The recently announced Artists’ Resale Royalty Scheme is a step in the right direction, however the scheme as it stands will not deliver any real benefits to artists for a long time.
The royalty entitles artists to a percentage of the sale price each time their work is resold. Unfortunately it will only apply to works purchased and then resold after the legislation takes effect in 2009.
From the Government’s election promise, artists expected a resale royalty that applied to all resales of works in copyright.
Unless the draft legislation is changed, the royalties artists get will be around one tenth of what they were promised, for at least the first ten years of the scheme.
Help artists get a fairer deal. Sign the petition below and urge Government to make the changes required to make this a truly fair scheme for Australian artists.
Dear Minister Garrett,
In order to deliver a fair scheme for Australian artists that is as effective as similar schemes around the world, we call on you to amend the proposed Artists' Resale Royalty Scheme so it applies to all resales occurring after the legislation takes effect, not just resales of works acquired after that date
Prepared by the Coalition for an Australian Resale Royalty (CARR)
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