The U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Courts, IP and Internet hear about Droit de Suite and Droit Moral
Posted: 7/28/2014 by Prashant Dey in
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Artist can get benefit of their increased reputation by way of RESALE ROYALTY (Droit de Suit). Under this doctrine, visual artists get some royalty on resale of there own right. Even Berne Convention also provides for Droit de Suit under Article 14ter, but its implementation is optional.
U.S. auction houses are lobbying hard against the American Royalties too Act of 2014 (ART), arguing that it would hurt the art MARKET, but artists are in favor of it. Rep. Nadler noted in his introductory speech to the Hearing that the national arts advocacy organization Americans for the Arts supports this legislation, as well as the Visual Artists’ Rights Coalition, which includes the Artists Rights Society, the Visual Artists and Galleries Association, the American Society of Illustrators Partnership, the National Cartoonists Society, the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, and the Association of Medical Illustrators.
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U.S. auction houses are lobbying hard against the American Royalties too Act of 2014 (ART), arguing that it would hurt the art MARKET, but artists are in favor of it. Rep. Nadler noted in his introductory speech to the Hearing that the national arts advocacy organization Americans for the Arts supports this legislation, as well as the Visual Artists’ Rights Coalition, which includes the Artists Rights Society, the Visual Artists and Galleries Association, the American Society of Illustrators Partnership, the National Cartoonists Society, the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, and the Association of Medical Illustrators.
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