Artists' Resale Right
In May 2008 the government introduced the Copyright (Artists’ Resale Right) Amendment Bill. This Bill amends the Copyright Act 1994 to insert a new, stand-alone part to establish a resale right for visual artists in New Zealand.
The Bill entitles visual artists to receive a royalty payment each time their original artistic work is sold on the secondary art market, through any auction house, gallery, dealer, or any other intermediary or professional involved in the business of dealing in works of art. The resale right will not apply to the first sale or transfer of art work, and it will not apply to sales of art work between private individuals.
Copyright (Artists’ Resale Right) Amendment Bill
- See: related media release from Hon Judith Tizard, 13 May 2008 (Beehive website).
- See: copy of the Amendment Bill (New Zealand Parliament website).
The introduction of the Amendment Bill follows a discussion paper released in April 2007, inviting public feedback on options for a resale right for visual artists.