Seminar Papers

  • Auteur or Author? Moral rights and The Film Industry
    A collection of papers that were delivered on the 9 March 1994 on the topic of moral rights and the film industry.
  • Collaborations:
    Use of Indigenous Cultural Material in Contemporary Performance. Edited transcript of the seminar held at Bangarra Dance Theatre, Sydney, 14 May 1999
  • Electronic Publishing
    Electronic Publishing Papers from the seminar held at Artspace Gallery, Woolloomooloo 20 November 1996
  • Evident Tensions:
    The objective of this seminar is to investigate the relationship between law and the cultural field in the light of recent critical theory and practice.
  • Issues in Public Art
    For several years now State and Local governments have recognised the social and cultural benefits which public art can confer on a community, by making significant financial commitments to such projects. By its nature public art involves a very wide range of interests - community, political, commercial and cultural. It is this feature of public art which makes these benefits possible. But for the same reason, public art projects have the potential to come unstuck, in a myriad of ways. In order to achieve positive outcomes more needs to be done on a practical level.
  • Music Management Contracts
    An overview of the music management business and the roles of the manager and artist. It also outlines what should be incorporated into a music management contract.
  • Music Publishing Contracts
    Music publishing agreements use words and expressions whose meanings are not immediately apparent. This paper outlines the kinds of music publishing agreements which are generally on offer, and explains some of the terms which they commonly contain.
  • Music: Get on Track
    Experts in the music industry discuss recording agreements, the difference between independent and major labels, types of recording deals, contracts, royalties, artistic control and the practical process of getting a recording deal.
  • Music: Push the Button
    Arts Law's 2000 music seminar Push The Button talks about the legal pitfalls in taking the song out of your head to the marketing and demo stage if you're an unsigned artist. The seminar covers everything from band partnerships, disputes as to who's written the song, using samples and cover work.
  • Music: Spinning into the Future
    A group of music industry experts discuss the online music revolution discussing issues such as copyright, sampling, playing music online and online record deals.
  • Non-profit Business Structures in the Arts
    The words "non-profit" often appear in relation to business structures in the arts. These words are not a reflection of the fact that arts organisations seldom manage to achieve profits, but that if any profit is achieved, it cannot be distributed to members of the organisation concerned: it has to be used for the purposes of the organisation, which must include an element of community benefit. This seminar discusses matters to consider in choosing a business structure and how to set up non-profit business structures such as unincorporated associations, incorporated associations, companies limited by guarantee, co-operatives and trusts.
  • Photography and the Law
    This paper provides a brief overview of legal issues that arise in relation to photography, with particular emphasis on copyright. It covers the legal issues that arise from the time a client asks for photographs to be taken, through the time when the photographer actually sets up a tripod or takes off the lens, to the time the resulting image is sold on or licensed.
  • Recording Agreements
    An overview of the recording industry and applicable copyright law together with a discussion of certain issues which tend to arise in the drafting and negotiating of a recording agreement.
  • Tax Matters for the Visual Arts
    Seminar papers discussing the issue of Visual artists claiming income tax business deductions, presented by Peter Pledge, Assistant Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office, Tom Lowenstein, Senior Partner, Lowenstein Sharp Feiglin Ades and Judy Sullivan, Lawyer, Gilbert & Tobin as well as Tax concessions to facilitate philanthropy presented by Liz Penhallurick, Department of Communications and the Arts.