The new government has promised to introduce a resale right for visual artists: artists will receive a percentage of the sale price each time their work is resold. How will it work in practice? Joanna Cave, CEO of Design and Artists Copyright Society, the UK copyright collecting society for visual artists, will explain how the right is operating in the UK. Virginia Morrison, legal adviser to Viscopy, the Australian copyright collecting society for visual artists, will discuss the practicalities in the Australian context.

Speakers

• Joanna Cave, CEO, Design and Artists Copyright Society (UK)
• Virginia Morrison, Legal Adviser, Viscopy

When: 10 April 2008, 6pm presentation, followed by drinks at about 7:00pm (registration from 5:30pm)

Where: Gilbert + Tobin, Level 37, 2 Park Street, Sydney

Cost: $44 (members of CSA); $66 (non-members); $10 (full-time students) (prices include GST)

How to book:

• book online at the Copyright Council's online shop, or
• download a booking form, or
• email us.

Further information

• Design & Artists Copyright Society"
• Viscopy
• link to Australian Labor Party's arts policy
• links to 2nd ALP private member's bill to introduce a resale right, and to 2002 Report on Contemporary Visual Arts and Crafts (Myer Report), which recommended the introduction of a resale right for artists