101s and Checklists
Design by: Ella Paleni
Copyright 101
For Visual Artists looking to use pre-existing material
You are a visual artist and you would like to include pre-existing visual material that you did not create – perhaps slightly modified – in your new artwork.
If you are unsure whether this is allowed, this 101 may be a useful guide for you. It is designed to help you navigate the intricacies of copyright law and answer the questions you may have at this stage
Photo: Massimiliano Rossetto
Design by: Ella Paleni
ARITA Checklist n°1 on Gallery representation, Exhibition and Sale Agreements
Links
Artists' status / interests
- https://wagesforwagesagainst.org/en (FR/EN)
- https://wageforwork.com (US website)
- https://infos-artistes-geneve.ch/(only FR)
- https://visarte.ch/de/(DE/FR/IT)
- https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:158477 (FR only, study on artist status/remuneration from a legal standpoint)
Art in public spaces / Public art
Guidebook co-authored by the Fonds cantonal d'art contemporain and the Art Law Foundation (FR/DE/IT):
Associations
- https://infos-artistes-geneve.ch/(only FR)
- https://www.vitaminb.ch/(DE/FR/IT)
Contracts
- https://www.travaildesartistes.ch/#/(only FR)
- https://www.a-d-s.ch/bon-a-savoir/contrats-types/(DE/FR/IT, specific for authors)
- https://www.suisa.ch/en/Musikschaffende/Urheberinnen-und-Urheber/Dokumente-fuer-Urheber-innen.html(DE/FR/IT/EN, specific for musicians)
Copyright
- https://visarte.ch/de/faq-der-kunst/ (DE/FR/IT, only overview)
- https://www.ige.ch/en/protecting-your-ip/copyright (DE/FR/IT, only overview)
- https://prolitteris.ch/faq/ (DE/FR/IT, only overview)
- https://ssa.ch/fr/portrait/le-droit-d-auteur/(DE/FR/IT, specific for authors)
Immigration / living & working in Switzerland
- https://www.zh.ch/de/migration-integration/ausweise-bewilligungsarten.html (DE only, focus on Canton of Zurich)
- https://www.studyinswitzerland.plus/visas-permits/ (EN only, focus on studying in Switzerland)
- https://swissinfo.ch/eng/work-permit-in-switzerland/29191706 (many languages, a good website for general information about Switzerland)
- https://www.sem.admin.ch/sem/en/home/themen/arbeit.html(DE/FR/IT/EN, general overview on working in Switzerland)