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Pilbara Indigenous artists fight for rights to their art, say intellectual property is being exploited
A group of Pilbara artists fighting to retain the copyright of their works say Indigenous people are disproportionately exploited when it comes to intellectual property.
Key points:
- Pilbara artists say they are routinely exploited by companies underpaying for copyright
- The Wangaba Roebourne Art Group has stopped selling copyright earlier this year, in a bid for fairer deals for artists
- Artists say intellectual property issues are also occurring on social media
Wangaba Roebourne Art Group operations manager Christina Goodman said Aboriginal artists were routinely targeted by large corporations that made lowball offers for the rights to use and reproduce their work.
“If we were a white organisation, we wouldn’t be having this conversation right…
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