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Free Our Art: RIAA-Backed Group Aims to Shield Artists From Legal Scrutiny Over Lyrics
Free Our Art, a new non-profit dedicated to safeguarding First Amendment creative freedoms for artists, has officially launched.
The nonprofit focuses on the growing trend of creative works being used as confessions in court, advocating for state and federal legislation to limit this practice, supporting legal aid for defendants and funding research. “Free Our Art stands for responsible, balanced legislative approaches that protect the First Amendment and safeguard and encourage all forms of creative expression while allowing reasonable, limited use of artist works in court only where they are truly relevant and necessary and not being used to inflame and distort the process.” The group also cites a 2019 study at Arizona State University School of Law that found judges often fail to exclude creative works as character evidence, underscoring the need for legislative action.
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