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Contract Negotiation Tips for Visual Artists

Art Law Journal

What questions should you be asking in contract negotiation, and what provisions should you be reviewing? Not every item must be in the contract, but it will be too late to add anything to make the loss as comprehensive as possible once you sign. Is the contract for my whole series or just specific pieces? Making Your Checklist.

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Art & Law Program application information

Clancco

APPLICATIONS FOR THE NEXT TERM ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED. The deadline for submitting your application for the next term is November 30, 2021. At this time, given recent Covid developments, we are hoping to do the next term in-person during a three-day weekend intensive.

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Book review: Copyright, Creativity and Big Media

The IPKat

This is a book review of ‘ Copyright, Creativity, Big Media and Cultural Value: Incorporating the Author ’, by Professor Kathy Bowrey , UNSW, Sydney. It seeks to address questions of how copyright generates income and how distributions of profits are allocated in the publishing, film and music industries.

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court finds that transferring title to mural also transferred (c); VARA and CMI claims against ad also fail

43(B)log

The contract provided that the buyer would own the “Work” once it was paid for and that “Purchaser and/or building owner may not copyright, reproduce, or merchandise images of the Work without the Artist’s written consent in advance.” This provision didn’t make the copyright unusable, just restricted some of the rights in a copyright.

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Photographers: New Copyright Registration Laws Are Going into Effect

Art Law Journal

Copyright Office will alter the way it accepts applications for copyright registration of photographs. Chris Reed. On February 20, The U.S. Here's what you'll need to know moving forward.

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Digital collections from GLAM institutions: Policy Paper

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Context Copyright can be challenging for cultural institutions (or “GLAM“ for Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) when pursuing digitization and dissemination activities, as copyright governs whether a given work can be used and if so, how (as shown in recent studies for museums , archives or libraries ). Proposal 1.

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Who Really Owns the Art: Freelancers or Employers?

Art Law Journal

Many people think if they pay for creative work, they own the copyright but as you'll see in this article, that isn't always the case. Steve Schlackman.

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