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So, I've continued doing research on all of this and Im feeling much better about things. And because I can't say it better than any of these people, Im just gonna post a bunch of good articles/journals with more links in them for you to check out.
http://maradydd.livejournal.com/374886.html --> VERY GOOD. READ.
http://www.orphanworks.net/page9/page9.html
http://xx-lizzle-xx.deviantart.com/journal/17818612/#journal
http://greatlp.deviantart.com/journal/17826296/#journal
http://graysapphire.deviantart.com/journal/17803626/#journal
http://maizekid74.deviantart.com/journal/17821343/#journal
Apparently Mark Simon is a bit of an idiot lol.
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We are calm, but we are alert.
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All right. I'll admit it. I got freaked out yesterday. Part of that was due to having a high stress week and lack of sleep. And I am still on edge today.
Let me clear things up for people. This account is NOT for ranting and raging and getting people freaked out. It is simply to keep people up-to-date and informed on what is happening with this bill because it DOES affect us in one way or another.
Now. There are some people posting links saying everything is going to be ok. And I have checked these links out.
Believe it or not, I actually DO research.
While I appreciate people trying to calm everyone down - because we should calm down - I
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Orphan Works - The Intro.
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Hello. My name is Shay. Some of you may know me as asimplesong. As many of you have probably heard, there is a bill known as "Orphan Works legislation" that is trying to be passed in Congress.
Basically what this bill is going to do is legalize art theft.
As it stands right now, you own the rights to the art you create as soon as you create it. But if this bill passes, you will lose that right. According to the bill, you will have to register every piece of art you really care about in, not just one registry, but MULTIPLE registries, at around $5 an art piece. Now I dunno about you, but I have a lot of art I happen to like a lot, and $5 a
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Im fairly sure that you've been linked to these already in a note, but I feel it prudent to post these:
[link] <--an article with some fantastic links going through the proposed bits and explaining them, and the misconceptions that are flying around regarding this bill. (Which doesnt currently exist, actually)
And [link] <--something of an opinion work on the original author of the article which started all of this and got you so upset. ;.; He says to follow the money, well, somebody does just that with his sources. Biggest and most telling of all of this I think is that the 'note from a recent meeting with someone who works at the coypright office' is taken from an interview with a guy who doesnt even work at the copyright office anymore, hasn't since 2006 (which was the last time this bill attempted to go through and died due to lack of attention because Congress didnt want to touch it with a ten foot pole.)
Im a watcher of this journal, because it is concerning. But it's not -as- big as the original article attempted to make it be. Thankfully there have been a lot of people who are at home with the legaleese coming out of the woodwork to offer intelligent counters to the issue and help keep people fully informed.
[link] <--an article with some fantastic links going through the proposed bits and explaining them, and the misconceptions that are flying around regarding this bill. (Which doesnt currently exist, actually)
And [link] <--something of an opinion work on the original author of the article which started all of this and got you so upset. ;.; He says to follow the money, well, somebody does just that with his sources. Biggest and most telling of all of this I think is that the 'note from a recent meeting with someone who works at the coypright office' is taken from an interview with a guy who doesnt even work at the copyright office anymore, hasn't since 2006 (which was the last time this bill attempted to go through and died due to lack of attention because Congress didnt want to touch it with a ten foot pole.)
Im a watcher of this journal, because it is concerning. But it's not -as- big as the original article attempted to make it be. Thankfully there have been a lot of people who are at home with the legaleese coming out of the woodwork to offer intelligent counters to the issue and help keep people fully informed.