This past weekend's Globe and Mail included an interesting article
regarding the principle of droit de suite, which provides artists
with a right to a percentage of the sale price on the resale of
their works of art. The article counts 59 countries, including most
of Europe as providing such a right and discusses the lobbying
efforts of Canadian Arts
Representation, which has argued for a 5% resale
right in Canada. On a related note, Bill C-32, Canada's Copyright
Modernization Act (which includes no such
right) is expected to receive second reading
today.
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