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Case Studies

A gallery sells your work on consignment but won’t pay – what do you do?

November 4, 2019

We all want to get paid for our work, right? Imagine you have given your...

Art Forms Visual Arts

Legal Topics: Contracts, Debt

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Read more about A gallery sells your work on consignment but won’t pay – what do you do?

Hollywood comes knocking on your door to produce your film. What next?

November 4, 2019

An emerging filmmaker worked very hard over several years to make an independently produced short...

Art Forms Film & Screen

Legal Topics: Contracts, Trade marks, business names & reputation

Post Type: Case Study

Read more about Hollywood comes knocking on your door to produce your film. What next?

What happens to an artist’s copyright when commissioned?

November 1, 2019

Michelle Holik, a textile designer based in Geelong, recently approached Arts Law for advice about...

Art Forms Design, Visual Arts

Legal Topics: Contracts, Copyright & moral rights

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Read more about What happens to an artist’s copyright when commissioned?

A photographer discovers her photos are being sold online without permission

October 22, 2019

Carmel Metcalf, an amateur photographer based in Moonbi, NSW, approached Arts Law for help when...

Art Forms Photography

Legal Topics: Copyright & moral rights

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Read more about A photographer discovers her photos are being sold online without permission

Lee Collier, a musician wanting to ensure she’s not assigning copyright in her music to her employer

August 2, 2019

A question often on the tip of an artist’s tongue is ‘how can I best...

Art Forms Music

Legal Topics: Copyright & moral rights

Post Type: Case Study

Read more about Lee Collier, a musician wanting to ensure she’s not assigning copyright in her music to her employer

Case Study – Prue Moriarty: Advising on Copyright and Defamation in a Fictional Novel

April 8, 2019

Arts Law was approached by Prue Moriarty, an author, who was seeking advice about her...

Art Forms Writing

Legal Topics: Copyright & moral rights, Defamation

Post Type: Case Study

Read more about Case Study – Prue Moriarty: Advising on Copyright and Defamation in a Fictional Novel
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Tanya Hendy: Navigating filmmakers through the complicated (but possible!) music licensing process

October 17, 2018

Tanya Hendy is a filmmaker who approached Arts Law for advice about including an excerpt...

Art Forms Film & Screen, Music

Legal Topics: Contracts, Copyright & moral rights

Post Type: Case Study

Read more about Tanya Hendy: Navigating filmmakers through the complicated (but possible!) music licensing process
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Commissioned photographs and copyright ownership

October 16, 2018

Arts Law advised a professional photographer. The photographer had been commissioned to take commercial photos...

Art Forms Fashion, Photography, Visual Arts

Legal Topics: Contracts, Copyright & moral rights

Post Type: Case Study

Read more about Commissioned photographs and copyright ownership

Arts Law works with Australian Book Review to improve the terms of its “2018 Calibre Essay Prize”

September 13, 2018

Arts Law regularly reviews the terms and conditions (Ts and Cs) of competitions and rates...

Art Forms Writing

Legal Topics: Copyright & moral rights

Post Type: Case Study

Read more about Arts Law works with Australian Book Review to improve the terms of its “2018 Calibre Essay Prize”

A visual artist discovers another artist is copying parts of her artwork – how should you react?

April 10, 2018

Arts Law was approached by an artist who instructed us that she had discovered parts...

Art Forms Visual Arts

Legal Topics: Copyright & moral rights

Post Type: Case Study

Read more about A visual artist discovers another artist is copying parts of her artwork – how should you react?

Photographer: Copyright in reproductions and adaptations

October 12, 2017

In April 2017, Arts Law presented a series of educational workshops in Queensland.  A local...

Art Forms Photography

Legal Topics: Contracts, Copyright & moral rights

Post Type: Case Study

Read more about Photographer: Copyright in reproductions and adaptations
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Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA) input agreement: sound recordings

August 11, 2017

An artist recently registered sound recordings with the PPCA. The PPCA provided him with the...

Art Forms Music

Legal Topics: Contracts, Copyright & moral rights

Post Type: Case Study

Read more about Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA) input agreement: sound recordings
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The Arts Law Centre of Australia acknowledges all Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia.

We recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples continuing connection to land, place, waters and community.

We pay our respects to them and their cultures and to Elders both past and present.