Digital BW, The Print

LOL, Mark. I just did a copy paste from the sites first paragraph.

To me just this paragraph is enough to oppose the legislation. It
essentially says anyone can copy your work and use it commercially if they
show "due diligence" in attempting to contact you for permission.

That is pretty loose terminology and invites copyright infringement.

Cheers



david emerick 

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From: Mark Savoia 
That is non-lawyer talk? Thanks.
:)

Mark
http://www.stillrivereditions.com

On May 7, 2008, at 11:12 AM, David Emerick wrote:

> Is this enough?
>
> he Orphan Works Act defines an "orphan work" as any copyrighted
> work whose
> author any infringer says he is unable to locate with what the
> infringer
> himself decides has been a "reasonably diligent search." In a radical
> departure from existing copyright law and business practice, the U.S.
> Copyright Office has proposed that Congress grant such infringers
> freedom to
> ignore the rights of the author and use the work for any purpose,
> including
> commercial usage. In the case of visual art, the word "author" means
> "artist."
>
>
> david emerick
>
> dnemerick@... <mailto:dnemerick%40smcm.edu>
> http://staff.smcm.edu/dnemerick/
> http://smcmmediacenter.blogspot.com/
> http://emerick.blogspot.com
>
>

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