Moral Rights and the Visual Artist Rights Act

Thursday, March 10, 2011 from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (ET)

What are the moral rights of attribution and integrity, and how does V.A.R.A. protect those rights? This lecture will provide a basic overview of U.S. moral rights law, which gives artists a certain degree of control over their work even after it is no longer in their possession, and even if they have assigned their copyright in the work.

Beth Wolfson, Esq. is a New York licensed attorney who practices copyright, trademark, art and general litigation law. She is a graduate of Boston University School of Law. Ms. Wolfson has been an active volunteer for the VLAMA and Arts & Business Council since 2008. She is also an artist who specializes in creating custom ketubahs, or Jewish wedding contracts.