The carpets case a landmark in the legal protection of aboriginal art occurred in 1994.
Aboriginal carpet case.
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After a 14 day trial three aboriginal artists and the estates of five other deceased aboriginal artists were awarded damages totalling 188 640 for infringements of their copyright.
The salesperson was interested in knowing whether the aboriginal carpets for sale in the store were authentic.
Of aboriginal artworks produced by the australian national gallery and a calendar produced by the australian informa tion service.
It involved an australian company which had reproduced woollen carpets with the unauthorised artwork of eight aboriginal artists including a yalangbara based print by banduk marika djanda and the sacred waterhole.
According to evidence given to the court these publications were at the vietnamese carpet factory when a director of beechrow first visited it.
In 1993 wandjuk s sister banduk marika was involved in one of the most successful cases regarding indigenous copyright in australia.
When staff at niaaa saw the carpets they identified them as copying the original works of several well known aboriginal artists.