{"id":541,"date":"2018-07-11T17:52:50","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T17:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/?p=541"},"modified":"2019-01-18T12:11:05","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T12:11:05","slug":"usps-ordered-to-pay-new-york-new-york-statue-of-liberty-sculptor-3-5m-for-copyright-infringement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/usps-ordered-to-pay-new-york-new-york-statue-of-liberty-sculptor-3-5m-for-copyright-infringement\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS Ordered To Pay New York-New York Statue Of Liberty Sculptor $3.5M For Copyright Infringement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LibertyForeverStamp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-542\" src=\"https:\/\/omnilegalgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LibertyForeverStamp-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"187\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2010, the United States Postal Service released its collection of Liberty Forever stamps. After approximately three billion stamps had been printed, USPS realized the image it had obtained from Getty Images, a stock photography company, was not of New York\u2019s beloved Statue of Liberty but instead, bore the face of the Statue of Liberty replica positioned outside the New York-New York hotel and casino in Las Vegas. Robert Davidson, the replica\u2019s sculptor, was hired in 1996 to create the statue after completing his work on the 110-foot replica of the Sphinx down the street. Davidson claims he was given no models to work off of and he particularly set out to make his version of Lady Liberty \u201cmore appropriate for Las Vegas.\u201d Indeed, the sculptor says he tried to distinguish his work by rendering Lady Liberty more \u201cfresh-faced,\u201d \u201csultry,\u201d and even \u201csexier.\u201d In response to Davidson\u2019s claims for copyright infringement, attorneys for USPS argued the two statues were too similar to notice any differences and that therefore Davidson does not possess a valid copyright in his statue. Copyright protection subsists only in original works of authorship and infringement can only be found through \u201csubstantial similarity.\u201d The district court judge disagreed with USPS in finding that a mere comparison of the two faces \u201cunmistakably shows that they are different\u201d and that Davidson\u2019s work was entitled to protection. The court proceeded to award Davidson $3.5 million in damages as a result. #omnilegalgroup #copyright #statueofliberty #usps #lasvegas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2010, the United States Postal Service released its collection of Liberty Forever stamps. 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