Raw Law
Your art. Your rights. A guide to legal issues for artists.
Funded by the Legal Services Board of Victoria and in response to the needs of our artists and participants, the Raw Law project is currently being developed in partnership with Arts Law Centre of Australia with the aim to create a greater awareness of arts law issues amongst artists with disabilities. Raw Law will set the foundation for an accessible arts law resource for recreational, emerging and professional artists with disabilities; community and facilitating artists; and organisations wishing to facilitate activities within the disability arts sector.
What is Raw Law about?
Raw Law has undergone a detailed process of consultation with artists and community groups to identify key arts law issues and to develop content for a resource kit. Launching in 2010, the Raw Law resource kit will include accessible information about artists’ legal rights along with templates such as sample agreements and contracts.
It is important to know about your legal rights if you are a creative person. Raw Law explores the main legal issues for:
- artists
- musicians
- performers
- video and film makers
- writers
- other creative people who share their work in public
The aim of Raw Law is to provide accessible legal information for people who experience major barriers to participating in the arts, in particular:
- artists with disabilities
- artists who experience mental health issues
- artists from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
- artists from rural and remote communities
- Indigenous artists
- artists who are disadvantaged
Raw Law introduces information such as:
- The importance of copyright, moral rights
- Why you should get agreements in writing
- How to protect the work you make
- Where to go for legal advice
- Where to find more information
Acknowledgements
Arts Access Victoria thanks the Legal Services Board of Victoria for their financial support of this project.
We also thank the Arts Law Centre of Australia and the Australian Copyright Council for their important roles in giving legal advice and consultation throughout the development of this project.
Arts Access Victoria also wishes to thank the many individuals and organisations who gave generously of their time to discuss legal issues; who provided copies of documents and agreements for consideration regarding best practice; and who responded openly to our enquiries relating to their work practices.
