Category: Resale Right Europe

News on the Resale Right from Europe

BREXIT: The Artist’s Resale Right maintained in the UK

  2021 has kicked off on the right foot, at least concerning the Artist’s Resale Right in Europe. After a nerve-wrecking transition period and intensive negotiation which sometimes left artists fearing for the worst, it was confirmed in the final document of the UK – EU agreement released on the 24th of December 2020 that artists will continue to benefit… Read more →

Finland : Unpaid Resale Right Court Ruling

  Kuvasto, a finnish collective management society reported a triumph for the Artist Resale Right in Finland on it’s website. On the 3rd of April 2020, the Finnish Pohjois-Savon district court gave its Judgment on a case of unpaid ARR regarding, amongst other things, the art exhibitions held at Valamo monestary. ( article available in Finnish here.)   The District… Read more →

Artists’ Resale Right International Conference 28 April 2017

The International Conference on the Resale Right will take place on April 28 in Geneva under the hosting of WIPO and organized by the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC), The International Council of Creators of Craphic, Plastic and Photographic Arts (CIAGP) and European Visual Artists  (EVA).   One of the main purposes of the conference is… Read more →

Advancements in discussing the Resale Right within WIPO

WIPO’s 33rd Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights proved to be another valuable meeting for advocating the universal adoption of the Resale Right.  The bi-annual committee hosted Samuel Ricketson – Professor of law in the Melbourne Law School and author of the academic study on proposing an international treaty on the droit de suite/resale royalty for visual artists. The… Read more →