The contracts toolkit

• Using the contract checklists
• Gallery, Dealer, Agent checklist
• Licensing reproductions checklist
• 1 Using the Licensing reproductions checklist
• 2 Purpose of a reproduction license
• 3 Right to grant a license
• 4 The parties
• 5 The work
• 6 Commissions
• 7 Extent of the license being granted
• 8 Territory
• 9 Exclusivity
• 10 Copyright & Moral rights
• 11 Fees and royalties
• 12 Artistic control
• 13 Free samples
• 14 Ownership of artwork
• 15 Duration
• 16 Fine prints and limited editions
• 17 Termination
• 18 Changing the agreement
• 19 Governing law
• 20 Signatures
• 21 Further information
• 22 Protecting an idea
• 23 The lot
• Commissions checklist

Licensing reproductions

15 Duration

• What is the duration of the license? The licence must state how long the publisher/licensee has the right to reproduce the work without having to come back to the artist to renew or renegotiate the contract. The maximum effective duration of a reproduction licence is the length of copyright (50 years after the artist's death).
• Is there a date by which commercial production and sale must start? This is often stated within the agreement. If commercial production has not started by this date the licence agreement will automatically come to an end.