Rhode Island General Laws 5-62-3. Public display, publication, and reproduction of works of fine art
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Except as limited by § 5-62-5, no person other than the artist, or a person acting with the artist’s consent, shall knowingly display in a public exhibition a work of fine art of that artist or shall publish a reproduction of a work of the artist in an altered, defaced, mutilated, or modified form, if the work is displayed, published, or reproduced as being the work of the artist, or under circumstances under which it would reasonably be regarded as being the work of the artist.
History of Section.
P.L. 1987, ch. 566, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 5-62-3
- Artist: means the creator of a work of fine art or, in the case of multiples, the person who conceived or created the image, that is contained in or constitutes the master from which the individual print was made. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-62-2
- Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other group, however organized. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-62-2
- Reproduction: means a copy, in any medium, of a work of fine art that is displayed or published under circumstances that, reasonably construed, evinces an intent that it be taken as a representation of a work of fine art as created by the artist. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-62-2
- Work of fine art: means any original work of visual or graphic art of any medium that includes, but is not limited to, the following: painting; drawing; print; photographic print; or sculpture of a limited edition of no more than three hundred (300) copies; provided, that "work of fine art" does not include sequential imagery such as that in motion pictures. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-62-2