Authorship, authenticity and intellectual property in Australian Aboriginal art
Van Den Bosch, Annette and Rentschler, Ruth 2009, Authorship, authenticity and intellectual property in Australian Aboriginal art, Journal of arts management, law and society, vol. 39, no. 2, Summer, pp. 117-131.
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Authorship, authenticity and intellectual property in Australian Aboriginal art
This article analyzes research and legal cases about authorship, authenticity, and intellectual property in Aboriginal art. The concepts of Aboriginality, authenticity, and ownership are used to show the complexities of Aboriginal law, legal copyright, and the moral rights framework. The clan ownership of Dreaming makes Aboriginal artists’ relationship different to other artists’ individual ownership of their work. Research on this topic by members of the Faculty of Business and Law unit of the Centre for Leisure Management Research at Deakin University was undertaken for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. This article provides significant contextual analyses of major issues leading to Commonwealth Government inquiries and legislation in Australia during 2006–8.