THE FOURTH NATIONAL ABORIGINAL AND TORRES
STRAIT ISLANDER VISUAL ARTS CONFERENCE

Masonic Centre, North Terrace, Adelaide, 5-7 March 2002

RELATED MATERIAL - THE MEYER REPORT

Report of the Contemporary Visual Arts and Craft Inquiry Myer Report available online at: http://www.dcita.gov.au/Article/0,,0_1-2_15-4_111225,00.html Details: The Federal Government has released the Report of the Contemporary Visual Arts and Crafts Inquiry; the Myer Report. The Report was launched on Friday September 6th and it has made some good recommendations that relate to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, particularly copyright and intellectual property. The Report recommends that the Commonwealth Government take action in the following areas: - Introduction of a resale royalty system in Australia. - To extend moral rights to Indigenous groups. - the misappropriation of cultural imagery and iconography. - Importation of works purporting to be of Indigenous origin - Exportation of indigenous Art under the cultural heritage provisions. - commencing consultations in relation to a national copyright education campaign You can access the Report on the following address http://www.dcita.gov.au/Article/0,,0_1-2_15-4_111225,00.html Information from Chris Bonney, Indigenous Copyright Information Officer VISCOPY Australasia's Visual Arts Copyright Collecting Society L1, 72 - 80 Cooper Street Surry Hills NSW 2010 AUSTRALIA T: + 61 2 9280 2844 F: + 61 2 9280 2855 E: atsi@viscopy.com.au W: www.viscopy.com.au