And this time the wheels have been greased for quick passage.
Yesterday a revived Orphan Works Bill sailed through a House panel. Today the Senate bill will be marked up. These bills will expose any work of art to commercial infringement.This will include everything from professional paintings to personal photos placed on the net.
The bills will coerce you to register your work with for-profit registries as a condition of protecting your copyrights. Any unregistered pictures will be subject to Orphan Works infringement. This is a radical departure from international copyright law and normal business practice.
This is TERRIBLE and I BEG you to write!
If you wish to oppose this legislation, you must act now. We've set up an online site for anyone to e-mail their Senators and Representatives with one click. This site is open to professional artists, photographers and any member of the image-making public.
We've provided sample letters from individuals representing different sectors of the visual arts. Illustrators, photographers, fine artists, reps, licensing firms, designers: If you're opposed to the Orphan Works act, this site is yours to use.
2 minutes is all it takes to write Congress and fight for your copyrights.
Go here: http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home/ <http://e2ma.net/go/1075022645/972763/35733990/goto:http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home/>
Pick a sample letter or write your own. Type in your zip code. Your letter will be automatically addressed to your congressman and senators. Click and send.
For international artists and our colleagues overseas, we've provided a special link, with a sample letter and instructions as to whom to write.
For more information about the
Orphan Works Act of 2008:
IPA Statement to House Subcommittee March 20, 2008:
Strongly suggest ALL to use the links that Ryan has provided. I have used them and have already received a reply from Sen. Obama. The letter (e-mail) sounds as though he will vote against it if and when it comes to the Senate for a full vote. I have yet to hear from Sen. Durbin but as a rule he and Obama have pretty much voted together. This whole idea of needing a "registrar" is just another way of the "big" money wanting more and not having to pay a fair price for usage. If they get their way, nearly every photo online will be an "orphan".
"This whole idea of needing a "registrar" is just another way of the "big" money wanting more."
Not wanting, but ensuring that they get more at other people's expense. And the bill gets the original copyright-law rationale 180 degrees backwards. I used the links, too.
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3 repliesTHE ORPHAN WORKS BILL IS BACK.
And this time the wheels have been greased for quick passage.
Yesterday a revived Orphan Works Bill sailed through a House panel. Today the Senate bill will be marked up. These bills will expose any work of art to commercial infringement.This will include everything from professional paintings to personal photos placed on the net.
The bills will coerce you to register your work with for-profit registries as a condition of protecting your copyrights. Any unregistered pictures will be subject to Orphan Works infringement. This is a radical departure from international copyright law and normal business practice.
This is TERRIBLE and I BEG you to write!
If you wish to oppose this legislation, you must act now. We've set up an online site for anyone to e-mail their Senators and Representatives with one click. This site is open to professional artists, photographers and any member of the image-making public.
We've provided sample letters from individuals representing different sectors of the visual arts. Illustrators, photographers, fine artists, reps, licensing firms, designers: If you're opposed to the Orphan Works act, this site is yours to use.
2 minutes is all it takes to write Congress and fight for your copyrights.
Go here: http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home/ <http://e2ma.net/go/1075022645/972763/35733990/goto:http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home/>
Pick a sample letter or write your own. Type in your zip code. Your letter will be automatically addressed to your congressman and senators. Click and send.
For international artists and our colleagues overseas, we've provided a special link, with a sample letter and instructions as to whom to write.
For more information about the
Orphan Works Act of 2008:
IPA Statement to House Subcommittee March 20, 2008:
http://www.illustratorspartnership....earchterm=00261 <http://e2ma.net/go/1075022645/972763/35733989/goto:http://www.illustratorspartnership.org/01_topics/article.php?searchterm=00261>
IPA Senate Mark-up Comments April 30, 2008:
http://www.illustratorspartnership.org/ow_docs <http://e2ma.net/go/1075022645/972763/35733988/goto:http://www.illustratorspartnership.org/ow_docs>
Not wanting, but ensuring that they get more at other people's expense. And the bill gets the original copyright-law rationale 180 degrees backwards. I used the links, too.