Course description
Legal discussions in the art world are dominated by copyright issues. Under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 copyright and moral rights apply to a large number of, mostly visual, art forms.
It is vital if you are advising an artist client, or a client who is seeking to buy and distribute art, that you are aware of the copyright questions that can arise when a work is sold, loaned, photographed for marketing purposes, or reproduced in a catalogue.
Emelyne Peticca and Jon Sharples present this concise and informative webinar which will guide you through these copyright issues and their implications in a business context.
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Introduction
Copyright-related questions pervade the art world.
Under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 copyright and moral rights apply to a variety of artworks such as paintings, graphic works, photographs, sculptures, collages, and works of artistic craftsmanship.
Whether a work is sold, loaned, photographed for marketing purposes, or reproduced in a catalogue, copyright questions of varying complexity arise.
Key to mastering copyright issues and their implications in a business context is having the ability to foresee and understand them as well as to identify all interested parties.
What You Will Learn
This webinar will cover the following:
- How copyright vests in an artist and its duration
- Understanding copyright as a bundle of rights
- Moral rights
- The artist’s resale right
- The distinction between the transfer of ownership in the physical work of art and a transfer of copyright in the same
- Copyright considerations in a commercial context, including acts that do and those that do not require the consent of the copyright holder
- Copyright in new and/or challenging media such as NFTs, AI and performance art
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