Blog Articles for H.R.5889
H.R.5889: To provide a limitation on judicial remedies in copyright infringement cases involving orphan works.
October 04, 2008 Reply to Orphan Works Bill Passes Senate
Fortunately, Chairmen Berman and Conyers and other key legislators have been standing firm on the position that photographers need to have the kinds of protections that are in the House bill (HR 5889) but that are not included in the ...
October 03, 2008 Reply to Urgent information about "Orphan works act" Please read ...
THE HOUSE ORPHAN WORKS BILL (HR 5889) IS MOVING IN THE HOUSE NOW 10.2.08 Phone, fax, email these Congressman immediately DELAHUNT Phone (202) 225 3111 Fax (202) 225-5658 Phone: (617) 770-3700 Fax: (617) 770-2984 ...
October 03, 2008 Copyright change act
THE HOUSE ORPHAN WORKS BILL (HR 5889) IS MOVING IN THE HOUSE NOW 10.2.08 Phone, fax, email these Congressman immediately DELAHUNT Phone (202) 225 3111 Fax (202) 225-5658 Phone: (617) 770-3700 Fax: (617) 770-2984 ...
October 03, 2008 Orphan Works Act a change for the worse in the copyrite law.
THE HOUSE ORPHAN WORKS BILL (HR 5889) IS MOVING IN THE HOUSE NOW 10.2.08 Phone, fax, email these Congressman immediately DELAHUNT Phone (202) 225 3111 Fax (202) 225-5658 Phone: (617) 770-3700 Fax: (617) 770-2984 ...
October 03, 2008 Reply to Has anyone heard about this?
THE HOUSE ORPHAN WORKS BILL (HR 5889) IS MOVING IN THE HOUSE NOW 10.2.08 Phone, fax, email these Congressman immediately DELAHUNT Phone (202) 225 3111 Fax (202) 225-5658 Phone: (617) 770-3700 Fax: (617) 770-2984 ...
October 03, 2008 Hurry and Contact your Representatives!!! We may have only 24 hours!!!
We need to get to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and ask them NOT to allow HR 5889 to go on the calendar. We also need to get to 4 critical members of the House Judiciary Committee and tell them ...
Source: Don't Tread on Me!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 03, 2008 Orphan Works Bill Back Before Congress Today
After killing the Orphan Works bill earlier this week, the House of Representatives is taking it up again today outraging talent from coast to coast. As a result, an urgent call has gone out to fans of all creative endeavors to lobby ...
October 03, 2008 New Orphan Works Law could negate your copyrights
I have not had the opportunity to fully evaluate these pieces of legislation; however, I understand that the senate version (S 2913) has cleared; and, the House version (HR 5889) is on the table for debate. Given the current state of ...
October 03, 2008 Good News on Orphan Works Act
A fellow illustrator received this response from her Representative in Congress: Thank you for sharing your opposition to HR 5889, the Orphan Works Act of 2008. Hearing from you helps me better represent Middle Tennessee. ...
Source: Three Men in a Tub
October 03, 2008 Orphan Works Legislation
We have gotten word that the House is going to make an attempt to pass Orphan Works Bill HR 5889 or substitute it with the Senate bill S 2913 while the House has suspended itâs rules to try to pass the Wall Street Bailout Package. ...
October 03, 2008 Call Congress TODAY re: Orphan Works Bill!!!!
THE HOUSE ORPHAN WORKS BILL (HR 5889)IS MOVING IN THE HOUSE NOW 10.2.08 Phone, fax, email these Congressman immediately DELAHUNT Phone (202) 225 3111 CONYERS Phone: (202) 225-5126 NADLER Phone: (202) 225-5635 ...
Source: Sioux Falls Cartoonists
October 03, 2008 House trying to get Orphan Works on agenda NOW!
Leader Steny Hoyer and ask them NOT to allow HR 5889 to go on the calendar. We also need to get to 4 critical members of the House Judiciary Committee and tell them NOT to abandon their version of the bill and accept the Senate version. ...
Source: Ken Dubrowski Studio
October 03, 2008 Open Letter to the House of Representatives.
I'm writing you for your desperately needed help as a constituent, and as a creative professional eeking out a living in the US, primarily as an illustrator of children's books, urging you to PLEASE do what you can to prevent HR 5889 ...
Source: The Rhinoceros Boy's Lament
October 02, 2008 Orphan Works BILL.
THE HOUSE ORPHAN WORKS BILL (HR 5889) IS MOVING IN THE HOUSE NOW 10.2.08 Phone, fax, email these Congressman immediately: DELAHUNT: Phone (202) 225 3111 Fax (202) 225-5658 Phone: (617) 770-3700 Fax: (617) 770-2984 ...
October 02, 2008 URGENT ORPHAN WORKS UPDATE!!!
