All About Rights for Visual Artists

This guide, Rights for Visual Artists, the first in the Lerner and Bresler All About... series, provides an in-depth, yet accessible treatment of legal rights for artists and their artwork. This publication is meant for fine artists, commercial artists, and any other lay reader interested in learning about legal rights accorded to visual artists and their creations in the United States.

All About Rights for Visual Artists provides practical guidance for artists and those who advise them. Examining federal and state laws and court rulings, it helps artists understand the extent of First Amendment rights, the copyright process, ways to avoid infringement and defamation suits, protection for online rights and more.

Ralph E. Lerner is the preeminent attorney practicing full time in the field of art law. He is a partner at Sidley Austin Brown & Wood in New York City. Judith Bresler is a prominent lecturer and an attorney specializing in art law with the New York firm of Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams and Sheppard.