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Artists lobby for resale rights legislation

Artists around the country are lobbying the federal government to create resale rights legislation.

The law would ensure artists are compensated when their work is re-sold at a higher price than what it was originally purchased for.

Fifty-nine countries around the world already have the legislation, including France which has had the law in place since 1920, according to April Britski who is the executive director of the Canadian Artists Representation, also known as Carfac.

The legislation could benefit artists in Nunavut. Recently, a print by Cape Dorset, Nunavut, painter Kenojuak Ashevak sold at auction for about $29,000. If the legislation was in place, Ashevak would have gotten about $1,500 from the sale.

Britski said her group wants that to become a reality.

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