If you see somebody posting about this article: mag.awn.com/index.php and starting into the paranoid, tinfoil hat routine about how the government is going to legalize art theft, THIS IS NOT TRUE.
There was an Orphan Works bill.
Said Orphan Works bill did NOT legalize art theft.
Said Orphan Works bill was NOT pushed by freaking Bill Gates (good grief!)
Said Orphan Works bill DIED and was not passed.
It's over.
It's done.
We don't need to bother our congressman, or sign a petition, or whatever other action the people running around like Chicken Little and screaming about the sky falling on artists everywhere are advocating.
THERE IS NO ORPHAN WORKS BILL RIGHT NOW. There was, it's dead, and can we PLEASE MOVE ON ALREADY?
Sorry if I sound grouchy, but I'm really sick of hearing about this, and I want to head it off anywhere it hasn't yet spread before people get all worked up over nothing.
There was an Orphan Works bill.
Said Orphan Works bill did NOT legalize art theft.
Said Orphan Works bill was NOT pushed by freaking Bill Gates (good grief!)
Said Orphan Works bill DIED and was not passed.
It's over.
It's done.
We don't need to bother our congressman, or sign a petition, or whatever other action the people running around like Chicken Little and screaming about the sky falling on artists everywhere are advocating.
THERE IS NO ORPHAN WORKS BILL RIGHT NOW. There was, it's dead, and can we PLEASE MOVE ON ALREADY?
Sorry if I sound grouchy, but I'm really sick of hearing about this, and I want to head it off anywhere it hasn't yet spread before people get all worked up over nothing.
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Re: So-called "art theft" Orphan Works bill
Sat, April 12, 2008 - 1:35 AMSorry, I was getting annoyed at seeing this thing repeatedly posted, and I forgot to include actual facts.
The text of the bill itself:
thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/t2.../getdoc.cgi
(You'll need to click the "continue to GPO site" link to get it.)
A report about the situation that inspired the bill from the US Copyright office:
www.copyright.gov/orphan/or...report.pdf
I have seen one article mentioning the return of this bill, here:
oncopyright.copyright.com/2008/...creen/
However, the bill is NOT listed for the current session of congress.
thomas.loc.gov/ is where you can look up current legislation.
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Re: So-called "art theft" Orphan Works bill
Sat, April 12, 2008 - 2:27 AMForgive me SPark, I have never seen anything with regard to this subject.
yet I'm curious how it applies to the context of this tribe.
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Re: So-called "art theft" Orphan Works bill
Sat, April 12, 2008 - 3:41 AMIt's about creation, and copyright. If that doesn't apply to crafting, then I guess crafting isn't an art, but I think of it as such.
And this thing has been discussed on pretty much every other arts-related community I was on. I figured it was only a matter of time until somebody brought it up here. -
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Re: So-called "art theft" Orphan Works bill
Sat, April 12, 2008 - 7:15 AMSPark....always a step ahead of the rest of us.
Sit down and have a cuppa.
We'll all catch up...
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Re: So-called "art theft" Orphan Works bill
Sat, April 12, 2008 - 8:23 PMCrafting as art, that's a whole other thread :)
Oooh, ooooh, I'll start it! :X
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Re: So-called "art theft" Orphan Works bill
Sun, April 13, 2008 - 10:43 PMHah. I went on Tribe tonight immediately after reading a post on another non-Tribe bulletin board that copied the Mark Simon article.
Here's a refutation:
www.boingboing.net/2008/04/...ud-a.html
