The Orphan Works Allegations

[heidi]

This is a drive-by posting - I had my 20th high school reunion last night, and ahave two birthday things today (including Catie's 3rd birthday dinner tonight) but I've seen a lot of people on my flist really fretful this weekend about that article about "proposed" "Orphaned Works" legislation, and I'm going to recommend you read this BoingBoing post about it:

There is no such legislation before Congress (there was a bill in 2006, but it was never voted on; Marybeth Peters of the Copyright Office recently spoke before a subcommittee, but that's not a bill), and Simon is flat-out wrong about every concern he raises.

maradydd has an extensive smack-down of the claims in the article here and kynn does a bit of a "follow the money" behind Simon's sources here. Did you know that the person quoted and named as the Copyright Office's General Counsel hasn't held that job since circa 2006?

No actual legal advice in the above, or in the comments. Just an FYI.

Oh, and if this doesn't interest you, check out this article about how fannish behaviours and activities are becoming "glam".

Comments

[bitterbird.livejournal.com]

wow sounds like your super busy, hope your having fun!

oh that sounds cool
8goes to read*

[royalmidnight.livejournal.com]

Fan Glam is one thing, but fans thinking they're celebrities because they run a fan website is another thing altogether, and you know how I feel about THAT.