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Subject: [WSFA] Re: FW: [RavenCon] (OT)Artists: A call to action!
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 07:47:38 -0500
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Walsh" <mjw at press.jhu.edu>
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Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 4:21 PM
Subject: [WSFA] Re: FW: [RavenCon] (OT)Artists: A call to
action!

> There's a reason why copyright is not forever.
>
> mjw
>
> >>> leeandalexis at hotmail.com 11/13/06 12:34 PM >>>
>
> Every Day An Adventure
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "J. Andrew World" <captnflannel at yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: RavenCon at yahoogroups.com
> To: RavenCon at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [WSFA] [RavenCon] (OT)Artists: A call to action!
> Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 22:08:43 -0800 (PST)
>
> Please repost this!
>
> Artists' rights are coming under attack!
> The House Judiciary Commity has an Act that they are
waiting to vote on
> that will seriously hurt artists. If this law is passed it
will
> drastically affect how much right you have to your own
work.
>
> The Orphan Works act (You can use this link to see where
it stands:
> http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.R.5439:) will
take away
> your
> rights to your work.
>
> I can't explain it better than Tad Crawford from
Communication Arts
> November
> Design Annual 2006:
> "To
> give some additional background, on May 22, 2006, a bill
titled "Orphan
> Works Act of 2006" was introduced in the U.S. House of
Representatives.
> This bill follows the Copyright Office proposal by
allowing a person to
> use a work without permission if the person has "performed
and
> documented a reasonably diligent search in good faith to
locate the
> owner of the infringed copyright." If the owner cannot be
found after
> such a search, then even though the use is technically an
infringement,
> the penalties for the infringement are minimal or
nonexistent. If an
> owner discovers the infringement, the highest compensation
that the
> owner can obtain is "reasonable compensation" and the
infringement can
> continue. The owner is not allowed to seek damages, costs
or attorney's
> fees. If the infringement is "without any purpose of
direct or indirect
> commercial advantage and primarily for a charitable,
religious,
> scholarly, or educational purpose," and the usage ceases
after the
> owner complains, then the owner will not even have the
right to ask for
> reasonable compensation."
>
> What can you do?
>
> Simply write
> the House Judiciary Committee and *YOUR* congressman, both
current and
> newly
> elected. Here is a link to
> a page with instructions and a form letter to use:
>
http://www.gag.org/activities/advocacy_materials/orphan_works_letters_2.php
> I urge everyone who reads this to pass this information on
as well as
> write
> to your representives in Washington.
>
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