http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/2008/07/protecting-photographers-and-visual-artists/ Copyright Information Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:02:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/2008/07/protecting-photographers-and-visual-artists/#comment-37296 StephenH Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:13:13 +0000 http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/?p=261#comment-37296 I feel that "orphan works" should eventually reach public domain. There is so much stuff out there that I think should be studied for freeing. Also, not freeing works create a practical use issue for works later in their life. For example, tracking down the person that created a photograph to copy of ones great grandma when the photographer may have gone out of business a long time ago could be near impossible for consumers. The same is true with works for companies that have gone out of business and were not sold off to someone else. I also think that when the market for the work is long over with, and it has been years and years since that work was in the stores, and the only thing left is when works appear in old archives and historical collections, this is the time in which that work should become public domain. I feel that “orphan works” should eventually reach public domain. There is so much stuff out there that I think should be studied for freeing. Also, not freeing works create a practical use issue for works later in their life. For example, tracking down the person that created a photograph to copy of ones great grandma when the photographer may have gone out of business a long time ago could be near impossible for consumers. The same is true with works for companies that have gone out of business and were not sold off to someone else. I also think that when the market for the work is long over with, and it has been years and years since that work was in the stores, and the only thing left is when works appear in old archives and historical collections, this is the time in which that work should become public domain.

]]> http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/2008/07/protecting-photographers-and-visual-artists/#comment-7979 Mission Possible Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:29:45 +0000 http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/?p=261#comment-7979 I don't understand why so many art organizations are fighting against the Orphan Works bill when they are too cowardly to speak out against people who are already violating the copyright of other artists as Shepard Fairey has done. He is a prime example of the type of artist we should be going against instead of supporting. Put up or shut up. Look up what he did with the art of Rene Mederos. Or are you afraid of making the Obama crowd angry? You can't have both worlds you know! We can't stand for some rights some of the time. We must stand against ANYONE who steps on a fellow artists rights. I don’t understand why so many art organizations are fighting against the Orphan Works bill when they are too cowardly to speak out against people who are already violating the copyright of other artists as Shepard Fairey has done. He is a prime example of the type of artist we should be going against instead of supporting. Put up or shut up. Look up what he did with the art of Rene Mederos. Or are you afraid of making the Obama crowd angry? You can’t have both worlds you know! We can’t stand for some rights some of the time. We must stand against ANYONE who steps on a fellow artists rights.

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