Corporate Theft?
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- soynutz70
anyone hear about this "Orphan Works bill"?
- dauntilus0
At the end of the day, its some old white dude greasing washington's palms so they can get rich off of ordianry people.
...and the cycle continues.
- soynutz70
kinda alarms me, but i'm just a simple minded folk
- sherman0
not sure how something so silly could pass.
- johndiggity0
it was originally intended for libraries and museums to be able to use copyrighted works whose owners may not be alive or known. as it was written by lawyers who have no concept of business principles, it is unlikely it will pass as worded. all of the stock image libraries are getting together to fight this bill.
it's not as alarming as the video suggests. the biggest problem is that if you find someone using your work, you can only sue for the licensing fee you would have normally charged them (not damages, or royalties if it was used commercially), and the burden would be on you to establish precedence for the licensee fee.- yeah well thats how it always starts. It was only meant for A but becomes abused, etc. Wiretapping anyone???dauntilus
- moldero0
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- hedge0
Is this about art?
- Redmond0
It's fine for public libraries owned by a country, but that should be it. No orphan anything for corporate or commercial interest.
- what if a library took your works and started exhibiting them, charging people money, and shut you out of it?johndiggity
- hedge0
By disregarding the interests of corporations, you are disregarding the interests of the American people.