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Daubism: Copyright Law And Artistic Works

Author: Matthew Rimmer BA (Hons), LLB (Hons), PhD (UNSW)
Lecturer, Australian National University Faculty of Law
Subjects: Artists - legal status, laws
Copyright - moral rights
Copyright Law Infringement (Other articles)
Issue: Volume 9, Number 4 (December 2002)
Category: Refereed Articles

Abstract

An artistic controversy over a group of landscape painters called the Daubists provided impetus for copyright law reform in Australia in the early 1990's. The artistic controversy over the Daubists was a catalyst for the introduction of the Copyright Amendment (Moral Rights) Act 2000 (Cth) in Australia. It offers an illuminating case study of the operation of copyright law in the visual arts.

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