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A Tale of Two Families – what you need to know about wills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWgoUWhZ_S4 Created in partnership with Desart this video explains what happens when you pass away without a will and show you how making sure you have a will in place can help your family and community understand your wishes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8lkQ2KHdl4&ab_channel=ArtsLaw Warlpiri Translation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eND4Sea14Bk&ab_channel=ArtsLaw Pitjantjatjara Translation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuAA4vthvGE&ab_channel=ArtsLaw Luritja Translation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtjZonyTk0A&ab_channel=ArtsLaw Ngaanyatjarra Translation
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Artists Rights Profiles Video Series
Arts Law helps all sorts of artists at every stage of their careers. Here, artist Alexia Sinclair, writer Robert Drewe and The Lovely Days give an insight into the importance of knowing your rights and getting all the legal stuff sorted.
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Artists in the Black Animations Series
Artists in the Black produced a series of new educative animations to help artists understand copyright, moral rights, wills, Indigenous Cultural Intellectual Property and resale royalty in partnership with CAAMA. Browse through all the animations in the playlist below! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hISy0D05zO4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhQz5P6wv8I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpJseeEVngE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DipaocvKYjQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9tGc7c1Lo0&t=25s
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Artists in the Black Champion Bronwyn Bancroft: Protecting your work
Artist Bronwyn Bancroft spoke to Arts Law about protecting her work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouvXTVOPlWg&t=1s
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Artists in the Black Champion Jo-Anne Driessens: Safeguarding your practice
Jo-Anne Driessens spoke to Arts Law about how to safeguard your arts practice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpJjiZQvEck
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Artists in the Black Champion John Waight: About AITB and Arts Law
John Waight talks about Arts Law’s Artists in the Black initiative. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4biAC1b7qc&t=31s
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Artists in the Black Champion Kathleen Buzzacott: Seeking legal help for your work
Kathleen Buzzacott spoke to Arts Law about seeking legal help for your work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNplxlrniFA
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Artists in the Black Champion Uncle Sooty: Preserve your art with Arts Law
Uncle Sooty spoke to Arts Law about how to preserve your art. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4eOrbXeJEM&t=1s
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Arts Law Artist Profile: Alexia Sinclair
Hear Arts Law client Alexia Sinclair discuss her experience with contracts and her recommendations for visual artists in the industry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L03KpRqpspY&t=2s
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Arts Law Artist Profile: Robert Drewe
Hear renowned Australian author Robert Drewe talk about his experience with the law and his art. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMw-GOCEnDo
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Arts Law Artist Profile: The Lovely Days
The Lovely Days talk about how they’ve been able to grow as a band by having proper contracts in place. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuhT38glWrk
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Arts Law and NAVA: Personal Property Securities Act Seminar
Arts Law and NAVA held a seminar in 2013 on the impact of the Personal Property Securities Act (PPSA) on artists who deliver works on consignment to a commercial gallery or on loan for an exhibition. You can watch this two part seminar with Q&A at the end.
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Computer Games: Issues for Creators and Developers
In June 2014, Arts Law was asked to present a seminar to Sydney and Melbourne members of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) about the legal issues creators and developers need to consider when embarking on a games project. In this recording, Arts Law Deputy Director, Delwyn Everard, and Solicitor, Anika Valenti, discuss copyright and moral rights in relation to games, the importance of contracts in securing chain of title and the different ways to structure the business of creating a game.
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Contracts by Greg Sindel from Studio A
Have you ever asked yourself, ‘What is a Contract?’. Well, here it is explained in an animation by Greg Sindel from Studio A. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsY5Z0Idj3E
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Copyright by Greg Sindel from Studio A
Have you ever asked yourself, ‘What is Copyright?’. Well, here it is explained in an animation by Greg Sindel from Studio A. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8DxcPZY8r4
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How Can Artists in the Black Help You?
