Category: Visual arts

Sample agreements

• Artist and Gallery Agreement (Long Term)
• Artist in Residence Agreement
• Artwork Reproduction Licence for Film
• Auspice Agreement
• Consignment Agreement
• Design and Commission Agreement
• Gallery and Touring Agency Agreement
• Image Reproduction Licence for a Publication
• Image Reproduction Licence for Merchandise
• Independent Curator and Exhibition Space Agreement
• Lease of Artwork with Option to Purchase
• Loan of Artwork for Public Exhibition
• Public Art: Design and Commission Agreement
• Sale of Artwork Agreement
• Venue Hire Agreement
• Where There’s a Will
• Writer and Commissioner

Information sheets

• Agency agreements
• CHILDREN IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS - information for artists and arts organisations
• Classification and censorship
• Competition conditions
• Contracts: a glossary of jargon
• Contracts: an introduction
• Copyright
• Copyright Collecting Societies
• Copyright infringement and letter of demand
• Creative Commons
• Debt recovery letter of demand
• Defamation law (for material published after January 2006)
• Defamation law (for material published before January 2006)
• Employment issues (for NSW employees)
• Exclusion clauses, disclaimers and risk warnings
• Legal issues for bloggers
• Liability and insurance
• Mediation service
• Moral rights
• Moral rights infringement and letter of demand
• Organising a festival
• Patents
• Protecting your designs
• Protecting your ideas
• Protecting your professional name
• Resale royalty rights for visual artists
• Superannuation and contract for services
• Trade marks
• Unauthorised use of your image
• Using brands and products in film
• Website development

Articles

• ‘Authentic’ Aboriginal Art - ACCC v Australian Dreamtime Creations
• (RE)Introducing Creative Commons
• A Cancelled Commission Case Study
• A New National Business Name Registration System
• A Quick Introduction to Trademarks
• About time: moral rights victory for Victor
• Access Denied: artists under Australia’s mandatory internet filter
• Acts falling outside the scope of copyright infringement
• Animal rights and artistic freedom
• Appropriation Art: an overview of copyright and consumer protection for artists
• Are the kids alright? Children in the entertainment industry
• Artists & the New Unfair Contract Terms Legislation
• Artists and the GST: so you’re not registered
• Artists and the GST: The confusion stops here
• Artists Beware of Dealers Selling Fakes
• Arts Law seeks improved intestacy laws for Indigenous West Australians
• Business for charity
• Can ‘Can Art’ navigate legal pitfalls?
• Caveat Artist: Who owns the rights in freelance photos?
• Caveat: Visual Artists and Agents: When is a commission payable?
• Caveat: Visual Artists and Warranties and Indemnities
• Civil liability reform: what’s going on?
• Code of Conduct for Copyright Collecting Societies
• Common questions asked around tax time
• Digital Defamation
• Displaying visual art on the Internet
• Fair crack: criticism and copyright
• Fanworks, Copyright and Moral Rights
• Games, Television and Downloads
• Getting Mobile with Distribution
• High Court Gives Green Light To Entrepreneurial Charities
• I Like Your Style! Part I: copyright infringement or not?
• I Like Your Style! Part II: Is the copycat passing off?
• Indigenous Artist and Arts Centre Agreement
• Indigenous Protocols
• Indigenous Rock Art - What are the Federal and Western Australian Governments doing to protect it?
• Integrity issues
• Introducing Creative Commons
• It’s only a game, right?
• Keeping The Fun In Funding
• Legal issues for artists to consider when occupying premises
• Liability for Damage to Consigned Artworks
• Liability Insurance: know the basics!
• Meet the Lawyer: Harold Little, McKays Solicitors, Brisbane
• Money Matters: Selling and Licensing Part One
• Money Matters: Selling and Licensing Part Two
• Moral Rights Come to Court
• Mugs on mugs and the many faces of merchandise
• Museums & Galleries: Obligations in the Age of Digital and Moral Rights
• Naming rights
• New room to lampoon: The new fair dealing exception for parody or satire
• Once upon a time … when art was confined to the walls of a gallery
• Photo Reproduction of Artworks
• Pitching Your Idea
• Problematic public sculptures provisions
• Protecting the Sacred Wandjina: the Land and Environment Court goes to the Blue Mountains
• Protocols For Working With Children
• Public Artworks
• Public Liability Insurance and Incorporated Associations in NSW
• Report of Senate Inquiry into the National Classification Scheme
• Rock Art - Australia’s Threatened Heritage
• Scrapping the artistic purpose defence in NSW: what it means for artists
• Sculptures in public - protecting your work
• Sellers of Fake Indigenous Art Stopped
• SOS – Saving The Keeping Place Collection
• Taxation of artists
• Taxation of professional artists
• The Art Of Insurance: Creative Approaches For Artists
• The Death of Shock and its Impact on Australian Artists
• The good, the bad and the ugly of competition conditions
• The Honourable Justice Michael Kirby: witnessing the birth of a creative spirit
• The Legal Issues Arising When Using Children in the Creative Process
• The New Australian government and the Arts
• The new uniform defamation laws
• The Orphan Works Problem
• The Wandjina case demonstrates the lack of protection for Indigenous culture
• Tips for protecting your artwork on the internet
• Trade mark protection and ICIP: How does Australia fare?
• Unauthorised photography on the internet
• Upcycling in fashion and staying legal
• Uploading your work on to a website
• When an Ugg Boot is No Longer an Ugg Boot …
• When you lay your money down: buying artworks on lay-by or deposit
• WIPO’s capacity building tools for Indigenous cultural heritage

