Orphaned Works Act

Rhinocerous Surprise
Rhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
edited June 2008 in A Moving Train
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s110-2913
http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-49535/TS-125553.mp3

This is pretty worrying for American copyright law... I can see some of the reasoning behind freeing up old images that the copyright holder can't be found. But the implications for modern visual artists are scary. I'm not certain I understand it to any great degree, but the mp3 up there at the top of the post has three artists talking about it in fairly simple terms.

Thoughts?
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  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    yeah its bullshit. corporations can pretty much use your artwork however they want without paying you. Even if you pay protection money to the copyright agency, they can still claim that they thought it was an orphaned work.

    got this in an email. thought i'd pass it on:



    FROM THE ILLUSTRATORS' PARTNERSHIP
    Take Action: Don't Let Congress Orphan Our Work
    We've set up an online site for visual artists 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. If you're opposed to the Orphan Works act, this site is yours to use. For international artists and our colleagues overseas, we've provided a special link, with a sample letter and instructions as to whom to write.


    2 minutes is all it takes to write Congress and protect your copyright:

    http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/issues/alert/?alertid=11442621

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



    Please forward this message to every artist you know.
  • Rhinocerous Surprise
    Rhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    As far as I can tell, photographers have it worst - they have no way of putting copyright notice ON their work, like artists can. So if you steal, say, a character from a comic book, the artist could show any number of images of that character with copyright notices right on the work, and have a strong defense. On the other hand, photographers really have no way of doing that. :o
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  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    As far as I can tell, photographers have it worst - they have no way of putting copyright notice ON their work, like artists can. So if you steal, say, a character from a comic book, the artist could show any number of images of that character with copyright notices right on the work, and have a strong defense. On the other hand, photographers really have no way of doing that. :o
    http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v287/18/125/648930914/n648930914_1282843_4907.jpg

    although I think it can be taken off easy enough :o
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
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  • Rhinocerous Surprise
    Rhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v287/18/125/648930914/n648930914_1282843_4907.jpg

    although I think it can be taken off easy enough :o

    http://www.freewebs.com/alsarticles/1%20Paper%20Roots.png

    I'm probably in the same boat. :o

    Luckily, the Orphaned Works act only applies to America. We should be safe under Irish copyright law. :)
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