How can our Artists in the Black (AitB) program help you? https://youtu.be/dBVmCWqzW70
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How Do I Use Contracts?
How can you protect your artwork using contracts? https://youtu.be/CnpzqoT-964
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How Having a Will Helps Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Artists
Deputy Director of Arts Law Delwyn Everard discusses wills and how important a will is for Indigenous artists in managing how their art and property will be distributed after passing away. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x80l5tXcYcw&t=46s
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Ilbijerri Theatre: Artistic Director Rachael Maza on Contracts for Artists
Actress and Artistic Director Rachael Maza talks about Ilbijerri Theatre and the potential complexity sometimes involved in negotiating a fair contract between artists involved in the production of a performance work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RoA-zioFh4
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Ilbijerri Theatre: Artistic Director Rachael Maza on Cultural Protocols for Indigenous Theatre
Rachael Maza, actress and artistic director of Ilbijerri Theatre Company, discusses protocols for developing scripts and performance for Indigenous theatre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7K7la7jraU&t=45s
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Indigenous Cultural Intellectual Property
https://youtu.be/hISy0D05zO4 Arts Law’s Artists in the Black service presents a series of new education animations to help artists understand their rights. Learn about Indigenous Cultural Intellectual Property and how it operates in Australia. Produced by Arts Law and CAAMA.
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Koskela & Galiwin’ku weavers from Elcho Island Arts Collaboration Project Yuta Badayala
Sasha Titchkosky is a director of Koskela, an Australian homewares and lifestyle company. She discusses the processes involved in establishing a collaborative project with Galiwin’ku artists from Elcho Island Arts to create unique lightfittings. Their collaboration is called Yuta Badayala (In a New Light). In the above video, Sasha Titchkosky, a director of Koskela, discusses the processes involved in establishing a collaborative project with Elcho Island (Galiwinku) artists. To read a written case study of this story, click here. Further resources you may find useful: Artistic projects often involve collaboration between a number of individuals and organisations. This can raise numerous issues including ownership, copyright, moral rights, acknowledgement and respect for Indigenous intellectual property and the processes for working together (protocols). For more information about these issues go to the collaborative projects section of the website.
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Mandy Davis Arts Law Case Study: Copyright and Moral Rights Infringement
Artist Mandy Davis talks about her experience of copyright and moral rights infringement in her work.
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Moral Rights by Greg Sindel from Studio A
Have you ever asked yourself, ‘What are Moral Rights?’. Well, here they are explained in an animation by Greg Sindel from Studio A. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3u0n9Pmolo
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Protecting Your Copyright
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhQz5P6wv8I Do you know how copyright works? And what it means for your art? Watch this animation and learn all about it!
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Resale Royalties with Trish Adjei from Copyright Agency
Trisha Adjei, Indigenous Communications Coordinator from the Copyright Agency, discusses information relating to the Resale Royalty Right for Visual Artists Act (2009) that was introduced in 2010 including what this new law means for Indigenous artists’ and the art trade. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hQPr6KRDdU&t=6s
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Resale Royalty
https://youtu.be/D9tGc7c1Lo0 Arts Law’s Artists in the Black service presents a series of new education animations to help artists understand their rights. Learn about resale royalty with Arts Law and the Copyright Agency. Produced by Arts Law and CAAMA.
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The Artist and Art Centre Agreement – available in 17 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages and English
Arts Law is excited to launch our new Artists in the Black video explaining our Artist & Art Centre agreement in 17 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8zlt5NlDAo&t=38s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hPMk1kT5YQ&t=1s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7cvoE2rz_0&t=2s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsl8Sxdn85s&t=2s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLbHC937amQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJvZQDxl_AU&t=3s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj1JT28d_6c&t=1s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fHL_7HbVUM&t=3s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsKDUuEQzVg&t=2s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLcY4a4FJ9w&t=20s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-d-A38z3IE&t=3s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnceO19L_oU&t=2s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlh22JVjizs&t=1s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzykAY8wffc&t=2s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJDQFw3veZM&t=2s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5hwJUM-ESo&t=2s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeXXCU1m2YE&t=1s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOufvw7Nuu4&t=375s
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The Indulkana Tigers Get Schooled on Contracts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DipaocvKYjQ Let the Indulkana Tigers (as painted by Vincent Namatjira) teach you about contracts, why it’s good to have one and how they help you.
