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Selected Statutory Provisions

Federal

U.S. Copyright Law selected provisions (17 U.S.C. § 101, et. al.):

	§ 101 Definitions (of visual art for title17)
	§ 106 Exclusive Rights in Copyrighted Works
	§ 106A Rights of Certain Authors to Attribution and Integrity
	§ 107 Limitations on Exclusive Rights: Fair Use
	Prioritizing Resources & Organiztion for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (amendment to copyright law-pdf document)

Visual Artists Rights Act (article and text of 17 U.S.C. 101, 106A)

California

Calif. Civil Code § 980-989 (pertaing to artwork, artists' rights, duties of sellers and owners).
The Art Resale Law (article + statutory text of § 986).

Massachusetts

Consignment of Artwork, Chapter 104A sections 1 to 6
Massachusetts Art Preservation Act (MAPA): §85S Physical Alteration or Destruction of Fine Art

New Jersey

New Jersey Artists' Rights Act (Title 2A; 6; Chapter 24A)
	A-1 Short Title, A-2 Findings, Declarations
	A-3 Definitions
	A-4 Display in Altered Form (Moral Rights; Integrity)
	A-5 Right to Claim, Disclaim Authorship (Right to Attribution)
	A-6 Not Violations [of this act]
	A-7 Applicability
	A-8 Legal, injunctive relief (includes statute of limitations)
New Jersey Artwork Consignment Act

New York

Art and Cultural Affairs
	§ 11.01 Definitions (for this title) [reformat page]
	§ 12.01 Art-Art Merchant Relationships (includes consignment)
	§ 12.03 Exemption from Seizure
	§ 14.03 Artists Authorship Rights
	§ 14.05 Sculpture; Identifying Mark
	§ 14.06 Sculpture; Written Records
	§ 14.07 Sculpture; Unauthorized Cast

Pennsylvania

Fine Arts Preservation Act, Title 73, Chapter 31
	§ 2102 Definitions (for this section)
	§ 2103 Rights of Artists (authorship/attribution)
	§ 2104 Mutilation, Alteration or Destruction of a Work
	§ 2105 Remedies
	§ 2106 Evidence (for determining whether a work of art is of recognized quality)
	§ 2107 Rights and Duties (time period of, waiver requirements, commercial use)
	§ 2108 Removal from Building; Waiver
	§ 2109 P eriod of Limitation
	§ 2110 Application of Act (within PA; effective date)

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