TELL THEM NOT TO ADOPT S.2913 OR HR 5889 They are trying to move Orphan Works tonight Oct 2 or tomorrow morning!!! http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/issues/alert/?alertid=11980321 Please help us stop Senate Bill 2913 and House ...
Source: artsandcraftslaw
October 02, 2008 Orphan Works not Dead in House!
The House is moving on the Orphan Works Bill HR 5889 in the House right now at 8:30 at night on Oct 2nd. Please call, email of fax the House members below now! Thanks!!!! FROM THE ILLUSTRATORS' PARTNERSHIP ...
October 02, 2008 THE HOUSE ORPHAN WORKS BILL (HR 5889) IS MOVING IN THE HOUSE NOW
THE HOUSE ORPHAN WORKS BILL (HR 5889) IS MOVING IN THE HOUSE NOW. Phone, fax, email these Congressman immediately. DELAHUNT Phone (202) 225 3111 Fax (202) 225-5658 Phone: (617) 770-3700 Fax: (617) 770-2984 ...
Source: Pghpicturebook's Weblog
October 02, 2008 THE HOUSE ORPHAN WORKS BILL (HR 5889) IS MOVING IN THE HOUSE NOW
Phone, fax, email these congressman immediately: Delahunt phone (202) 225 3111 fax (202) 225-5658 phone: (617) 770-3700 fax: (617) 770-2984 Conyers phone: (202) 225-5126 fax: (202) 225-0072 phone: (313) 961-5670 fax: (313) 226-2085 ...
October 02, 2008 The Orphan Works Copyright Law
The Orphan Works Act of 2008 currently exists in two versions: House bill HR 5889, and Senate bill S 2913 The Shawn Bentley Orphan Works Act of 2008 . Both bills threaten individual creators by imposing unacceptable conditions on the ...
Source: Word Obsession
October 02, 2008 Senate Passes Orphan Works Bill
According to the billâs author, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), orphan-works legislation in the House of Representative (HR5889) will most likely not be voted on until after the presidential election in November. ...
October 02, 2008 Graphic Artists Guild Protests Copyright Loosening
The New-York based organization is urging its members to contact their representatives in the House of Representatives and urge them to vote against HR 5889, the Orphan Works Act of 2008. The legislation is currently in the hands of the ...
October 01, 2008 what makes a good book?
Itâs October 2, only 29 more days until Halloween!!! * The House of Representatives is back in session Thursday. To find out what you can do to stop the House from passing the Orphan Works Bill/HR 5889, click here. Thanks! Site Meter.
Source: sruble's world
October 01, 2008 what makes a good book?
Itâs October 2, only 29 more days until Halloween!!! * The House of Representatives is back in session Thursday. To find out what you can do to stop the House from passing the Orphan Works Bill/HR 5889, click here. Thanks!
Source: sruble's world
October 01, 2008 Orphaned Works Find No Home in House
Wired's Threat Level blog notes that the orphan works bill is likely dead on arrival in the House of Representatives after a positive vote in the Senate, as a result of the wee little fiscal problem confronting the country: ...
October 01, 2008 URGENT: Contact your Representative to oppose S. 2913
Representative Berman still intends to release the mark-up of his bill, HR 5889. Either the House version of Orphan Works legislation, HR 5889, or the Senate version will become law. There are no other possible outcomes. ...
Source: Orphan Works News
October 01, 2008 Orphan Works Act
HR 5889, The Orphan Works Act of 2008, was introduced on April 24, 2008 by House Judiciary Committee Intellectual Property Subcommittee Chairman Berman of California, full Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith of Texas, and ...
Source: Rogueghost's Survival Weblog
October 01, 2008 Where is Your Head Today? With the Government, Your Art or Both?
For the past several days, many people I love and admire have only been talking about the "bailout bill" and if it will pass, should it pass, who is responsible, etc. Dawn Clare of Spise Bliss said she believed one line said by most ...
September 30, 2008 Orphaned Works, Abandoned Reason
Here is the language to that effect from HR 5889:. (iii) LACK OF IDENTIFYING INFORMATION- The fact that a particular copy or phonorecord lacks identifying information pertaining to the owner of the infringed copyright is not sufficient ...
Source: The Animation Options Blog
September 30, 2008 Orphan Works BILL.
They urged their representatives not to let the House pass the Orphan Works Act (HR 5889). They urged them not to scrap the House bill and adopt the Senate's. So far they haven't. That makes nearly 8000 of us who've written Congress ...
September 30, 2008 Shawn Bentley Orphan Works Act (HR 5889)
I heard from Mary Langman at MLA that Intellectual Propery Subcommittee ranking member, Howard Coble (R-NC) is stalling on bringing this to the House floor so please do urge your representative to support this worthwhile legislation. ...
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