Legal Guide for the Visual Artist
by: Tad Crawford (0)
Legal Guide for the Visual Artist is a classic guide for artists. This sixth edition is completely revised and updated to provide an in-depth view of the legal issues facing the visual artist today and provides practical legal guidance for any visual artist involved with creative work. It has been over twelve years since the fifth edition was published, and so much has changed in the world since that time, especially in the law and artists’ legal rights and obligations. This edition has been updated for both a new generation of visual artists and for those who have purchased earlier editions.
Among the many new topics covered in this comprehensive guide are: copyright fair use transformative rights; recognition of the rights of temporal street art in the Five Pointz VARA case; the demise of California’s Resale Royalty statute; NFTs; detailed coverage of the myriad developments in copyright (including online copyright registration procedures and use of art on the Internet); changes in laws protecting artists in artist-gallery relationships are explained in depth; scope of First Amendment protections for graffiti art and the sale of art in public spaces; detailed as well as new cases dealing with art and privacy; and a model contract for Web site design and much more. The book also covers copyrights, moral rights, contracts, licensing, sales, special risks and protections for art and artists, book publishing, video and multimedia works, leases, taxation, estate planning, museums, collecting, grants, and how to find the best professional advisers and attorneys. In addition, the book suggests basic strategies for negotiation, gives information to help with further action, contains many sample legal forms and contracts, and shows how to locate artists' groups and Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts organizations.
Legal Guide for the Visual Artist is a must-have for any visual artist hoping to share, sell, display, or publish their art.
The Reviews
The legal world can be a daunting place especially to someone not versed in legalese. The books by Tad Crawford distill this information into a very accessible text that helps explain all the important legal issues artists should be aware of. Everything you need to know for contracts, copyright, taxes, etc. is covered here. The book does a great job explaining what your rights are, which is especially important in this digital age where artistic theft is easy and rampant. Also great is the info on taxes. Since I do my taxes myself this book helped me figure out what expenses I can and cannot deduct. The law is always changing, too, so it's great that they keep updating these books. Highly recommended.
This is a really good book to have if you are going into the fine art or design art career world. There is a lot of useful information in this book to help prevent legal issues that could arise like copyright issues. It can help prevent accidental copyright issues.
Well written book, but it's really only for those who want to know all the history and nitty gritty about Copyright. Just tell me to not do work-for-hire, give me one example of why, then move on. This is much more than most photographers will ever need.
I was looking for updates from my former college professor, got this too early for new changes.
If an artist or graphic designer is just starting, this book is the only book they'll ever need. It is very thorough. The contract, purchase order, invoice, and estimate document are excellent. You can use them in your business. All you have to do is replace it with your business name and you're ready to go! I've used these in my business and they were excellent.
Very helpful book to have in an artist's library. I have found a lot of the material very useful. Its hard as an artist to know the legality's of selling work. There are useful forms to copy and use as aids in your business. I would definitely recommend to someone as a fine artist myself.
As a novice when it comes to Legal guidance this book helped me understand the basics in starting out my business as an artist. Recommended for student artists and first time business Artists.
So far she has found it helpful in starting her business selling her art.
The legal world can be a daunting place especially to someone not versed in legalese. The books by Tad Crawford distill this information into a very accessible text that helps explain all the important legal issues artists should be aware of. Everything you need to know for contracts, copyright, taxes, etc. is covered here. The book does a great job explaining what your rights are, which is especially important in this digital age where artistic theft is easy and rampant. Also great is the info on taxes. Since I do my taxes myself this book helped me figure out what expenses I can and cannot deduct. The law is always changing, too, so it's great that they keep updating these books. Highly recommended.
