PROTECT your creations!

[Fozzie Bear]

Attention, all creative types!

Orphaned works?

According to my understanding, a new Bill will require that you copyright EVERYTHING from conceptual art and ideas through to finished product. You know I am constantly creating something, and if this bill passes, it allows uncreative people to just steal my hard work and design and make anything they wish of it.

I just used this site to compose a letter against the orphan works bill that is on the blocks for 2008. This bill, if it passes, scares me about what could happen to anyone of our intellectual properties. If you create anything, you need to take a look at this at some point.

Click on this URL to take action now
http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/utr/2/?a=11323576&i=87297052&c=

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[MrsPepper]

What does 'orphaned works' even mean? That sounds really vague, and potentially dangerous... As a Canadian this doesn't apply to me, but as an artist, I support your cause, because this sounds awful.

 

[wwfpooh]

What does 'orphaned works' even mean? That sounds really vague, and potentially dangerous... As a Canadian this doesn't apply to me, but as an artist, I support your cause, because this sounds awful.

Add that to the Mouse House backing a bill to get rid essentially of Fair Use & we got things that could ruddy scare the pants off of the regular populous!

 

[D'Snowth]

Mom's always having my stuff copyrighted anyway, so I guess this doesn't even concern me, huh?

 

[MrsPepper]

You know, I don't even know how to copyright my art.

 

[wwfpooh]

You know, I don't even know how to copyright my art.

Maybe someone could give people a tutorial?

 

[D'Snowth]

It helps to know an attorney.

My sister-in-law's an attorney, so we let her take care of all of these legal issues.

 

[wwfpooh]

It helps to know an attorney.

My sister-in-law's an attorney, so we let her take care of all of these legal issues.

But isn't that...I dunno...forcing her to be on-duty, even when she's off-duty?

 

[ReneeLouvier]

I just sent off the "form" letter, after reading through it (and finding it quite informative and well written out personally) to my three representives!

Hopefully this'll work, ya'know? I personally, would not want to see that thing passed through the senate/house.

 

[wwfpooh]

I just sent off the "form" letter, after reading through it (and finding it quite informative and well written out personally) to my three representives!

Hopefully this'll work, ya'know? I personally, would not want to see that thing passed through the senate/house.

Ditto, but as long as certain people are in charge, I doubt the winds of change are favorable to us.