Arts Law spent the last week in the red centre of Australia, aptly named because of the beautiful orange soil. We moved between Alice Springs and Uluru. We spend Wednesday morning at Bindi Mwerre art centre in Alice Springs. Arts Law lawyers Katherine Giles and Donna Robinson were accompanied by Conor Sheridan, a specialist wills and … Continued
Angela Stretch was born in Canterbury, Aotearoa/New Zealand; she lives and works on Gadigal land. She has worked across various roles in the arts from community arts organisations within the NFP sector in addition to teaching English as a second language at a number of public and private institutions, including the Centre of English Teaching … Continued
Last year our clients benefited from 3999 hours of pro bono work. Each year we recognise extraordinary contributions of volunteer lawyers, firms and other professionals at our annual Pro Bono Awards event of the legal community to Arts Law and Australia’s artists. Pro Bono Award winners each receive a limited edition print Bushasb, from the … Continued
Spanning copyright, patents, trade marks, and many other legal domains, Anna Spies has a deep well of knowledge that she now brings to Arts Law. Our new Senior Lawyer, Anna has joined us from the NSW Bar, where she had practised since 2016 at 5 Wentworth Chambers. Prior to her role on the Bar, Anna served as a solicitor … Continued
What is ChatGPT? The artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, ChatGPT, has taken the world by storm, racking up a million users in record time. ChatGPT is a large language model developed by OpenAI that uses probability to craft sentences that mimic human language patterns. It is trained on vast amounts of data so that it can … Continued
On 21 March 2023, the Copyright Society of Australia (CSA) held a panel discussion on the topic of Copyright Reform on the Horizon: National Cultural Policy, Copyright Enforcement Review and Authorisation. The event was hosted by the law firm Ashurst, and moderated by Imogen Loxton (Senior Associate, Ashurst). The panellists included Patricia Adjei CF, Head … Continued
Moving from being our Artists in the Black Paralegal to one of our Solicitors, the team here at Arts Law are happy to say “congratulations” to Jack Howard. Jack joined us as a solicitor in 2023, and has worked as our AitB Paralegal for over three years. Today, Jack continues to work closely with First … Continued
Following on from the Federal Government’s launch of National Cultural Policy – Revive: a place for every story, a story for every place (Revive Policy), Arts Law continues to advocate for creators and creative organisations. On 23 February 2023, Arts Law’s Katherine Giles attended the inaugural Ministerial Roundtable on Copyright chaired by the Attorney-General The … Continued
In February Arts Law travelled to northern Western Australia as part of our AITB outreach program. Senior Solicitor Donna Robinson was accompanied by lawyers acting pro bono Amanda Morrison from Telstra and Katie Haywood from King Wood Mallesons. We visited three art centres and met with two Indigenous language centres during the week long trip where we … Continued
If someone has used your creative work without permission, what can you do? In this article, we’ll tackle exactly that. We understand that it can be really upsetting to find that your creative work has been used without permission. You might notice it on social media, an online marketplace, a company’s website, or in an … Continued