Case studies

• Bardayal Nadjamerrek’s “Kangaroo” - Copyright infringement
• Bede Tungutalum and “Owl Man”
• Boolarng Nangamai Art & Culture Studios - Protecting your name and logo by registering a trademark
• Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative Ltd and Governance issues
• Christine Tschuna - What to do if you don’t get paid – letters of demand
• Copyright and moral rights infringement of a prisoner
• David Beaumont Case Study – Do I need permission to use this old photo in my work?
• Desart - Best practice for art centres: a uniform employment contract for managers
• Donny Woolagoodja
• Elcho Island (Galiwin’ku) artists, Mapuru, and Koskela:Yuta Badayala (In A New Light).
• Gabriel Maralngurra - I want people to know this is my work
• Gordon Syron - Finding a win/win solution through mediation
• Lawrence Omeenyo licenses his image for Arts Law’s Christmas card
• Mandy Davis and her “Emu” painting
• Michael Meszaros’ “Distant conversations”
• Ninuku Arts - Selling works on consignment: chasing payment and negotiating a settlement
• Northern Editions – who owns copyright in museum exhibits?
• Peter Corlett - Copyright, Moral rights, and sculpture commissions
• Picture perfect - protecting copyright when selling photographs online
• Respect and Protect Indigenous Art and Culture
• Rod Nash - A cancelled commission case study
• Sarrita King and Resale Royalty Rights
• The Dion Beasley Trust
• The moral (rights) of the story
• Victor Cusack’ “Man, Time, and the Environment” - Negotiating with Councils
• Wandjina - Protecting Cultural Heritage through council planning laws
• Wangka Maya - Copyright issues when reproducing art for posters

News & events

• A Commonwealth Statutory Cause of Action for Serious Invasion of Privacy
• Arts Law presents at Next Wave
• Arts Law submission on the National Cultural Policy (NCP) discussion paper
• Arts Law’s Artists in the Black (AITB) website is now live!
• Australia’s Health 2012 Art Competition
• Australian Copyright Council National Seminar Program 2011
• Australian Law Reform Commission Classification Review
• Connect with Arts Law on Facebook and Twitter
• Copyright Agency’s 2012 Annual Seminar: Digital Publishing Today
• MUSICIANS IN THE BLACK WORKSHOP
• National Human Rights Action Plan
• National Indigenous Photo-Media Forum
• New audio recordings available on the Solid Arts website
• Proposed Private members bill to amend the Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW)
• Report on the development of the National Performing Arts Touring Framework
• Senate inquiry into the Indigenous Visual Arts and Crafts Sector
• Submission on the proposed Tasmanian Human Rights Charter
• Submission to the ALRC Classification Review
• The Arts Law Centre of Australia’s 2011 Tasmanian Tour
• TOP 10 ISSUES AFFECTING INDIGENOUS ARTISTS

Checklists

• Artist-gallery checklist
• Business partnership checklist

Guides

• Displaying visual art on the internet
• Sponsorship agreements guide

Seminar Papers

• Collaborations (1999)
• Issues in Public Art (1998)

Books

• Answers for Artists: a Guide to Basic Legal Issues for Artists
• Business Structures and Governance: A Practical Guide for the Arts
• Earning a Living in the Visual Arts and Crafts (3rd edition)
• The Arts Insurance Handbook (2nd edition)

Other Organisations

• Aboriginal Art Centre Hub WA (AACHWA)
• Aboriginal Artists Agency Limited
• Ananguku Arts and Culture Aboriginal Corporation (Ku Arts)
• Art Source (WA)
• Artists in the Black – Arts Law’s Indigenous service
• Arts Law Centre of Australia
• Arts Management Advisory Group (AMAG)
• ArtsCareer
• Artworkers (Qld)
• Association of Northern, Kimberly and Arnhem Aboriginal Artists (ANKAAA)
• Attorney-General’s Department
• Australia Council for the Arts
• Australian Competition and Consumer Comission (ACCC)
• Australian Copyright Council
• Australian Indigenous Art Trade Association (Art Trade)
• Australian Tax Office (ATO)
• Black Book
• Board Organisations-Building Effective Boards
• Classifications website
• Combined Legal Community Centres Group (NSW)
• Community Legal Centres (CLCs)
• Consumer Credit Legal Centre (NSW)
• Copyright Agency Limited (CAL)
• Council of Social Service of New South Wales (NCOSS)
• Craft ACT
• Craft Australia
• Craft Victoria
• Craftsouth
• Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
• Desart (Association of Central Australian Aboriginal Art and Craft Centres)
• Design Institute of Australia
• Designed Objects Tasmania
• Dream Shield by IP Australia
• Federation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages and Culture (FATSILC)
• Foolkit
• FORM (WA)
• Indigenous Art Code Limited
• Indigenous Law Centre
• Interactive Games and Entertainment Association (iGEA)
• IP Australia
• Law Institute of Victoria
• Law Society of New South Wales
• Law Society of Northern Territory
• Law Society of South Australia
• Law Society of Western Australia
• Multicultural Arts Victoria (MAV)
• National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA)
• Ninti One Ltd. (formerly Desert Knowledge CRC)
• NSW Office of Fair Trading
• Office of Industrial Relations
• Office of the Privacy Commissioner
• Public Interest Advocacy Centre
• Public Interest Law Clearing House (PILCH NSW)
• Public Interest Law Clearing House (VIC)
• Queensland Law Society
• Small Business Tool kit
• Small Businesses Victoria
• Terri Janke and Company
• UMI Arts
• UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
• UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage Section
• Visual Arts Copyright Collecting Agency (VISCOPY)
• WIPO’s Traditional Knowledge section
• World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)