Protect your copyright, write letters again NOW!
This Orphan Acts Bill is still alive but not totally passed … so it is important that everyone (all US residents) take a moment’s time and send these letters again to Congress. Â I have been getting so much discouraged email from artists who are worried about out work and who can steal it. Â Please take the time and send the letters!! Thank you!
Morning Star, Digital © Diane Clancy
FROM THE ILLUSTRATORS’ PARTNERSHIP
Call to Action
Last Thursday the Senate Judiciary Committee endorsed their Orphan Works Act.Â
It is now headed for the full Senate.
If you’ve written before, now’s the time to write again.
Urge your senator to oppose this bill.Â
Because it has been negotiated behind closed doors, introduced on short notice and fast-tracked for imminent passage without open hearings, ask that this bill not be passed until it can be exposed to an open, informed and transparent public debate.
We’ve drafted a special letter for this purpose.
You can deep link to it here:
Contact your Senator in opposition to S.2913 NOW
(http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/issues/alert/?alertid=11389061)
The House Judiciary Committee is considering H.R. 5889, the companion bill now. Please write them again:
Contact your Congressman in opposition to H.R. 5889 NOW
(http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/issues/alert/?alertid=11389081)
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2 minutes is all it takes to write your senator and representatives and fight for your copyrights. Over 68,000 e-mail messages have been sent so far.
Don’t Let Congress Orphan Your Work
Please forward this message to every artist you know.
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Place “Add Name” in the subject line, and provide your name and the email address you want used in the message area.Â
~ Diane Clancy
Hi Diane,
You are like a trooper for all the artists of the United States. I hope you are a trooper for yourself and that you are taking care of yourself well too. Is Susan looking after you well?
I love all your light and airy bubbles and would love to float amongst them.
Big hug,
xox
Thank you for keeping us informed, Diane. I responded again.
it really seems to me that copy write, what i consider a basic human right is being tossed aside everyday.
People feel it is ok to steal music online, and now this. This is supposed to be America. I jsut read an article about the inventor of Tetris the video game was from communist Russia and even though the game made hundreds of millions he did not receive any of it.
Intellectual property MUST be protected. You shoot your culture in the foot as there begins to be no incentive to create or invent.
Eric Ember
Teaching Others How to Draw Since 1975
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