The IPKat: droit de suite

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Results for droit de suite

Buyers beware! …You may owe re-sale right royalties.

November 2018 is most certainly a good month for the auction house Christie’s. Last week, Christie’s recorded the highest sale for an artw...

Mathilde Pavis - Monday, November 19, 2018

Buyers beware! …You may owe re-sale right royalties.

Reviewed by Mathilde Pavis on Monday, November 19, 2018 Rating: 5

French court rules that resale right royalty must be only paid by sellers

Latest French ruling causes agitation in the art world Among the areas of copyright harmonized at the EU level there is the so called ...

Eleonora Rosati - Monday, April 03, 2017

French court rules that resale right royalty must be only paid by sellers

Reviewed by Eleonora Rosati on Monday, April 03, 2017 Rating: 5

BREAKING NEWS: CJEU says that Member States are free to determine who must pay droit de suite royalty

Copyright has increasingly become linked to de-materialisation of both works and their exploitation channels, so it is kind of re-assuri...

Eleonora Rosati - Thursday, February 26, 2015

BREAKING NEWS: CJEU says that Member States are free to determine who must pay droit de suite royalty

Reviewed by Eleonora Rosati on Thursday, February 26, 2015 Rating: 5

U.S. Representatives Hear about Droit de Suite and Droit Moral

This portfolio should be enough to put you through college, my son The U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectua...

Marie-Andree Weiss - Tuesday, July 22, 2014

U.S. Representatives Hear about Droit de Suite and Droit Moral

Reviewed by Marie-Andree Weiss on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 Rating: 5

Australian droit de suite

The Age reports that the Federal Government has just anounced that Australia is to introduce droit de suite for visual artists. Works whic...

Anonymous - Friday, October 03, 2008

Australian droit de suite

Reviewed by Anonymous on Friday, October 03, 2008 Rating: 5

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