Our free guide, Anatomy of a Contract, offers negotiation tips, encourages artists to make written agreements and determine when to seek legal aid, and explains the benefits of mediation in resolving art disputes. He is the director of the new documentary Terms And Conditions May Apply coming out on July 12 – a film that takes a look at what we would agree on by clicking on us without reading the fine print. And from what he`s learned from his research, Hoback doesn`t think you should bother reading the guidelines he talks about in his film. On the one hand, you don`t have time. (Hoback says you`d need a month a year dedicated to the task.) On the other hand, you have no choice. One of the ways to avoid litigation (or resolve a problem before the conflict occurs without coming back) is to agree in advance on dispute mediation. As a rule, this is done in the Treaty. If you live in Missouri or southwestern Illinois, we advise you to include the following mediation clause in your artistic agreements: All disputes arising from this agreement will be subject to mediation in accordance with the rules of Arts Resolution Services, a program of the Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts of St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts.
As a culture, how did we accept such behavior? According to the movie, you don`t need to look any further than the boring business terms you`ve never read and that come with every app you download and any website you visit. By clicking the “I agree” button, you blindly agree to transfer your life and interests to billion-dollar companies to do what they can. Often, this means that you sell your information to the highest bidder or share it with your government. Most of us don`t even realize it. Our government is doing it, Republicans and Democrats, but doing nothing about it. After all, this data is a treasure they can access simply by grabbing the bowl of data candy collected by Facebook, Google, and businesses. “I think the first step is to understand what`s going on,” Hoback says, adding that he now thinks the next step is to use data protection “emergency solution” tools and ultimately use conscience to pressure the government, regulate what companies can incorporate into such agreements, and require companies to: enable consumers to have access to information about themselves. .
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