Showing posts with label Equity for Visual Artists Act. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Equity for Visual Artists Act. Show all posts

Thursday, December 19, 2013

Copyright Office Calls for Congress to Reconsider Royalties for Artists; New York Times, 12/16/13

Patricia Cohen, New York Times; Copyright Office Calls for Congress to Reconsider Royalties for Artists: "The last time the United States Copyright Office examined the issue of whether visual artists should receive a share of the profits when their work is resold, in 1992, it concluded that resale royalties — known internationally by the French term droit de suite — were not a good idea. Now, after a recent re-examination of the issue, the Copyright Office has reversed itself. In a report issued Friday, it recommended that painters, illustrators, sculptors, photographers and the like deserve a royalty when their work is resold at a profit."