Copyright Infringement

For more than a year Congress has been holding hearings for the drafting of a brand new US Copyright Act. At its heart is the return of Orphan Works. Twice, Orphan Works Acts have failed to pass [...]

For the last several days, we’ve been responding to queries about the announced “class-action” lawsuit by “visual arts” organizations against Google in the matter of [...]

New Copyright Czar begins Joint Strategic Plan to Protect Intellectual PropertyVictoria Espinel is the first U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC), also known as the Copyright [...]

A Reversal of Copyright LawLast Friday we summarized the basic details of the Google Book Search Settlement. Like the visual arts “databases” we opposed last year, this agreement [...]

We’ve been asked for news about the Orphan Works bill. Last June Intellectual Property Watch warned that it would be back during the summer. And on June 11th, Senator Orrin Hatch confirmed his [...]

Through the Looking Glass Orphan Works advocates defend their proposals by saying they’re necessary to put users in touch with copyright owners. They say this isn’t happening now because of a [...]

Little Known Facts Congress will reconvene for a lame duck session next week. That means Orphan Works backers may try again to pass their bill by suspending the rules. We believe this bill is too [...]

“Orphan works relief was vigorously opposed by visual artists… And while we have thought some of their concerns misguided, they did a fine job of organizing and getting their voices [...]

These are excerpts from written statements submitted by the Illustrators’ Partnership to the Small Business Administration September 16. The SBA Roundtable is the only forum so far conducted by [...]

Phone, fax, email these congressman immediately: Delahunt phone (202) 225 3111 fax (202) 225-5658 phone: (617) 770-3700 fax: (617) 770-2984 Conyers phone: (202) 225-5126 fax: (202) 225-0072 [...]