---
title: "Check a contributor consent against visual-artists rights"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/sports-and-entertainment-law/prepare-contributor-moral-rights-consents-from-the-production-template/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A39-D20261018-3-US"
practice_area: "Sports & Entertainment Law"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Check a contributor consent against visual-artists rights

> From the consent the lawyer supplies, list the work as the document describes it, the author named, the uses the document lists, and whether the author has signed it. Do not say the consent is effective.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/sports-and-entertainment-law/prepare-contributor-moral-rights-consents-from-the-production-template/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Sports & Entertainment Law](https://ailawframework.com/practice/sports-and-entertainment-law.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | From the consent the lawyer supplies, list the work as the document describes it, the author named, the uses the document lists, and whether the author has signed it. Do not say the consent is effective. |
| What the lawyer must review | 17 U.S.C. § 106A(a) gives the author of a work of visual art, subject to § 107 and independent of the exclusive rights in § 106, rights of attribution and integrity, including the right to claim authorship, to prevent use of the author's name on a work of visual art the author did not create, to prevent use of the author's name on a distorted or modified work when the use would be prejudicial to honor or reputation, and, subject to § 113(d), to prevent intentional distortion, mutilation or modification prejudicial to honor or reputation and destruction of a work of recognized stature. Section 106A(b) gives those rights only to the author, whether or not the author owns the copyright. Section 106A(e)(1) provides that the rights may not be transferred, and may be waived only if the author expressly agrees in a written instrument signed by the author that specifically identifies the work and the uses to which the waiver applies. A waiver applies only to the work and uses so identified. Transfer of a copy or of copyright is not a waiver under § 106A(e)(2). You decide whether the work is a work of visual art under § 101 and whether the paper waives anything. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Prepare contributor moral-rights consents from the production template](https://ailawframework.com/practice/sports-and-entertainment-law/prepare-contributor-moral-rights-consents-from-the-production-template.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: From the consent the lawyer supplies, list the work as the document describes it, the author named, the uses the document lists, and whether the author has signed it. Do not say the consent is effective.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Open § 101 for the definition of work of visual art before you treat a film, a performance or a screenplay as covered by § 106A.
- Section 106A(c) excludes modifications from the passage of time or the inherent nature of the materials, and conservation or public presentation unless caused by gross negligence. Read subsection (c) on the fact in front of you.
- For a joint work, § 106A(e)(1) provides that a waiver by one author waives the rights for all the authors. Read that sentence before a single signature is treated as enough.

## Sources

- [17 U.S.C. § 106A (rights of certain authors to attribution and integrity)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/106A) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [17 U.S.C. § 106 (exclusive rights in copyrighted works)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/106) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Written consent for a film or a work in a film](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/sports-and-entertainment-law/film-moral-rights-written-consent.md) | Agreement | Yellow | A written consent under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) section 195AW for a cinematograph film, or for a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work as included in a film. |
| [Written consent for a work that is not in a film](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/sports-and-entertainment-law/non-film-moral-rights-written-consent.md) | Agreement | Yellow | A written consent under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) section 195AWA for a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work other than as included in a cinematograph film. |
| [Moral rights consent checklist](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/sports-and-entertainment-law/moral-rights-consent-checklist.md) | Checklist | Yellow | A checklist recording that a contributor has been told of the three moral rights, that those rights cannot be assigned, and that any consent is a separate document. It is not the consent. |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*