Proposed changes to US copyright law.

[Arkady]

Proposed changes to US copyright law must be opposed as strongly as possible.

The following article published in the Editorial Photographers UK website, makes for very worrying reading. The US, although signatories to the Berne convention, have long had a somewhat unique perspective on copyright law, and have enacted numerous bills over previous decades to amend, subvert or by-pass many of its core principles. This newly proposed "Orphan works act 2008" bill however, goes further than ever before and will effectively hammer in the the final nail as far as the individual freelance creative is concerned.

Read the full article on EPUK.com

[LeadMagnet]

That's insane! Is that likely to be passed?

[ArtyWildmaker]

Brad Holland is sending this site out. The Illustrators' Partnership of America
YouTube interview is quite interesting. YouTube version: YouTube - CORPORATE THEFT - THE ORPHAN WORKS BILL <http://youtube.com/watch?v=CqBZd0cP5Yc>
An open forum to oppose the Orphan Works Act of 2008

Tuesday, May 6 6:00 PM
The Society of Illustrators
128 East 63rd Street
New York, NY 10065
Admission will be free

This predatory bill will not pass. To think that creative people would have to pay non-creative people in order to own their own artwork is like trying to sell us the Brooklyn Bridge. They are confused on who's art it is to sell. This is hilarious really!

[flick]

that is completely ridiculous, people who come up with this stuff should have advisors to tell them when they are being complete w@nkers