The Shawn Bentley Orphan Acts of 2008 :: The Orphan Works Acto of 2008
I have run into this in several emails and websites. Please follow the links listed below to get more information and take action.
A week ago Friday, two bills were introduced simultaneously in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. These bills are named/numbered respectively as The Shawn Bentley Orphan Acts of 2008 (S.2913) and The Orphan Works Act of 2008 (H.R. 5889). If these bills pass, they will change our copyright laws and substantially remove protection against infringement for visual artists.
For more information and some quick, easy ways to take action, try this link: http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home/
Robert Genn, artist - Painter’s Keys, wrote about the ‘Mickey Mouse Bill’ in his bi-weekly email this week: http://clicks.robertgenn.com/mickey-mouse.php#CoulterWatt
Dan Morgan, photographer - Straightshooter, included information in his jpeg of the week with a link to http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home/
Special thanks to Sheila Markowitz, RED DOT Project artist, who prodded me a bit to get this info up on the blog. Enjoy a taste of Sheila’s work.
East Side, West Side :: Digital Montage :: 13″ x 19″
Sheila Markowitz’s raw materials are digitally scanned photographs, prints, paintings and three dimensional objects which connect to her in a personal way. As she builds layers of texture, color, and detail by combining and manipulating these fragments of her life, she makes countless artistic choices. Part of the fascination of the process is how happy accidents as well as deliberate intention alter the character, emotional content, and sometimes the meaning of the image that results.
