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Orphan Works Opposition: Plan B
SEPT 27 Yesterday, in a cynical move, the sponsors of the Senate Orphan Works Act passed their controversial bill by a controversial practice known as hotlining. With lawmakers scrambling to [...]
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Posted Orphan Works: Why Bet Against Ourselves?
Several artists have asked me to respond to a recent letter they received from John Schmelzer, President of the Graphic Artists Guild. In it, he gave his reasons for GAG’s endorsement of the [...]
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Posted SBA Orphan Works Roundtable Webcast Stream
The webcast of the Orphan Works Roundtable is now available here: https://vimeo.com/channels/artistsrights “A Seminal Event” [...]
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More Groups Condemn Controversial Orphan Works Bills
The California Copyright Conference and the Association of Independent Music Publishers have announced a joint position paper condemning the Orphan Works bills. In a five page paper they [...]
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Posted Orphan Works Update July 15
The Orphan Works Mark-up for this week has been postponed. This gives us more time to email and fax members of the House Judiciary Committee. Write and ask them to support the amendments [...]
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Posted Orphan Works Markup
We’ve had word that the House Judiciary Committee may mark-up the Orphan Works Bill this week. This is the session where Committee Members will propose, accept and reject amendments to H.R. [...]
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Posted Orphan Works Update: The House Bill and Commercial Registries
Backers of the House version of the Orphan Works bill are now asking artists and photographers to oppose the Senate bill unless it’s amended to contain at least the “minimum provisions” that [...]