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STOP THE ORPHAN WORKS ACT!

08.05.08

I received a rather alarming email from the good people at conceptart.org this morning. It appears that legislation regarding artist’s image rights is being rushed through congress, and it appears to lay the groundwork for artists losing the rights to the very images they create. Please read all of this and click the links to contact your state representatives (it literally takes minutes and has been done for you) and email this story to everyone you know below!

According to the ORPHAN WORKS ACT (which will be written in the House at 2:00 today, and in the Senate tomorrow), “orphan work” is copyrighted work whose owner is unable to be located with what the infringer himself decides as “reasonably diligent search.” In a radical departure from existing copyright law and business practice, the U.S. Copyright Office has proposed that Congress grant such infringers freedom to ignore the rights of the artist and use the work for any purpose, including commercial usage.

Essentially, this will mean artists will be responsible for paying to register their images in a system that is untested, time-consuming and redundant, costing them hard-earned money and time to legally retain the rights to images THEY ALREADY OWN. A website has been created that allows us to easily contact representatives, and tell them to vote this down! Please, if you value art and the people who create it (you’re HERE so I know that you do!!!) then take a minute and help put those assholes in Washington in their place.

http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home/

This link has all your information on what this bill will mean to artists, and how to contact congress and see this changed. Things like this happen every day people, and democracy doesn’t work if we don’t participate. Don’t let this bill weaken our artists’ rights!

contact Senate Judiciary Committee:
http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/issues/alert/?alertid=11349191

contact House Judiciary Committee:
http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/issues/alert/?alertid=11349111

 

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  • 3.06.08 - Our friend Christopher Cox is seeking new bloggers at the moment. He would really like to grow his blog, Changethethought into a usable archive of information for Graphic Artists, Motionographers, Type-junkies, Fashionistas, Film Fans and young people interested in politics and pop culture. He is looking for people who are not afraid to express their true opinion about things. If you think you’ve got what it takes to contribute to Chris’s blog, email him at hire[@]
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