Article for artists with advice on how to form a Limited Partnership or business with other artists. This article is written by an arts business expert. Some of the art-specific examples are less than contemporary, but the business principles that are discussed are excellent.

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Creative Commons is a new system, built within current copyright law, that allows anyone to publish their online creative work with a Creative Commons license to share and be used by the public. Creative Commons licenses provide a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors, artists, and educators. The mission of Creative Commons is to increase sharing and improve collaboration.

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A 16,000-member national bar association constituted primarily of intellectual property lawyers in private corporate practice, government service, and in the academic community.