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| 05.17.01 | AMI/ IPA Alliance The Association of Medical Illustrators (AMI) has joined forces with the Illustrators' Partnership of America as an Allied Associate, in recognition and support of the right of all creators of intellectual property to own, control and preserve the rights to their creations as guaranteed by national and international copyright laws and conventions. "We are building towards a future where the dissemination and usage of our works automatically directs a revenue stream of residuals back to the creator," comments Cynthia Turner, AMI Liaison to the IPA, and IPA Board Member. The AMI, with its rich 56-year history and over 900 members, hopes to serve as a prototype for other specialty artists organizations that will join the IPA. The Association of Medical Illustrators (AMI) is an international organization founded in 1945, and incorporated as a 501(C)(6) not-for-profit organization. Its members are primarily artists who create material designed to facilitate the recording and dissemination of medical and bioscientific knowledge through visual communication media. Members are involved not only in the creation of such material, but also serve in consultant, advisory, educational and administrative capacities in all aspects of bioscientific communications and related areas of visual education. The professional objectives of the AMI are to promote the study and advancement of medical illustration and allied fields of visual communication, and to promote understanding and cooperation with the medical profession and related health science professions. |