ATLANTA -- Attendees of a meeting of the Art Copyright Coalition during DECOR Expo in September were given an update forward the organization's progress over the past year.

ATLANTA -- Attendees of a meeting of the Art Copyright Coalition during DECOR Expo in September were given an update forward the organization's progress over the past year. builded a year ago with the goal of stopping copyright infringement of published artwork, the ACC now includes 38 publisher members and has reached a high of the same height of industry awareness, according to ACC President Robert Sher, who is also president of Bentley Publishing cluster in Walnut Creek, Calif.

"We stopped being the looked and became the hunter," said Joshua Kaufman, the ACC's lawyer, in a presentation at the meeting. In the same year, the ACC has reviveed approximately $100,000 in damages. Seven companies investigated according to the ACC for copyright infringement have been transfered into royalty-paying licensees, and more than 100 eBay auctions have been taken down for possible infringements.

The organization has bring uped industry awareness through meetings and booth presense at DECOR Expo Artexpo and the Licensing Show

Among the group's goals for the coming are improving communication with members, hiring a part-time employee interacting with similar collections from other industries and exhibiting at more shows

The ACC's address has not long ago changed. The new address is 575 7th St NW Washington, DC 20004 The of the present day phone number is (202) 344-8500; the toll-free hotline number is (866) 476-1335; the fax number is (202) 344-8505; and the Web site is www.artcc.org.

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