I thought we all needed a little Shimmering Joy in dealing with life’s realities – such as the Orphan Works Act.  Clearly this bill started out with good intentions of allowing, for instance, museums to photograph their collections … it has turned into a monster  that wants artists’ right to be fairly caput!!  The breadth of creative types against this is amazing!! Please once again take 2 minutes to take action.

Shimmering Joy, Digital © Diane Clancy

 
FROM THE ILLUSTRATORS’ PARTNERSHIP

Over 100,000 letters have gone out to Senators and Congressmen from our CapWiz site.
Opposition to the Orphan Works Act continues to grow. 
Here are some of organizations who oppose it:

http://illustratorspartnership.org/01_topics/article.php?searchterm=00273

And here are some of the excellent position papers written by some of these groups:

NUJ condemns “free for all” US Orphan Works legislation
http://www.epuk.org/News/863/nuj-opposes-us-orphan-works 

The American Association of Independent Music
A2IM Position on the Proposed Orphan Works Legislation in the United States
http://www.a2im.org/newsDetail.aspx?newsID=117

Association of Medical Illustrators Denounces ‘Orphan Works’ Bills Before Congress
http://www.examiner.com/p-175592~Association_of_Medical_Illustrators_Denounces__Orphan_Works__Bills_Before_Congress.html

Two Cartoon-Group Presidents Slam Possible ‘Orphan Works’ Legislation
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003802183

The Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators in Communications
Orphan Works Update: The Orphan Works Debate in the US
http://www.capic.org/copyright.html

Advertising Photographers of America 
APA Position Paper on Orphan Works
http://www.apanational.com/files/public/APA__On_Orphan_Works.pdf 

Don’t Let Congress Orphan Your Work
2 minutes is all it takes to write Congress and fight for your copyright: 
http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home/

Please forward this message in its entirety to every artist you know.

~ Diane Clancy

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