Or, How You May Lose All the Rights to Every Piece of Art You Have Ever Created!
FROM THE ILLUSTRATORS' PARTNERSHIP
YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO THIS because you are about to lose your copyright protection. Every one of you needs to stand up and be heard in order to protect what we have all created.
A webcast interview with Brad Holland about this bill is now available at:
http://www.sellyour
Please listen to it because this radical proposal, now pending before Congress, could cost you your past and future copyrights.
On Saturday April 5, 2008, artist and producer Mark Simon interviewed Hall of Fame illustrator Brad Holland on the subject of Orphan Works legislation. The warnings in this interview have now been confirmed by the advance drafts of the bill. Learn what artists groups are doing and how you can help oppose this radical departure from traditional copyright law and business practice.
If these proposals are enacted into law, all the work you have ever done or will do could be orphaned and exposed to commercial infringement from the moment you create it.
The Illustrators’ Partnership is currently working with our attorney - in concert with the other 12 groups in the American Society of Illustrators Partnership to have our voices – and yours - heard in Congress. We’ll keep you posted regarding how you can do your part.
For additional information about Orphan Works developments, go to the
IPA Orphan Works Resource Page for Artists
http://www.illustra
Click HERE to download the Senate version of the bill,
S 2913 The Shawn Bentley Orphan Works Act of 2008
Please forward this information to every creative person and group you know. Mr. Holland and Mr. Simon have given their permission for this audio file to be copied and transferred and replayed.
LISTEN NOW
