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artists_bewareThe Orphan Works amendment to the US copyright law threatens to unleash a HUGE legal loophole that would put at risk EVERY ARTIST's creations.
As reported by many other artists on DA and elsewhere--this is FOR REAL. You NEED to start emailing, faxing, and calling your Senators if you are an artist or a friend of an artist and get this amendment stamped out.
Here is a press release by the ASMP, as well as an easy-to-use Draft Letter for reaching Senators and Representatives. I have also posted another draft letter on my own site below, and the Fax Numbers of Senators that are on the committee, deciding the fate of YOUR WORK. So USE THEM. Fax them. If you are a Canadian Citizen, there's info for you, too.
http://asmp.org/news/spec2006/orphan_faxcall.php
HERE. Do it NOW, while you're all riled up.
http://hyenapaws.critter.net/draftletter.htm
Do something and PASS THIS INFORMATION AROUND, or else all our unique creations may be at risk.
stolen from caramittin's DA journal
http://caramitten.deviantart.com/journal/8067185/#journal
As reported by many other artists on DA and elsewhere--this is FOR REAL. You NEED to start emailing, faxing, and calling your Senators if you are an artist or a friend of an artist and get this amendment stamped out.
Here is a press release by the ASMP, as well as an easy-to-use Draft Letter for reaching Senators and Representatives. I have also posted another draft letter on my own site below, and the Fax Numbers of Senators that are on the committee, deciding the fate of YOUR WORK. So USE THEM. Fax them. If you are a Canadian Citizen, there's info for you, too.
http://asmp.org/news/spec2006/orphan_faxcall.php
HERE. Do it NOW, while you're all riled up.
http://hyenapaws.critter.net/draftletter.htm
Do something and PASS THIS INFORMATION AROUND, or else all our unique creations may be at risk.
stolen from caramittin's DA journal
http://caramitten.deviantart.com/journal/8067185/#journal
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Date: 2006-03-09 06:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-09 06:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-09 06:23 pm (UTC)Also try reading some of the comments in the Deviantart journal, those helped clarify some things.
You're Not Stupid ;3
Date: 2006-03-18 06:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-09 09:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-09 09:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-09 09:33 pm (UTC)O.o we need out full name, a copyright symbol or the word copyright, and the year on a picture... riight?
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Date: 2006-03-09 10:52 pm (UTC)My understanding has always been that all art is copyrighted automatically at the moment of creation.
Being Canadian, I'm not sure how (or if) this will affect me. Especially since my art (sculpture) is not something that can really be copied, and I sign and date everything.
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Date: 2006-03-09 11:04 pm (UTC)I had a class on copyright last year and... it already was the law to have (c) and date on it.. and as soon as the art is created and "published" it is (c) to you. Submitting artwork to the internet counts as being "published"
I think this law goes for canadians and americans... I don't think you have to worry about the sculptures, but photographs of them i would if they weren't dated and stuff.
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Date: 2006-03-10 01:24 pm (UTC)I suspect that too. I was just thrown by the opening statement of: 'that would put at risk EVERY ARTIST's creations'
They should have said every artist (within the usa or canada) really |:/
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Date: 2006-03-10 03:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-16 11:06 am (UTC)Not that it's not already pretty much free of risk, considering all I could really do about it is post about them on here. :P
This stupid amendment is just giving the thieves affirmation that what they're doing is okay.
-Alexandra
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Date: 2006-03-16 12:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-16 12:54 pm (UTC)Which sucks, because there should be some kind of international copyright agreement that included countries working together (something working roughly like if Joe Merican makes prints of my art and sells them on his website, I can bring my originals of the same art to a Swedish courthouse and they'll tell the US copyright enforcement agency to fine his ass), but that's never going to happen.
-Alexandra
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Date: 2006-03-10 07:43 pm (UTC)This is a US copyright issue. I still fail to see how it would affect Canadians, aside from the obvious use of Canadian art copied in the US.
Considering how common stealing, copying, and mass-producing international art to sell internationally is in China, the only difference to me is that China is now downstairs...
... when I have more time, I'll look into this, especially regarding how/if this will affect canadian copyright laws. Actually, I should look into them anyways for my own sake.
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Date: 2006-03-18 06:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-18 06:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-18 11:34 pm (UTC)Err...
Date: 2006-03-09 10:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-10 01:05 am (UTC)