Section 14.03. Artists authorship rights

1.   Except  as  limited  by
  subdivision three of this section, on and after January first,  nineteen
  hundred  eighty-five, no person other than the artist or a person acting
  with the artist's consent shall knowingly display in a place  accessible
  to  the public or publish a work of fine art or limited edition multiple
  of not more than three hundred copies by that artist or  a  reproduction
  thereof  in  an altered, defaced, mutilated or modified form if the work
  is displayed, published or reproduced as being the work of  the  artist,
  or  under  circumstances  under which it would reasonably be regarded as
  being the work of the artist, and damage to the artist's  reputation  is
  reasonably  likely  to  result therefrom, except that this section shall
  not apply to sequential imagery such as that in motion pictures.
    2. (a) Except as limited by subdivision three  of  this  section,  the
  artist  shall retain at all times the right to claim authorship, or, for
  just and valid reason, to disclaim authorship of such work. The right to
  claim authorship shall include the right of the artist to  have  his  or
  her  name  appear  on or in connection with such work as the artist. The
  right to disclaim authorship shall include the right of  the  artist  to
  prevent  his  or  her  name from appearing on or in connection with such
  work as the artist. Just and valid  reason  for  disclaiming  authorship
  shall  include  that  the  work  has been altered, defaced, mutilated or
  modified other than by the artist, without  the  artist's  consent,  and
  damage  to the artist's reputation is reasonably likely to result or has
  resulted therefrom.
    (b) The rights created by this subdivision shall exist in addition  to
  any  other  rights  and  duties  which  may  now  or  in  the  future be
  applicable.
    3. (a) Alteration, defacement, mutilation or modification of such work
  resulting from the passage  of  time  or  the  inherent  nature  of  the
  materials  will  not  by itself create a violation of subdivision one of
  this section or a right to disclaim authorship under subdivision two  of
  this  section;  provided  such  alteration,  defacement,  mutilation  or
  modification was not the result of gross negligence  in  maintaining  or
  protecting the work of fine art.
    (b) In the case of a reproduction, a change that is an ordinary result
  of  the  medium of reproduction does not by itself create a violation of
  subdivision one of this section or a right to disclaim authorship  under
  subdivision two of this section.
    (c)  Conservation  shall  not  constitute  an  alteration, defacement,
  mutilation or modification within the meaning of  this  section,  unless
  the conservation work can be shown to be negligent.
    (d)  This  section shall not apply to work prepared under contract for
  advertising or trade use unless the contract so provides.
    (e) The provisions of this section shall apply only to works  of  fine
  art  or  limited edition multiples of not more than three hundred copies
  knowingly displayed in a place accessible to the  public,  published  or
  reproduced in this state.
    4. (a) An artist aggrieved under subdivision one or subdivision two of
  this  section  shall  have  a  cause  of action for legal and injunctive
  relief.
    (b) No action may be maintained to enforce any  liability  under  this
  section  unless  brought  within three years of the act complained of or
  one year after the constructive discovery  of  such  act,  whichever  is
  longer.