Links to Articles to Amend the Independent Contractors Law

With the testimony given at yesterday's Creative Caucus action at the MA State House and with the Boston Globe Op-Ed now calling for an amendment to the Independent Contractors Law, I have provided a series of links to help explain the issue more clearly for those that have not had a chance to review it.

Here is background information on a problem not only happening in MA but one that now has national implications:

http://www.artistsunderthedome.org/MAindependent_contractor.html

http://www.mbbp.com/resources/employment/independent_contractor.html

Short white paper:

http://www.artistsunderthedome.org/IC_2010_paper.pdf

Press:

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2010/07/17/amend_law_to_aid_freelancers/


http://www.wbur.org/2010/06/30/independent-contractor-law


http://www.wgbh.org/programs/programDetail.cfm?programid=11&featureid=16797&rssid=1


Also of note:

The Journal of Biocommunication has posted on their website an unprecedented issue devoted to just one topic "artist's rights". This issue focuses on aspects of artists’ rights, and broadly covers subjects of illustrators’ rights during the late 1800s. They have also included several articles from prominent individuals in the field like Brad Holland, Cynthia Turner, Bruce Lehman, Terrence Brown and Chris Castle, that discuss more recent issues surrounding existing copyright law, copyright registration, artists’ rights, and the current U.S. Orphan Works legislation. To understand what is going on in our industry it is important to know where we have been. These five articles best outline in great detail the issues artists are facing and should be read by everyone so please forward it to anyone in the business.

You can download the article by going directly to their website http://www.jbiocommunication.org/free_issues/36-1/index.html