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Webinar: Contracts for Collaborative Fashion Projects
https://youtu.be/cd0TVJgONu4 Understanding contracts for fashion projects can seem overwhelming but this video will talk you through everything you need to know. You’ll learn practical tips to make better contracts to protect your work, yourself and others. Working in fashion? Do you want to collaborate ethically with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists? Are you an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artist? Have you been approached by fashion designers wanting to use your work? Do you want to work on fashion projects that both celebrate and protect culture? Not sure where to start? Don’t miss this Arts Law webinar series for fashion designers and artists. The session is the second in a series and will focus on contracts and fashion projects. We’ll take you through an agreement between an artist and designer, collaboration agreements and copyright licenses in more detail. You’ll learn what to look out for in a contract and what to do if things go wrong. Come away with tips and resources to help you build and use your own contracts. Thia webinar explaining contracts for fashion was recorded in February 2022. Arts Law are presenting these webinars as part of its participation in the Indigenous Fashion project with the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair Foundation. Watch the first webinar in this series Copyright for Collaborative Fashion Projects.
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Webinar: Copyright for Collaborative Fashion Projects
https://youtu.be/ekU-2xAie1I Working in fashion? Do you want to collaborate ethically with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists? Are you an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artist? Have you been approached by fashion designers wanting to use your work? Do you want to work on fashion projects that both celebrate and protect culture? Not sure where to start? Don’t miss this Arts Law webinar series for fashion designers and artists. This webinar will teach you how copyright works, what moral rights are and how licensing can work for you. Find out how these elements work together when artists collaborate with others. Fashion designers will learn how to get the right permissions to use existing art works. We’ll give artists the tools to make sure their work and culture is protected. This webinar was recording in January 2022. Arts Law are presenting these webinars as part of its participation in the Indigenous Fashion project with the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair Foundation Watch the second webinar in this series Contracts for Collaborative Fashion Projects.
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What Is Indigenous Cultural & Intellectual Property?
Why is Indigenous Cultural & Intellectual Property (ICIP) important? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Is8g8PQ7YY&t=78s
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Wills and Estates
Why is it important to have a will as an artist? https://youtu.be/bEUr7rYXHhs
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World Intellectual Property Organisation and Indigenous Cultural Intellectual Property
Francis Gurry, Director General of WIPO, discusses what the World Intellectual Property Organisation is doing within the context of Indigenous Cultural Intellectual Property. Les Malezer, Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action, Australia and Marisella Ouma, Executive Director, Kenya Copyright Board also talk about the importance of the worldwide protection of Indigenous traditional knowledge and cultural expressions. WIPO is working to address these issues for all Indigenous artists. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f66m77mp2m0
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Writing a Will for Artists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpJseeEVngE Writing a will as an artist is very important. Watch this short animated video on how having a will protects your art and protects who will benefit from your art in years to come.
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Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route Case Study Videos
Curtis Taylor and Monique La Fontaine from FORM’s Canning Stock Route Project talk about the development of the collection, which forms the basis of the exhibition Yiwarra Kuju: the Canning Stock Route, which includes around 130 artworks, involving 110 Aboriginal artists and contributors from 10 art and culture centres across 17 remote communities in the Goldfields, Midwest, Pilbara and Kimberley. The collection was acquired by the National Museum of Australia in December 2008. These videos discuss a number of legal issues involved with this project including ICIP, Moral Rights, Copyright and Licensing. Click here to read a written case study about this project. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7D7ydx1toTk&t=4s