.com has a new piece out today, with a scorecard featuring some handy visualizations of all of the pending AI copyright lawsuits:

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DIY Open #GLAM Toolkit - resources to help cultural organisations identify, prepare, and publish their digital collections for open access using public domain or other machine-readable statements. #wikimedia #libraries wikimedia.org.au/wiki/The_Ope...

The Open GLAM Toolkit

Resources to help identify, prepare, and publish digital collections for open access

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Brazilian judge orders Adele song be pulled globally over plagiarism claim

Brazilian judge orders Adele song be pulled globally over plagiarism claim

Composer Toninho Geraes claims 2015 song Million Years Ago copied music of his samba classic Mulheres (Women) A Brazilian judge has ordered a song by British pop superstar Adele, Million Years Ago, be pulled worldwide – including on streaming services –…

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The real story here is the lost argument to have ‘trade marks’ appear as two words. Appeals to the Constitution, the vibe and even the Act were not enough! Lovely working with @drmarieip.bsky.social and Associate Professor Vicki Huang for this piece: theconversation.com/rayguns-clai...

Raygun’s claim against a parody musical may not stand up: here’s what the law says

Raygun is unlikely to be able to claim intellectual property over her name, her persona and her dance moves.

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Day 3 Hacking Visual Culture. Another pre-conference swim, then a wonderful day of catchups and learnings with new and old friends. Already looking forward to the next time I see design/glam/copyright/ishtip crowd! @drsarahhook.bsky.social @drshaneburke.bsky.social

Day 2 Hacking Visual Culture. Morning swim; fabulous presentations by @skjethani.bsky.social, @zoesadokierski.bsky.social & others; in the data arena w/ Soundings by @drshaneburke.bsky.social & @joytwemlow.bsky.social; Hacking Hogarth by @andeewallace.bsky.social & @culturedoug.bsky.social.

Day 1 Hacking Visual Culture @UTS. Setting the bar high for future art law conferences! Opening by @ijalexander.bsky.social, keynote from Prof Angie Abdilla, presentation by @culturedoug.bsky.social & @andeewallace.bsky.social & performance 'Artificial Symbosis' by Kurt Milkolajczyk & Anna Savery

Looking forward to experiencing @drshaneburke.bsky.social and Joy Twemlow's installation Soundings in Sydney tomorrow!

Dr Elena Cooper@drelenacooper.bsky.social · 2y ago

THIS WEEK: in Sydney Australia, our reviewer @drmarieip.bsky.social will be experiencing 'Soundings', sonic art-work by @drshaneburke.bsky.social & Joy Twemlow, with sounds from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cardiff Crown Court/Welsh Parliament etc, exploring 'intersection between sound, space, & alienation in legal context.'