Over the past year Arts Law has been involved in Raw Law, a challenging but rewarding project initiated by Arts Access Victoria. Arts Access Victoria is a disability arts organisation that provides access, participation, engagement and professional development in the arts and cultural life across Victoria for people with a disability. The Raw Law project aims at providing accessible legal information on arts law issues for people with disabilities.

A few years ago, an actor with an intellectual disability participated in a film project. When he saw the final product, and realised that his comments in front of the camera would be available for all to hear, he requested the organisation running the project to remove that content or abstain from showing the film. It appeared that his consent was invalid, with the result that the project had to be abandoned.

Adam Rosza, Arts Development Officer, and his colleagues at Arts Access Victoria became aware of the risks suc…

Source: http://www.artslaw.com.au/enewsletter/JUNE10/JUNE10-FA-Raw_Law.html