Copyright

[download the pdf]July 17, 2015 Maria Pallante Register of Copyrights U.S. Copyright Office 101 Independence Ave. S.E. Washington, DC 20559-6000  RE: Notice of Inquiry, Copyright Office, [...]

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 [...]

At last it may be possible for some illustrators to start receiving reprographic royalties. The Illustrators Partnership has been pressing this issue for  several years. Last April we [...]

Last week the New York State Supreme Court, New York County, dismissed all claims in a million dollar lawsuit brought by the Graphic Artists Guild (GAG) against the Illustrators’ [...]

Yesterday, U.S. Circuit Judge Denny Chin rejected the Book Rights Registry settlement between Google and the US Authors Guild. The $125 million commercial agreement would have rewarded both [...]

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 [...]

OSLO NORWAY Over 60 authors organizations met here this week to discuss strategies for defending authors’ rights in the digitized world. Their call to action is reminiscent of the [...]

Compelling Arguments On September 10, 2009, Marybeth Peters, Register of the US Copyright Office, testified before Congress in opposition to the Google Book Search Settlement. Her arguments on [...]

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 [...]