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No. 08-2199
IN THE
United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
M
ASSACHUSETTS
M
USEUM OF
C
ONTEMPORARY
A
RT
F
OUNDATION
, I
NC
.,
Plaintiff-Appellee
,—v.—C
HRISTOPH
B
ÜCHEL
,
Defendant-Appellant
.
ON APPEALFROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICTCOURTFOR THE DISTRICTOF MASSACHUSETTS
REPLY BRIEF FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANTCHRISTOPH BÜCHEL
Of Counsel:
Elena M. Paul (No. 1135536)Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento (No. 1135565)V
OLUNTEER
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AWYERS FOR THE
A
RTS
1 East 53rd Street, 6th FloorNew York, New York 10022(212) 319-2787George T. Conway III (No. 88538)Elaine P. Golin (No. 124151)W
ACHTELL
, L
IPTON
, R
OSEN
& K
ATZ
51 West 52nd StreetNew York, New York 10019(212) 403-1000John C. Blessington (No. 66967)Sara E. Yevics (No. 1132898)K&LG
ATES
LLPState Street Financial CenterOne Lincoln StreetBoston, Massachusetts 02111(617) 261-3100
Attorneys for Defendant-Appellant Christoph Büchel
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TABLE OF CONTENTSPage
Preliminary Statement..............................................................................................1Argument..................................................................................................................1POINT ITHE DISMISSAL OF BÜCHEL’s VARA DAMAGESCLAIM WAS ERROR...................................................................................1A. VARA fully applies to
Training Ground for Democracy.
.....................................................................................1B. MASS MoCA distorted and modified
Training Ground
in a manner that was prejudicial toBüchel’s honor or reputation................................................................61. “Plan B.”....................................................................................72. The musuem’s display of the unfinishedwork.........................................................................................123. The museum’s public attribution of theunfinished work to Büchel, and theharm to Büchel’s honor or reputation......................................18POINT IITHE DISMISSAL OF BÜCHEL’S COPYRIGHT ACTCLAIMS WAS ERROR ..............................................................................22Conclusion..............................................................................................................25
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TABLE OF AUTHORITIESCases Page
Davis
v.
Sears, Roebuck and Co.
,708 F.2d 862 (1st Cir. 1983)...................................................................13-14
Feist Publ’ns, Inc.
v.
Rural Tel. Serv.Co., Inc.
, 499 U.S. 340 (1991)......................................................................24
Flack
v.
Friends of Queen Catherine, Inc.
,139 F. Supp. 2d 526 (S.D.N.Y. 2001)............................................................4
Freeland
v.
Enodis Corp.
, 540 F.3d 72(7th Cir. 2008)..............................................................................................13
Greenwich Workshop, Inc.
v.
Timber Creations, Inc.
, 932 F. Supp. 1210(C.D. Cal. 1996)...........................................................................................24
Mirage Editions, Inc.
v.
Albuquerque A.R.T. Co.
, 856 F.2d 1341(9th Cir. 1988)..............................................................................................24
Playboy Enters., Inc.
v.
Dumas
,831 F. Supp. 295 (S.D.N.Y. 1993).................................................................3
Thomson
v.
Larson
, 147 F.3d 195(2d Cir. 1998).............................................................................................24n
United States
v.
Maravilla
,907 F.2d 216 (1st Cir. 1990)..........................................................................3
Welch
v.
Ciampa
, 542 F.3d 927 (1st Cir. 2008).....................................................13
Statutes
17
U.S.C.
§
101.............................................................................................2, 3, 4, 517
U.S.C.
§
106A................................................................................................6, 21
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