Description

Protect Your Rights as an Artist will help you sort out most of the legal issues involved in the ownership, protection and transfer of visual artworks.

This eGuide includes information on laws that protect artists' rights and ready-to-use agreements, including:

• Agent Agreement
• Gallery Consignment Agreement
• Purchase Order Agreement
• Copyright Assignments
• Work-Made-for-Hire Agreement
• Permission Agreement
• Merchandise Licensing Agreement
• Model Releases

Although written for visual artists, the explanations and agreements will also benefit individuals purchasing art or companies seeking to use artwork.

Forms

• Agent Agreement
• Gallery Consignment Agreement
• Purchase Order Agreement
• Basic Copyright Assignment
• Artwork Assignment Agreement
• Work-Made-for-Hire Agreement
• Permission Agreement
• Short-Form Merchandise License Agreement
• Unlimited Personal Release Agreement
• Limited Personal Release Agreement

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• cookies are disabled on your computer, or
• a firewall prevents you from downloading files from the Internet.

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• A decompression utility such as the following, both of which can be downloaded for free:

• 7-Zip (http://www.7-zip.org) (for Windows users).
• StuffIt Expander (http://my.smithmicro.com/mac/stuffit/expander.html) (for Macintosh). Please note: Many recently manufactured Macs have a native capability to decompress zip files. See your computer's user manual for verification of this and instructions for access.

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