Inside Intell tells us that THE HOUSE WILL TRY TO PASS THE ORPHAN WORKS
BILL TODAY!
Some of you might not know that Friday,at the end of the week, the end
of the session and the end of the day the special interests hotlined
the Bill in the Senate. With the Senate somewhat busy no one had time
to object so the intitial stage was passed.
Now it’s up to the Congress.
Last night once again at the end of the day with all focus on the
upcoming vice presidential debates that were beginning in less than an
hour, the Bill was once again put on the move.
Any Bill that benefits citizens can stand the light of day, this bill
will allow legalized theft which is why it has to be presented under
the cover of darkness.
Why have the doors been opened wide for commercial infringement of the
work of living authors actively licensing their work?
Why do they want to pass it when nobody’s looking?
Why do they want to re-write copyright law without an open debate?
Stop this effort to give content to Big Internet firms by undermining
copyright law.
Get the word out TODAY!!!!!!!!!
It’s 4th and goal and the clock is ticking with no time outs.
· Light up Washington and home offices of your Congressman.
· Contact the media.
· Deny them cover. Do not let them hide.
Tell them we will hold each of them accountable.
THE MESSAGE for your Congressman, Key Leaders, Aides, Media
· The "Dark Archive" - where infringers can register their paperwork
in secret - will not protect our copyrights.
· An "Open Archive" - with orphaned work exposed to to the public -
would be a come-and-get-it bank for plagiarists and infringers.
· Artists cannot monitor tens or hundreds of thousands of images every
day to see if somebody somewhere has infringed their work.
· There are more than a trillion images subject to orphaning each day.
· If someone can’t find me, that doesn’t mean I’ve orphaned my work.
· An unsuccessful search for a property owner should not be a license
to steal.
· Artists should not have to digitize their life’s work at their own
expense to comply with a law they don’t want or need.
· The high cost compliance would make compliance prohibitive.
· The loss of exclusive rights would undermine contractual agreements
with clients.
· We cannot sell exclusive rights to clients if others can publish our
work without our knowledge or consent.
· The loss of exclusive rights would devalue our entire inventories of
work.
· Small business owners should not be forced to subsidize the business
models of Big Internet firms.
· No rational business owner should have to give access to their
inventory, metadata, client contact information, etc. to outside
business interests.
Tell lawmakers to prevent passage of this bill until it can be
subjected to an open, informed and transparent public examination.
Tell them this is no way to re-write copyright law.
Tell them it will affect millions of rights holders worldwide.
Tell them you would support a true orphan works bill, but this is not
it.
Tell them to to consider the amendments presented by the Illustrators'
Partnership, Artists Rights Society and Advertising Photographers of
America
Phone, fax, email these Congresspeople immediately
DELAHUNT Phone: (202) 225-3111 Fax (202) 225-5658
Phone: (617) 770-3700 Fax: (617) 770-2984
CONYERS Phone: (202) 225-5126 Fax: (202) 225-0072
Phone: (313) 961-5670 Fax: (313) 226-2085
NADLER Phone: (202) 225-5635 Fax: (202) 225-6923
Phone: (212) 367-7350 Fax: (212) 367-7356
BERMAN Phone: (202) 225-4695 Fax: (202) 225-3196
Phone: (818) 994-7200 Fax: (818) 994-1050
PELOSI AmericanVoices@mail.house.gov
Phone: (202) 225-4965 Fax: (202) 225-8259
Phone: (415) 556-4862 Fax: (415) 861-1670
HOYER steny.hoyer@mail.house.gov
Phone: (202) 225-4131 Fax: (202) 225-4300
Phone: (301) 474-0119 Fax: (301) 474-4697
YOUR REPRESENTATIVE
To find Washington and District Office phone, fax and web forms for
your Representative
http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/dbq/officials
and enter your zip code
YOUR LOCAL MEDIA
To find the contacts for your Local Media go to
http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/dbq/media/
and enter your zip code
AND DON"T FORGET THE RADIO TALK SHOWS!!!
Go get em!!!
Best,
Adam
1 Comment
ThinkBaker said 2 months ago
JIMMY, PLEASE STICKY THIS! atleast for today....
please.