I've started a second blog. I will be posting there less frequently, and the posts will tend to be longer and focus on my opinoins about "Issues."
I'm kicking it off today with the written version of a speech I gave at church yesterday in honor of International Women's Day. You can view it here.
Showing posts with label Breaking News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Breaking News. Show all posts
08 March 2010
06 May 2008
Orphan Works Addendum
One more site connected to the whole Orphan Works issue, The SAA Orphan Works Blog. Check it for updates on the issue.
Not much new with me. I got my bike trailer working again--now I have the means to do everything I do in my home area by bike, including shopping and getting water at the water store. Woohoo!
Everything else is holding pretty steady.
Not much new with me. I got my bike trailer working again--now I have the means to do everything I do in my home area by bike, including shopping and getting water at the water store. Woohoo!
Everything else is holding pretty steady.
04 May 2008
Orphan Works
O.k., so this is something I've been meaning to post about for a couple of weeks, but I wanted to say I'd written to my representatives about it before posting. So today, I wrote up my thoughts and sent them off to my Representative in the House and both my Senators.
The issue is the Orphan Works Act currently before congress (House and Senate). It's something that came up in 2006, expired, and got re-introduced. Basically what it means is that everyone except the corporations backing it will be screwed if it passes, because anyone who creates an image, sculpture, painting, photograph, ect. will have to register it in a whole bunch of private directories, with new directories being made all the time, or lose all their rights. ANY work of art not registered in ALL these directories will become an orphan, and will be "public domain." This really worries me. And since Mark Simon of Animation World Mag. wrote a really good article about it here, I'll let you read his article. Please do read about this, it is worth your time if don't want your digital photos turned into public domain, "orphan" works. Yes, it even applies to your personal digital photos!
Then, once you've read that article, there's another, more detailed one here. I must confess, I felt I got the point with the first article, and didn't read the second one. So I went ahead and contacted my representatives by e-mail. You can do that, too, and you can find out who they are by clicking here. As most of you know, I don't usually get vocal about political issues, but this is a big one, and I'm going to be sending out a group e-mail about it, too. (It will basically be a repeat of this blog post, so feel free to disregard the second one you get from me.)
O.k. I'm done on the soap box for a while now. I just hope that some of you get up and let our reps know that artist aren't always apathetic to the issues. :)
The issue is the Orphan Works Act currently before congress (House and Senate). It's something that came up in 2006, expired, and got re-introduced. Basically what it means is that everyone except the corporations backing it will be screwed if it passes, because anyone who creates an image, sculpture, painting, photograph, ect. will have to register it in a whole bunch of private directories, with new directories being made all the time, or lose all their rights. ANY work of art not registered in ALL these directories will become an orphan, and will be "public domain." This really worries me. And since Mark Simon of Animation World Mag. wrote a really good article about it here, I'll let you read his article. Please do read about this, it is worth your time if don't want your digital photos turned into public domain, "orphan" works. Yes, it even applies to your personal digital photos!
Then, once you've read that article, there's another, more detailed one here. I must confess, I felt I got the point with the first article, and didn't read the second one. So I went ahead and contacted my representatives by e-mail. You can do that, too, and you can find out who they are by clicking here. As most of you know, I don't usually get vocal about political issues, but this is a big one, and I'm going to be sending out a group e-mail about it, too. (It will basically be a repeat of this blog post, so feel free to disregard the second one you get from me.)
O.k. I'm done on the soap box for a while now. I just hope that some of you get up and let our reps know that artist aren't always apathetic to the issues. :)
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