Indigenous Law Centre : UNSW Faculty of Law

Indigenous Art and the Law
State/Federal government reports on issues concerning Indigenous Art and the Law:

Australian Government response to the Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Committee Report into Australia's Indigenous visual arts and craft sector Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department Stopping the Rip-Offs: Intellectual Property Protection for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Issues Paper (1994). Senate Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Environment Committee Indigenous Art: Securing the Future—Inquiry into Australia’s Indigenous Visual Arts and Crafts Sector (Canberra, 21 June 2007)
Other reports and research papers:
Terri Janke Our Culture:Our Future, Report on Australian Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights (Sydney: ATSIC, 1999) Terri Janke and Robynne Quiggin, Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property and Customary Law, WA Law Reform Commission,Background Paper 12(2006)
General articles on Indigenous Peoples and Intellectual Property Law:
Michael Davis ‘Indigenous Peoples and Intellectual Property Rights’ (1996-1997) Research Report for the Parliament of Australia Joseph Githiaga ‘Intellectual Property Law and the Protection of Indigenous Folklore and Knowledge’ (1998) 5 Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law Johanna Gibson ‘Justice of Precedent, Justice of Equity: Equitable Protection and Remedies for Indigenous Intellectual Property’ (2001) 6(4) Australian Indigenous Law Reporter Paul Kuruk, Cultural Heritage, Traditional Knowledge and Indigenous Rights: An Analysis of the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage
Moral Rights:
Jane Anderson ‘Indigenous Communal Moral Rights: The Utility of an Ineffective Law’ (2004) 5(30) Indigenous Law Bulletin 8, 10 Samantha Joseph and Erin Mackay 'Moral Rights and Indigenous Communities' (September 2006) Art+Law, Arts Law Centre of Australia
Droit de Suite (Resale Royalty)
Erin Mackay, 'Australian Visual Artists: Joining the Resale Rights Arena' (2008) 7(5) Indigenous Law Bulletin 2-3 Australian Copyright Council, Droit de Suite: The Art Resale Royalty and its Implications for Australia (1989) Report commissioned by the Australia Council and the Department of Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories. Peter Garrett, ‘Resale Royalty Rights’ 6 Indigenous Law Bulletin 18 Robynne Quiggin ‘The Resale Royalty: An Overview’ (2006) 6(18) Indigenous Law Bulletin 9. Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts: Resale Royalty Discussion Paper’ (2004) f Justin Miller ‘Droit de Suite: A Flawed Concept’ 6(18) Indigenous Law Bulletin 12, 13.
Web Writings:
Matthew Rimmer, A right of resale? Indigenous art under the hammer Matthew Rimmer, Albert Namitjira: copyright estates and traditional knowledge
Useful Links:
Artists in the Black: Indigenous Service of the Arts Law Centre of Australia

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