§ 5-62-3. Public display, publication, and reproduction of works of fine art.
Except as limited by § 5-62-5, no person other than the artist, or a person acting with the artist’s consent, shall knowingly display in a public exhibition a work of fine art of that artist or shall publish a reproduction of a work of the artist in an altered, defaced, mutilated, or modified form, if the work is displayed, published, or reproduced as being the work of the artist, or under circumstances under which it would reasonably be regarded as being the work of the artist.
History of Section.P.L. 1987, ch. 566, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 5 - Businesses and Professions
Chapter 5-62 - Works of Art — Artists’ Rights
Section 5-62-2. - Definitions.
Section 5-62-3. - Public display, publication, and reproduction of works of fine art.
Section 5-62-4. - Artists’ authorship rights.
Section 5-62-5. - Limitations of applicability.
Section 5-62-7. - Artists — Art merchant relationships.
Section 5-62-8. - Exemption from seizure.
Section 5-62-9. - Express warranties.
Section 5-62-10. - Falsifying certificates of authenticity or any similar written instrument.