Further Reading: Orphan Works
The 2006/2008 Orphan Works Legislation
Artist Network
ArtistsNetwork.com is a website that connects artists with ideas, inspiration and instruction. It is a division of F+W Media, Inc. The site contains the article, “Understanding the Orphan Works Controversy” written by Leonard DuBuff and Christy O. King, authors of Art Law in a Nutshell and several other leading art law treatises. The article focuses on the 2006 and 2008 orphan works protection bills and their implications for visual artists.
Electronic Frontier Foundation: Orphan Works
A website hosted by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), an international nonprofit digital rights advocacy and legal organization. Intellectual property director Corynne McSherry’s blog contains her slant on the orphan works bill.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=12158678329
A Facebook page entitled “Artists Against the Orphan Works Bill.” Information is from the American Society of Illustrator’s Partnership (ASIP), which is a reprographic royalty collecting society founded by the Illustrators Partnership of America (IPA). As copyright holders of public works, they seek to protect copyrights, establish transparent accountability, and initiate a royalty stream to the individual illustrators who have earned it.
http://www.asmp-nj.org/articles/podcasts-orphan-works.html
This podcast features American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) general counsel Victor Perlman discussing the difference between the orphan works protection bills of 2006 and 2008, the politics behind the legislation, misconceptions about the 2008 bill, suggestions on improving the bill, and two provisions that benefit photographers.
http://www.jmg-galleries.com/blog/2008/10/09/exif-and-beyond-orphan-works-international-impact/
A podcast by professional photographer and principle of Pro-Imaging (a professional photographer’s community) Nick Dunmar, about the pending orphan works legislation that will greatly impact photographers. It is hosted by JMG Galleries and is one in a series of EXIF and Beyond podcasts which are dedicated to the forethought and afterthought and everything in between about photography.
http://www.stockartistsalliance.org/orphan-works-history
The Stock Artists Alliance (SAA) website offers a brief history of orphan works, and provides opinion about the 2006 and 2008 orphan works protection bill The SAA is the only photography trade association focused on the business of stock.
Artist Network
ArtistsNetwork.com is a website that connects artists with ideas, inspiration and instruction. It is a division of F+W Media, Inc. The site contains the article, “Understanding the Orphan Works Controversy” written by Leonard DuBuff and Christy O. King, authors of Art Law in a Nutshell and several other leading art law treatises. The article focuses on the 2006 and 2008 orphan works protection bills and their implications for visual artists.
Electronic Frontier Foundation: Orphan Works
A website hosted by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), an international nonprofit digital rights advocacy and legal organization. Intellectual property director Corynne McSherry’s blog contains her slant on the orphan works bill.
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=12158678329
A Facebook page entitled “Artists Against the Orphan Works Bill.” Information is from the American Society of Illustrator’s Partnership (ASIP), which is a reprographic royalty collecting society founded by the Illustrators Partnership of America (IPA). As copyright holders of public works, they seek to protect copyrights, establish transparent accountability, and initiate a royalty stream to the individual illustrators who have earned it.
http://www.asmp-nj.org/articles/podcasts-orphan-works.html
This podcast features American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) general counsel Victor Perlman discussing the difference between the orphan works protection bills of 2006 and 2008, the politics behind the legislation, misconceptions about the 2008 bill, suggestions on improving the bill, and two provisions that benefit photographers.
http://www.jmg-galleries.com/blog/2008/10/09/exif-and-beyond-orphan-works-international-impact/
A podcast by professional photographer and principle of Pro-Imaging (a professional photographer’s community) Nick Dunmar, about the pending orphan works legislation that will greatly impact photographers. It is hosted by JMG Galleries and is one in a series of EXIF and Beyond podcasts which are dedicated to the forethought and afterthought and everything in between about photography.
http://www.stockartistsalliance.org/orphan-works-history
The Stock Artists Alliance (SAA) website offers a brief history of orphan works, and provides opinion about the 2006 and 2008 orphan works protection bill The SAA is the only photography trade association focused on the business of stock.