The story behind the A-Corp
A look into the process of how Artist Corporations became law
This spring, Colorado passed the first legal structure in America designed specifically for artists.
The Artist Corporation, or A-Corp, gives artists and creators a way to form entities that protect their creative mission, structure shared ownership, clarify IP, and build collective power without needing custom legal architecture every time. Early next year, the law will be in full effect and the first A-Corps will begin coming into existence.
But laws don’t appear out of nowhere. They begin as frustrations, conversations, unlikely alliances, and eventually, votes.
This week we're sharing the full story of how the A-Corp became law: from struggling to structure a collaborative Metalabel project, to dinners with artists and lawyers, to a TED talk, to the Colorado Capitol, to the Governor’s signature.
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Artists don’t deserve pity. Artists deserve power. This law is just the start of building it.
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