CONTRACTS links

• Contracts and murals - guidelines for artists to follow when negotiating a contract
• Letters of agreement - sample letter of agreement between artist and mural patron
• Sample contract - draft template for a contract between wall owner and mural creator

• Artists' Contracts: Agreements for Visual and Media Artists
  - a comprehensive and easy-to-understand guide to the “dos and don'ts” of written contracts by Paul Sanderson & Ronald N. Hier, published by CARFAC Ontario, 2006

COPYRIGHT links

• CARFAC - the national voice of Canada’s professional visual artists, Canadian Artists' Representation / Le Front des artistes canadiens defends artists’ economic and legal rights and educates the public on fair dealing with artists
• CARCC - link to website of Canadian Artists Representation Copyright Collective Inc.
• ABC of Copyright - a guide from Canadian Conference of the Arts, published June 2008
• SODRAC - link to English website of Société du droit de reproduction des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs au Canada inc.
• Demystifying Copyright - a guide from Fredericton Arts Alliance, abridged for Visual Artists by CARFAC
• A Guide to Copyrights - link to website of Canadian Intellectual Property Office, an agency of Industry Canada
• Copyright Basics (USA) - link to website of Artists Rights Society, a copyright, licensing, and monitoring organization for visual artists in the United States.

ADVOCACY links

• Canadian Conference of the Arts - CCA fosters informed public debate on policy issues and seeks to advance the cultural rights of Canadians.

• The Creators’ Rights Alliance - a coalition of national artists’ associations and collectives responsible for managing authors’ rights, which is devoted to the defense, the promotion and the protection of the interests of Canadian creators in relation to intellectual property.

LEGAL ADVICE links

• ALAS - Artists’ Legal Advice Services, provides free summary legal advice to artists living in Ontario, Canada