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H.R.5889 Orphan Works Act of 2008 (Introduced in House)

H.R.5889
Orphan Works Act of 2008 (Introduced in House)
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Orphan Works Act of 2008′.

Posted 09 May 2008 † A Photo Editor § ‡ Comments (35) °

Urgent: Orphan Works Bill

I was planning on spending some time looking at the Orphan Works Bill eventually but it appears that I may have missed the boat. Here’s a notice I received this morning:
UPDATE: It appears that the ASMP and PPA are in favor of the bill. Here’s a quote from an email I just received “Making a [...]

Posted 07 May 2008 † A Photo Editor § ‡ Comments (33) °

Microsoft’s campaign to teach teens about intellectual property rights

Teens appear to be willing to curtail illegal downloading when told they face fines or jail time.
This finding, among many in a survey published by Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) on Wednesday, is the basis for the software company’s new campaign to teach teens respect for intellectual property rights.
[...]Microsoft’s survey found that about half of the teenagers [...]

Posted 14 February 2008 † A Photo Editor § ‡ Comments (3) °

Copyright Overhaul

Cory Doctorow of Boing Boing fame has a story in the Guardian (here) yesterday about distinguishing between cultural and commercial uses of copyrighted material. He makes a good case for creating an exception in the law for low end cultural use of copyrighted material, stuff that goes on everyday that’s tolerated by everyone because there’s [...]

Posted 30 January 2008 † A Photo Editor § ‡ Comments (0) °

Copyright Debate

Oh boy, a debate over copyright and fair use in the NY Times bits blog (here) between Rick Cotton, the general counsel at NBC and Tim Wu, a professor at Columbia Law School.
RC: Fair use in the digital age is the same as fair use in the non-digital age. The fact that digital tools make [...]

Posted 18 January 2008 † A Photo Editor § ‡ Comments (41) °

Photographers Copyright on the Internet

I have a feeling I will end 2008 with the same headline on 52 posts. Well, I don’t give a crap. We can stand around and whine as all the little bitches who have nothing worth copyrighting tell everyone who’s listening that the law is outdated and oppressive or we can go out and defend [...]

Posted 10 January 2008 † A Photo Editor § ‡ Comments (33) °