This essential resource will help you expertly guide clients through the intricate laws of intellectual property, tort, tax disputes and customs that affect virtually all aspects of art transactions. 
 From a team of art law specialists, you get astute legal discussion and real-life answers for the matters vital to artists, purchasers, sellers, dealers and everyone else involved in the art world. Art Law Handbook provides the information you need on: <ul>
<li> Copyrights, trademarks, design patents, and moral rights </li> <li> Legal aspects relating to new media </li> <li> Transacting business on the Internet and "netiquette" </li> <li> Art theft </li> <li> Authentication and appraisals </li> <li> Auction transactions </li> <li> International art transactions </li> <li> Restoration and conservation </li> <li> Tax issues for artists and purchasers </li> <li> Trust and estate planning </li> <li> Relationships between artists and dealers </li> <li> And much more. </li> </ul> Plus, you'll save valuable research and drafting time with more than 40 proven contracts, notices, releases and other important forms - in print and on a FREE easy-to-use CD-ROM - including: <ul>
<li> Copyright licenses </li> <li> E-commerce and website development form agreements </li> <li> Commissioned artwork agreements </li> <li> Purchase agreement </li> <li> Artist/gallery agreement </li> <li> Form will </li> <li> And more than 30 appendices give you instant access to important laws, treaties, information sources and other relevant material. </li> </ul>

Art Law Handbook

Kaufman, Roy S.

Legal Education

Aspen Law & Business

This book contains forms for common publishing transactions that cannot be found in any other book. These forms, which are provided on CD-ROM, will save time and money. The book also contains negotiation tips and "insiders" views on many commonly encountered publishing contracts. Lastly, the book incorporates practice materials, such as libel review guidelines, information about industry initiatives, and select primary source documents to facilitate research. 
Includes discussion of 9 "hot topics": 1. Licensing of content 2. Tasini-compatible contributor agreements 3. Internet privacy 4. Libel guidelines 5. Electronic commerce forms 6. E-publishing forms 7. Book agreements for various market segments 8. Mergers and acquisitions forms prepared for the publishing industry 9. Academic and scientific publishing agreements 
Answers the following 10 questions: 1. What rights are customary for the publisher to acquire in different book industry segments? 2. What type of agreement would an author enter into with an agent? 3. How do you draft an agreement with a freelance magazine writer that will or will not retain Tasini electronic rights to the writer? 4. What language is necessary for an acquisition of rights in a subscription-based continuity product? 5. How do standard software developer agreements differ when drafted by the developer as opposed to the publisher? 6. What privacy guidelines should be followed when gathering customer data on the Internet? 7. What is the difference between a "subsidiary right" and a "permission"? 8. What factors should an attorney consider when reviewing a manuscript prior to publication? 9. What language should be added to every contract for a multiple-authored or multiple-edited work? 10. What are the typical clauses in agreements between publishers and academic societies?

Drafting Print and Online Publishing Agreements

Business & Money

Industries

Aspen Publishers

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