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7 Admin. L. Rev. Accord 101 (2022)

handle is hein.journals/alrcod7 and id is 1 raw text is: COMMENT EPHEMERAL BY NATURE: HOW THE U.S. COPYRIGHT OFFICE CAN ENSURE PROTECTIONS OF STREET ART BY FIXING THE DEFINITION OF FIXATION TAYLOR GANTZ* INTRODUCTION ................................................................................... 102 II.BACKGROUND .................................................................................. 104 A. Significance of Street Art ............................................................ 104 B. Historical Expansion ofArtists' Copyrights.................................... 105 III.OVERVIEW OF COPYRIGHT ACT AND VARA REQUIREMENTS....... 108 A. The Impact of a Piece's Legality .................................................. 108 B. The Impact of a Piece's Recognized Stature.................................... 110 C. The Impact of a Piece's Length of Fixation .................................... 111 IV.A CIRCUIT SPLIT REGARDING FIXATION........................................ 112 V.ADMINISTRATIVE OVERSIGHT OF MORAL RIGHTS ......................... 115 V I.R E COM M ENDATION ........................................................................ 116 CONCLUSION ....................................................................................... 121 * J.D. Candidate, American University Washington College of Law (2023); B.S. Kinesiology, Michigan State University (2016). I would like to thank Professor Andrew Popper for his mentorship and unwavering support throughout the law school process. I am also tremendously grateful to Cannon Jurrens, Arielle Kafker, and Cassady Cohick as well as the Administrative Law Review for their essential drafting and editing assistance. Special credit to my favorite ramen spot for supplying me with the fuel and WiFi to write this piece, and the friends who patiently listened and cheered me on. My heartfelt thanks to my mom and step -dad for teaching me the value of artistic expression and last, but certainly not least, for my friends devoted to the arts your creativity and brilliance never ceases to amaze me. 101