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FromIllustrators’ Partnership of AmericaAdvertising Photographers of AmericaArtists Foundation of Massachusetts Respectfully submitted to Majority StaffChairman, Patrick Leahy and Minority [...]

Both House and Senate versions of the Orphan Works Act of 2008 can be downloaded from the IPA homepage: http://illustratorspartnership.org/ Many groups are coming together to oppose this bill. [...]

Today the House and Senate sent us draft copies of the new Orphan Works Act of 2008. They haven’t officially released it yet, but we’ve been told the Senate will do so this week. A quick analysis [...]

We’ve seen “Six Misconceptions About Orphan Works” circulating on the Internet. It’s a well-reasoned piece, but has one problem. The author cites current copyright law to “debunk” concerns about [...]

When the Copyright Office spawned the Orphan Works bill (2006), they said it would not cause problems for artists. They were wrong. Now they concede the problems, but say registries are the [...]