H.R. 5889 Amendments

By Illustrators Partnership of America

In Artists Rights, Artists Rights Society, Berne Convention, Copyright, Copyright Act, H.R. 5889, H.R. 5889 Amendments, Illustrators Partnership, Orphan Works, TRIPS

Posted December 24, 2008

Appeal to House Judiciary

December 8, 2008 The Honorable John Conyers, Jr.Chairman Committee on the JudiciaryU.S. House of Representatives2426 Rayburn House Office BuildingWashington, D.C. 20515 Dear Chairman Conyers: On [...]

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By Illustrators Partnership of America

In Artists Rights, Berne Convention, Copyright, Copyright Act, Copyright Infringement, H.R. 5889, H.R. 5889 Amendments, Orphan Works

Posted October 10, 2008

Orphan Works: A Public Knowledge Postmortem

“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 [...]

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By Illustrators Partnership of America

In Berne Convention, Copyright, Copyright Act, H.R. 5889, H.R. 5889 Amendments, Orphan Rights, Orphan Works, S. 2913, Small Business Administration, TRIPS

Posted September 15, 2008

The Orphan Works Act: Responses to the House Judiciary Committee

The following statements about the Orphan Works Act were sent from the House Judiciary Committee to a Congressman. The Congressman asked for responses from visual artists. The language in the [...]

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By Illustrators Partnership of America

In Berne Convention, Copyright, Copyright Act, Dark Archive, Fair Use, H.R. 5889, H.R. 5889 Amendments, Orphan Rights, Orphan Works, S. 2913, TRIPS

Posted July 16, 2008

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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By Illustrators Partnership of America

In Berne Convention, Copyright, Copyright Act, Dark Archive, H.R. 5889, H.R. 5889 Amendments, Orphan Rights, S. 2913, TRIPS

Posted July 14, 2008

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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By Illustrators Partnership of America

In Berne Convention, Copyright, H.R. 5889 Amendments, Orphan Rights, Orphan Works, TRIPS

Posted July 12, 2008

Introduction As rights holders, we can summarize our hopes for the Orphan Works Act simply: to see that it becomes a true orphan works bill, with no unnecessary spillover effect to damage the [...]

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By Illustrators Partnership of America

In Berne Convention, Copyright, Copyright Act, H.R. 5889, H.R. 5889 Amendments, Orphan Rights, Orphan Works, S. 2913, TRIPS

Posted April 30, 2008

Comments on S. 2913, The Shawn Bentley Orphan Works Act of 2008

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

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