I knew there had to be a big player involved or this shitty deal wouldn’t be getting so much pressure to advance. The Illustrator’s partnership has finally outed them: Google, who want to use millions of orphaned works, and don’t want to be bothered by legitimate copyright holders.

I love Google and Google image, but this infuriates me

TAKE ACTION: EMAIL CONGRESS NOW
http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/issues/alert/?alertid=11980321

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Posted by Todd in Orphaned Works at 3:50 PM PST

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FROM THE ILLUSTRATORS’ PARTNERSHIP

Orphan Works: The Bill’s Not Law Till it’s Law
9.30.08

Yesterday, nearly 5,000 copyright holders wrote Congress. They urged their representatives not to let the House pass the Orphan Works Act (H.R. 5889). They urged them not to scrap the House bill and adopt the Senate’s. So far they haven’t.

That makes nearly 8,000 of us who’ve written Congress since last Friday. We thank all of you who’ve written. Keep writing. Tell others to write. The bill’s not law till it’s law.

TAKE ACTION: EMAIL CONGRESS NOW
Tell the House Judiciary Committee not to adopt the Senate version.

We’ve supplied a special letter for this purpose:

http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/issues/alert/?alertid=11980321

Please post or forward this message immediately to any interested party.

Posted by Todd in Orphaned Works at 12:39 AM PST

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