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Attention Artists! Stop the Orphan Act!

By weeklydig on Mon, May 5, 2008 12:23 pm

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Two bills were submitted to congress at the end of April — one to the House and one to the Senate — called the Orphan Works Act of 2008. Congress is looking to have this act passed and signed into law by George Bush by June 8, 2008, less than two months after it was introduced.

In a nutshell, this act may put many of you creative people in a tight spot when it comes to copyrighting your images and jeopardize long term royalties.

There's a good audio interview with artist Brad Holland of the Illustrator's Partnership about it: http://www.sellyourtvconceptnow.com/orphan.html

For additional information about Orphan Works developments, go to the IPA Orphan Works Resource Page for Artists: http://www.illustratorspartnership.org/01_topics/article.php?searchterm=...

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