The United States Copyright Office solicited public comment last year on possible droite de suite, or resale royalty legislation. As addressed previously, state law attempts to regulate artists’ rights to resale royalties have been struck down as unconstitutional. Among the issues that the Copyright Office grappled with is the basic question of incentive: if a… Continue Reading
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Federal Legislation Proposed for Artists’ Resale Royalties
Posted in Legislation, UncategorizedIn place of rumored legislative efforts last summer, legislation has been formally introduced to codify under U.S. federal law droite de suite rights of resale for artists, under certain circumstances. Apart from California—whose California Resale Royalty Act has been in the news recently for lawsuits against Christie’s, Sotheby’s and eBay—the United States generally affords artists… Continue Reading
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