tailieunhanh - The Law (In Plan) for Crafts

Too often, our failure to succeed as crafts professionals lies not in the absence of talent or skills, but in resistance to acquiring a knowledge of sound business practices—especially those related to law and contracts. Like it or not, artists and artisans are as involved as other professionals in business and business law. Because art is at best a precarious means of life support, we require familiarity with applicable law in order to proceed easily and confidently in business transactions. As artists, we have a perennial tendency to spurn all conventional wisdom, to treat business dealings with the same spirit of adventure with which we develop media or style | Sixth Edition Leonard D. DuBoff attoiney-at-law IXTH Edition Leonard D. DuBoff attorney-at-law ALLWORTH PRESS NEW YORK Dedication This book is dedicated to some of the most important people in my world to my mother and father Millicent and Rubin for the gift of life to my wife Mary Ann for her caring support inspiration and assistance to my children Colleen Rose Robert Courtney and Sabrina Ashley for their love friendship and inspiration and to my grandchildren Brian Michael and Taliek Isaiah so that they can carry on the tradition. 2005 Leonard D. DuBoff All rights reserved. Copyright under Berne Copyright Convention Universal Copyright Convention and Pan-American Copyright Convention. No part of this book may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without prior permission of the publisher. 09 08 07 06 05 54321 Published by Allworth Press An imprint of Allworth Communications 10 East 23rd Street New York NY 10010 Cover design by Derek Bacchus Page composition typography by SR Desktop Services Ridge NY ISBN 1-58115-424-0 Library of Congress Catalog-in-Publication Data DuBoff Leonard D. The law in plain English for crafts Leonard D. Duboff. 6th ed. p. cm. Includes index. 1. Artisans Legal status laws etc. United States. 2. Law United States. 3. Handicraft Law and legislation United States. I. Title. 2005 02 4745 dc22 2005014096 Printed in .