California Art Legislation Goes Federal: Progress in the Protection of Artists' Rights

The author of this article was Program Chair of the Art Law Section meeting at the 1993 annual convention of the Association of American Law Schools. In the article, he briefly reviews state and federal legislative enactments that have affected the visual arts. The author then summarizes the presentations of each of the panelists at the Art Law Section meeting. Finally, the author offers his own comments on the Resale Royalty Report that was prepared by the Copyright Office and submitted to Congress in December 1992.