Australian government buys copyright to Aboriginal flag in $20m deal
Deal includes payment to designer Harold Thomas and terminates commercial licences, meaning flag now ‘belongs to everyone’, federal minister for Indigenous Australians says
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Deal includes payment to designer Harold Thomas and terminates commercial licences, meaning flag now ‘belongs to everyone’, federal minister for Indigenous Australians says
Luritja artist and activist Harold Thomas signed a deal to transfer control of the iconic Indigenous symbol to the Commonwealth.
The Aboriginal flag will be free for all to use after the federal government acquired the copyright in a $20 million deal with artist Harold Thomas.
The Aboriginal flag will be free for all to use after the federal government acquired the copyright in a $20 million deal with artist Harold Thomas.
Luritja artist and activist Harold Thomas, who designed the Aboriginal flag in 1971, has agreed to transfer copyright to the Commonwealth.