Orphan Works Links for action

If you haven't heard this yet, PLEASE listen to this podcast. It explains the consequences of the Orphan Works Legislation.Listen to the interview with Brad Holland

More info at the Society of Illustrators.

send an email THIS IS EASY AND ONLY TAKES 3 MINUTES OF YOUR TIME!

Read the letter Tammy Browning Smith, J.D., LL.M wrote to the Senate

A list of your Senators and Representatives

Here's more information from the Society of Illustrators:

An open forum to oppose the Orphan Works Act of 2008

Tuesday, May 6 6:00 PM
The Society of Illustrators
128 East 63rd Street
New York, NY 10065
Admission will be free

The Orphan Works Act of 2008 will endanger the rights of anyone who creates intellectual property.
It will expose your art to commercial infringement. It will include work from professional paintings to family snapshots. It will include published and unpublished work. It will include any image that resides or has ever resided on the internet. It will force you to register every picture you do with privately-held commercial registries. It will make all unregistered works potential orphans.
This radical change to U.S. copyright law will shift the burden of diligence from infringers to rights holders. It is wrong to give infringers the right to make money from your property without your knowledge or consent. You should not have to pay businessmen to keep the work you’ve created.
The Orphan Works Act is an assault on national and international copyright laws. It’s an assault on the property and privacy rights embodied in them.
llustrators, photographers, fine artists: let’s come together and act to keep Congress from orphaning our work.

From Joanne Fink:
I’ve attached four lists to this e-mail—the complete Judiciary Committees of the House and Senate along with the Sub-Committees on Intellectual Property.
Download house_judiciary_contact_list.doc
Download house_judiciary_intellectual_property_committee.doc
Download senate_judiciary_committee.doc

I’ve also listed the five most important Senators and Congressional leaders (at least in terms of convincing them to oppose this legislation) below.

KEY REPRESENTATIVES:

Hon. Berman (D) California

Honorable Howard L. Berman
2221 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
(202) 225-4695

Fax: (202) 225-3196

http://www.house. gov/berman/

Hon. Coble (Rep.) North Carolina

Honorable Howard Coble
2468 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515-3306
(202) 225-3065

Fax: (202) 225-8611

http://coble. house.gov/

Hon. Goodlatte (Rep.) Virginia

Honorable Bob Goodlatte
2240 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-5431

(202) 225-9681 fax

http://www.house. gov/goodlatte/

Hon. Conyers (D) Michigan

Honorable John Conyers, Jr.
2426 Rayburn Building
Washington , DC 20515

(202) 225-5126

http://www.house. gov/conyers/

Hon. Smith (Rep.) Texas

Honorable Lamar S. Smith
2184 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-4236

http://lamarsmith. house.gov/

KEY SENATORS:

Patrick J. Leahy (D) Vermont

433 Russell Senate Office Building

United States Senate

Washington, DC 20510

202-224-4242

http://leahy. senate.gov/

Charles E. Schumer (D) New York

313 Hart Senate Building
Washington , DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-6542
Fax: 202-228-3027

http://schumer. senate.gov/

Arlen Specter (R) Pennsylvania

711 Hart Building
Washington , DC 20510
Main : 202-224-4254
Fax: 202-228-1229

http://specter. senate.gov/ public/

Orrin G. Hatch (R) Utah

104 Hart Office Building
Washington , DC 20510
Tel: (202) 224-5251
Fax: (202) 224-6331

http://hatch. senate.gov/ public/

Sam Brownback (R) Kansas

303 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
Washington , D.C. 20510
Phone: (202) 224-6521
Fax: (202) 228-1265

http://brownback. senate.gov/

Comments

[Elsita]

Thank you so much for this post Brendan, it is something that I needed to know about.And thank you so much Flassie for letting me know about this post!
Elsita :)

[Flassie]

Hello Brenda!

I've been here at different times trying to get to the interview link with Brad Holland and it won't take me to it.
I also put a link to this post on my blog. If you click Flassie it will take you to this post on your blog. That way when I leave a comment about this telling people they can come right to your blog and get the information they need to know.

God Bless Your Creative Life!!!