As you’ll notice here on ExposingFashion.com, I’m opposed to the Orphan Works Act in its past and present forms in both the House and Senate. I write pretty regularly to those that represent me in both the U.S. House and Senate. Until this week, in the year or so since I’ve been actively contacting them, [...]
(Copied from recent APA National Email Blast) 1. Please fax your Senators and Representatives TODAY. Here’s the APA resource page with links to find your members of Congress and their fax numbers, and links to sample letters for professionals and those that can be sent from family and friends: http://www.apanational.com/i4a/pages/Index.cfm?pageID=3864 2. Please edit the letter(s) [...]
(Copied from an APA National email blast) CALL TO ACTION on Orphan Works Congress Needs to Hear from You NOW! The Senate Judiciary Committee endorsed S.2913, their version of the Orphan Works legislation, and it is headed for a vote by the full Senate. The Senate has held no public hearings on this bill; it [...]
As a photographer or other creator of original works, I’m sure you have heard of the Orphan Works Act currently in the Senate (Senate Bill: S.2913) and the House (House Bill: H.R.5889). Though both the House and Senate versions of the Orphan Works Act are still in the draft stages, These bills and others that [...]