For updated information opn the new law, see the Patent Office website. There is also an overview of the current Patent office guidelines and other useful documents.
Read UK Parliamentary Draft Directive on Artists' Resale Rights and the UK Government Patent Office EC Directive on droit de suite. Arts Council England have published, Implementing Droit de Suite (Artists' Resale Right) in England and there is a good basic introduction to artists resale royalty right and its implementation on the AXA art insurers website.
DACS, the Designers and Artists Copyright Service and Artists' Collecting Society have been placed in charge of collecting revenues on ARR and distributing them to artists. For more information on how they do this, and an ARR resale calculator, see their websites.
DACS, the Designers' and Artists' Copyright Society
33 Great Sutton Street, London EC1V 0DX - Google Maps
Tel: 020 7336 8811
Tel: Copyright Hotline 0845 555 1199
Fax: 020 7336 8822
Email: info@dacs.org.uk
Website: www.dacs.org.uk
DACS is the copyright and collecting society for visual artists in the UK. It is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that campaigns to create a fair working environment for members by administering and protecting copyright on their behalf, licensing the reproduction of its members' works and charging fees accordingly. Advice from DACS is to members only (currently costing £25 for lifetime membership). DACS also collects and distributes royalties and licenses copyright under the direction of the artist who is a member, and has agreements with other artists copyright organisations worldwide. More information on copyright-related issues can be found in the DACS Fact Pack downloadable from their website. DACS are also offering a telephone based advice service dedicated to copyright, open Monday and Tuesday 10am to 1pm and Wednesday 2pm to 5pm.
Listing ID: 2968
Artists' Collecting Society
17-19 Garway Road London W2 4PH - Google Maps
Tel: 020 7727 4065
Fax: 020 7792 8509
Email: info@ArtistsCollectingSociety.org.uk
Website: www.artistscollectingsociety.org.uk
Artists' Collecting Society (ACS) was formally established as a collecting society in June 2006 to collect resale royalties (Droit de Suite) on behalf of artists in the UK. ACS was set in up in response to requests from artists and from their dealers via The British Art Market Federation and The Society of London Art Dealers for artists to be provided with a choice of collecting society for the management of Artist's Resale Right.
Listing ID: 3307
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