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More on Orphan Works
On March 14, 2006, the illustrators trade association, Illustrators Partnership of America (IPA,) submitted an eloquent assessment of the Orphan Works issue to the House Judiciary Subcommittee responsible for recommending revisions to Orphan Works legislation. As we have reported here, the new language under consideration severely compromises artists copyrights in works whose origin may become difficult to determine. Two artists, Brad Holland and Cynthia Turner, composed this text on behalf of IPA which provides a clear and detailed evaluation of the matter. In addition, IPA’s web-site has more articles about Orphan Works.
We also urge those interested in the Orphan Works issue, (all artists concerned with protecting the copyrights to their work should take an interest in the subject) to check out the recent posts to the Stock Artists Alliance blog on the issue as well as ASMP’s web-page describing action you can take to ensure your representative lawmakers have your best interests in mind when they tackle this new legislation.
Click here to view the "ORPHAN WORKS RESOURCE PAGE" by Illustrators' Partnership of America.
Click here to view SAA's Orphan Works blog.
Click here to view ASMP's Orphan Works page.Posted in: Features, Legal / Copyright, Orphan Works, Photographers, Stock Photo Companies
