Comments on: Support Mixed For US Orphan Works Bill As Issue Catches Global Attention http://www.ip-watch.org/2008/05/07/us-orphan-works-bills-support-mixed-as-issue-catches-global-attention/ Original news and analysis on international IP policy Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:19:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Intoxicated Zodiac Blog » call 911, the artist is down and bloggers beware http://www.ip-watch.org/2008/05/07/us-orphan-works-bills-support-mixed-as-issue-catches-global-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-3211046 Intoxicated Zodiac Blog » call 911, the artist is down and bloggers beware Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:55:16 +0000 http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/?p=1028#comment-3211046 [...] Geneva/ May 7, 2008 Orphan Works Bill Catches Global Attention/ Intellectual Property Watch [...] [...] Geneva/ May 7, 2008 Orphan Works Bill Catches Global Attention/ Intellectual Property Watch [...]

]]> By: Lisa Young http://www.ip-watch.org/2008/05/07/us-orphan-works-bills-support-mixed-as-issue-catches-global-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-2724938 Lisa Young Sat, 24 May 2008 16:49:09 +0000 http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/?p=1028#comment-2724938 Absolutely horrifying. As a stock photographer this would place the burden on me to track all possible misuses of my photographs. It would be such an overwhelming task I doubt there would be much time leftover for creating new content and making a living! This is not the first time there have been efforts to pass this type of bill. The Orphan Works Bill needs to be defeated soundly once and for all. I urge everyone who opposes these bills to write their congressional representatives! Absolutely horrifying. As a stock photographer this would place the burden on me to track all possible misuses of my photographs. It would be such an overwhelming task I doubt there would be much time leftover for creating new content and making a living!

This is not the first time there have been efforts to pass this type of bill. The Orphan Works Bill needs to be defeated soundly once and for all. I urge everyone who opposes these bills to write their congressional representatives!

]]> By: Tina Manley http://www.ip-watch.org/2008/05/07/us-orphan-works-bills-support-mixed-as-issue-catches-global-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-2704779 Tina Manley Tue, 13 May 2008 19:12:47 +0000 http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/?p=1028#comment-2704779 "Both pieces of US legislation seek to ensure that users make a diligent search for copyright owners before using work claimed to be orphaned, and pay them reasonable compensation if they surface, unless the use is for scholarly, charitable, religious or educational purposes." This is what I do not understand. Why should works used for those purposes be exempt from reasonable compensation!!!!????? That would exempt all of the work I do - all work for textbook and publishing companies, all work for non-profits, all work for any religious organizations. Everyone else working for those organizations gets paid. Why should photographers not be compensated? Tina Manley “Both pieces of US legislation seek to ensure that users make a diligent search for copyright owners before using work claimed to be orphaned, and pay them reasonable compensation if they surface, unless the use is for scholarly, charitable, religious or educational purposes.”

This is what I do not understand. Why should works used for those purposes be exempt from reasonable compensation!!!!????? That would exempt all of the work I do – all work for textbook and publishing companies, all work for non-profits, all work for any religious organizations. Everyone else working for those organizations gets paid. Why should photographers not be compensated?

Tina Manley

]]> By: Carol Samsel http://www.ip-watch.org/2008/05/07/us-orphan-works-bills-support-mixed-as-issue-catches-global-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-2703548 Carol Samsel Mon, 12 May 2008 21:35:37 +0000 http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/?p=1028#comment-2703548 Wow! It sounds as though the U.S. is abolishing copyright protection, except for large corporations. I am an artist and, according to this, any company could publish my work. It would be up to me to catch violators. Even then, I would be unable to prevent them from using my work, or negotiate my own terms for use, but would have to agree to what is considered "reasonable." Who decides "reasonable?" And the "search" requirement is a joke. For instance, if someone sees my image of an American Alligator titled "The Grin," they might search Alligator, Reptile, etc. However, not only would these general headings bring up an excessive number of matches, none of them would retrieve the correct one! The requirements say that each artist is responsbile for registering their material, but under these terms, what's the point? So that a corporation can't sue the individual they stole from in the first place -- when that person has the audacity to use the image she/she created? Wow! It sounds as though the U.S. is abolishing copyright protection, except for large corporations. I am an artist and, according to this, any company could publish my work. It would be up to me to catch violators. Even then, I would be unable to prevent them from using my work, or negotiate my own terms for use, but would have to agree to what is considered “reasonable.” Who decides “reasonable?”

And the “search” requirement is a joke. For instance, if someone sees my image of an American Alligator titled “The Grin,” they might search Alligator, Reptile, etc. However, not only would these general headings bring up an excessive number of matches, none of them would retrieve the correct one!

The requirements say that each artist is responsbile for registering their material, but under these terms, what’s the point? So that a corporation can’t sue the individual they stole from in the first place — when that person has the audacity to use the image she/she created?

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