Press Release
American Photographic Artists (APA) is committed to helping professional photographers and creative artists succeed at the business of photography. In past months, APA has taken significant steps to expand advocacy efforts and has formed an alliance with Artists Rights Society (ARS). This alliance offers secondary rights protection to APA members by offering them complimentary membership to ARS. This move is in-line with APA’s desire to protect artists’ rights and will enable artists to receive known and unknown royalties that belong to them more quickly and efficiently.
“APA members now have the benefit of becoming members of Artists Rights Society, which will help them obtain more protection over secondary rights of their work,” comments Stephen Best, CEO of APA. “Since our organization supports and lobbies for artists’ rights, in addition to many other benefits, this alliance was a natural fit. Now, new and current APA members can join ARS at no charge and have more rights protection and receive royalty checks sooner than they would without membership.”
APA has sent out ARS membership information to all current APA members, encouraging them to register with ARS as soon as possible. Artists interested in becoming new APA members are also eligible for ARS membership and can contact Stephen Best directly at ce*@*********al.com.
Why APA Members Should Join ARS:
• Because the creative industry is in the midst of a tremendous evolution where photographers’ rights are becoming integral to business success. ARS can help protect their work and their business.
• Because when artists are ARS members, their information is on file and they will receive secondary licensing funds more rapidly than if they weren’t members.
• Funds distributed by ARS are royalties that artists would otherwise never have known about or had the opportunity to collect.
This alliance with ARS is one of the many benefits offered to APA members. Through ongoing education programs, business resources, and a myriad of other benefits and services, APA has encouraged success and built up artists for nearly 30 years.
This article was last modified on January 18, 2023
This article was first published on April 22, 2011
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