Excerpts from Droit de suite – Les artistes veulent profiter de la revente de leurs oeuvres, Le Devoir (23 November 2011)
(Translation by ELAN)
The Canadian Artists’ Representation/Front des artistes canadiens (CARFAC) is taking advantage of the month of November, rich in sales at auction, to once again encourage the Harper government to integrate resale rights in its new copyright law. Resale rights would permit artists to receive 5% of the resale price on successive sales of their artworks at auction houses and commercial galleries.
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CARFAC estimates that auction sales of Canadian artworks netted $18.7 M for Heffel and Sotheby’s in November 2010. Royalties of 5% would have permitted living artists to collect $106 095. By comparison, auction houses impose a commission on both sellers and buyers, running anywhere from 10-25% and 15-20% respectively, according to CARFAC.In 1920, France was the first jurisdiction to introduce resale rights. Today more than 59 countries have enshrined resale rights in their laws, including the members of the European Union.
Continue reading this article at
http://www.ledevoir.com/culture/actualites-culturelles/336721/droit-de-suite-les-artistes-veulent-profiter-de-la-revente-de-leurs-oeuvres
Read CARFAC’s press release on the issue at
http://www.carfac.ca/2011/11/artists-to-miss-out-on-resale-right-payments-at-three-upcoming-auctions/
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