This is NOT a comprehensive list of all possible resources. However, hopefully you will find these links helpful in researching your legal and business issues. Please remember that this page, like the law, is always changing.

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General Links

• Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal
  
• Springboard for the Arts
  

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Legislation

Minnesota

• Minn. Stat. 324, Art; Fine Prints - deals with consignment sales of fine art
• Minn. Stat. 333, Trademarks
  
• Regulation of Performing Rights Organizations
  
  • Minn. Stat. 325E 50, Definitions
    
  • Minn. Stat. 325E 51, Licensing negotiations
    
  • Minn. Stat. 325E 52, Royalty contract requirements
    
  • Minn. Stat. 325E 53, Improper licensing practices
    
  • Minn. Stat. 325E 54, Investigation
    
  • Minn. Stat. 325E 55, Remedies; injunction
    
  • Minn. Stat. 325E 56, Remedies cumulative
    
• Minn. Stat. 325A, Invention Services
  
• Minn. Stat. 325C, Uniform Trade Secrets Act
• Minn. Stat. 290.9201, Tax on nonresident entertainers
  

National

• Visual Artists Rights Act
  
• Copyright Act
  
• Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution
  
• Trademark Act
  

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Copyright & Trademark Law

• U.S Copyright Office
  
• U.S Patent and Trademark Office
  
• Copyright Clearance Center Online
  

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Film

• MN Film Board
  
• AFTRA
  
• Mark Litwak's Entertainment Law Resources
  
• Bureau of Labor Statistics - Actors, Directors, and Producers
• IATSA
  
• Screen Actors Guild
  
• Variety
  

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Visual Arts

• MN Artists
  
• Minneapolis Institute of Art
  
• St. Paul Art Crawl
  
• Walker Art Center
  

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Internet

• Bitlaw
  

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Music

• National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc.
  
• Minnesota Association of Songwriters
  
• National Music Publishers Association
  
• ASCAP
  
• BMI
  
• SESAC!
  
• The Harry Fox Agency, Inc.
  

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Publishing

• The American Society of Journalists and Authors
  
• Writing and self-publishing information and links
  
• Writers Guild East
  
• Writers Guild of America
  
• Publishers Marketing Association (PMA)
  
• Small Publishers Association of North America (SPAN)
  

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Photography

• American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP)
  
• ASMP--Minneapolis
  

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