Sorry for the big copyright © over the image, but the congress has been trying to sneak through the Orphan Works Bill which would weaken current copyright law, and make it a lot easier for our artwork and even photos of our families to be stolen out from under us. The thief would merely need to claim that the original owner could not be found. We would most likely see more companies stealing from our image galleries such as how Virgin Mobile already stole a photo from Flickr last year to use in their ad campaign without the owner's permission. The Senate already passed the bill by hotlining it, and Wired was told just today that the House would not look at the bill until after the election, but a few hours ago the Illustrator's Partnership sent out an email saying the bill is in the House now. If we wish to keep the strength of our copyrights they urge us to call Congress now. More information is available on their blog.
Monday, September 22, 2008
Illustration Friday: Packed
Sorry for the big copyright © over the image, but the congress has been trying to sneak through the Orphan Works Bill which would weaken current copyright law, and make it a lot easier for our artwork and even photos of our families to be stolen out from under us. The thief would merely need to claim that the original owner could not be found. We would most likely see more companies stealing from our image galleries such as how Virgin Mobile already stole a photo from Flickr last year to use in their ad campaign without the owner's permission. The Senate already passed the bill by hotlining it, and Wired was told just today that the House would not look at the bill until after the election, but a few hours ago the Illustrator's Partnership sent out an email saying the bill is in the House now. If we wish to keep the strength of our copyrights they urge us to call Congress now. More information is available on their blog.
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9 comments:
Lovely!
nice
really nice old fashioned work, love it.
Sweet illustration, plus thank you for the information.
Beautiful illustration, wonderful colour.
Lovely! Great line work and colors.
GRRR that is so frustrating, I can't believe our government would do this...I mean, sadly, I guess I can. I guess maybe I better start doing the same thing, sticking my copyright on everything :(
But on the bright side, your illo is gorgeous!
Sheepers, I know! I've finally started putting a copyright on my posts and also imbed copyright info into each image, for whatever that's worth.
However, your illos continue to amaze me. Your style is getting stronger and stronger every day. I love your website too. Have I mentioned that yet? Well, I do!
i love yur styling!
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