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PI is again proud to help spread the word about the latest Orphan Works news from a source we think is the gold standard for accurate information, the Illustrators' Partnership. FROM THE ILLUSTRATORS' PARTNERSHIP With the legislative clock counting down, we keep hearing that the Orphan Works bill is dead for this session of Congress. Considering the current meltdown on Wall Street, we might also ask them if it's wise to concentrate our nations' copyright wealth in the hands of a few privately owned corporate databases. Who can watch the ongoing failure of investment banks that were "too big to fail" without asking why government should want to create these giant, privately owned image banks on the backs of small business owners who neither want, need nor can afford them? We've prepared a new brief letter for this purpose. It's deep-linked here: http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/issues/alert/?alertid=11957651 TAKE ACTION: DON'T LET CONGRESS ORPHAN OUR WORK For ongoing developments, go to the Illustrators' Partnership Orphan Works blog: http://ipaorphanworks.blogspot.com/ -Brad Holland and Cynthia Turner, for the Board of the Illustrators' Partnership __________________________________________________ Over 70 organizations are united in opposing this bill in its current form. Illustrators, photographers, fine artists, songwriters, musicians, and countless licensing firms all believe this bill will harm their small businesses.
The Capwiz site is open to professional creators and any member of the image-making public. Sample letters have been provided. International artists will find a special link, with a sample letter and instructions as to whom to write.
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