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FINAL DRAFT COPYRIGHT PETITION for Those WHO HAVE NOT SIGNED YET

NOTE: IF YOU HAVE SIGNED UP ALREADY THERE IS NO NEED TO DO SO AGAIN. THIS IS JUST FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT YET SIGNED UP. Those of you who have signed already, we are keeping your names on a separate list. WE JUST WANT PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT SIGNED UP YET:

This is the final draft of our prologue and petition against the forthcoming Orphan Works Bill. We have 376 signatures so far which I am not reproducing here, because it slows the download too much. We hope to gather more, but time is short, so please talk to everyone you know and ask them to sign on. we are closing the other threads and advising everyone to add their names here only. We are told that this thing could become a reality so it is imperative that EVERYONE add their name. Thanks for putting up with our constant notifications, but you must realize that this is in your interest. We have something like 4 or 5 % of the entire membership signed up. What are the rest of you doing? It does not matter where you live, you must take an interest. Other countries are following suit and if this precedent is set you are all seriously screwed. If you sell anything in the US market, you are screwed. UK too,for that matter, becuase they have a similar bill up and pending. Get with the program folks. You all complain about no work, no money, etc. Well, take charge of your life and stand up for you rights.

We, the undersigned members of an international network of photographers, journalists, filmmakers, documentary makers, visual artists, and writers, are collected together here to make known our profound concern regarding the content and consequences of the proposed Orphan Works bill.

We believe that a free society flourishes in relation to its intellectual freedoms. In order for a free society to benefit from the creative efforts of its members, and to guarantee the fertility and integrity of such works, these efforts must be protected as rigorously as our fundamental rights of free speech, free assembly, and a free press. At the heart of the Amendments to the Constitution rests the incontrovertible belief that the tyranny of unchecked powers and interests is a threat to just governance and the social good. As such they must be subject to the rule of law and prevented from transgressing the rights of private individuals or groups of people who do not exercise great authority politically or economically.

In order to form a more perfect Union, promote the general Welfare, and secure the blessings of Liberty to ourselves and to our Posterity, we must ensure that the vitality and integrity of the Imagination not be infringed, and that the life of the mind be given adequate scope and protection for it to continue driving the technological and humanitarian progress of all societies.

The American Constitution states that one of the duties of Congress is “ “To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;” (article 1, section 8, clause 8). This providential clause has ensured the progressive development of what was once a small and defenseless nation, pitted against the seemingly unlimited power and resources of the European industrializing nations, and virtually guaranteed that the new ideas and innovative vision of its pioneering peoples would be nurtured, propagated, and guarded for the common good of the nation. There is a clear and vital relationship between our ideas and our social growth: the health of the body politic depends upon preserving it.

In this epoch of increasingly intimate and consequential global ties, we are faced with momentous decisions that test our most fundamental beliefs and traditions. New technology, new means of communication such as the worldwide web have raised issues hitherto unknown and unlooked for. Are we to discard over two hundred years of experience and wisdom, and fiddle with laws that heretofore have assured that we all enjoy the fruits of our artists and scientists while respecting the individual garden plots from which they have sprung? Must we now trespass on these grounds and steal the fruit, while the owner is looking the other way? How are we to ensure for our children that which we have enjoyed for ourselves? How are we to pass on to them the means whereby providential and life-sustaining ideas be given a chance to take root? The freedom to think, to create, to imagine greater possibilities exists only if we provide for the creators a life that affords them the scope needed to exercise these vital powers. Ultimately, we are talking not only of the livelihood of the artists but of the quality of life of all humankind.

The decision rendered by Congress on this matter would affect not only the citizens of the United States but creative artists and inventors around the globe who depend on the substantial US market and bring to that market their fresh perspectives and ideas, which we in turn need in order to make sense of the new world that confronts us. The world’s leading nation cannot act on this without taking into account the effect it will have on everyone, and the precedent it will establish for other nations to follow. Conscious of this momentous role, and conscious as well, by virtue of our membership in the global network made possible by Lightstalkers, of the many filaments of our vital interconnectedness, we who present you with this petition wish to declare with one voice that the Orphan Works bill contradicts the spirit and the letter of the Constitution. It condemns a large portion of the intellectual patrimony of humanity to ignoble servitude at the behest of capricious market forces whose motives practically guarantee that the intent and aspirations of the authors of these works be thwarted, perverted, and degraded. This bill will not provide for freer use but for the abuse of these works. Respectfully, we submit that the Congress of the United States firmly reject this proposal and wait for the promulgation of a bill whose language is more in keeping with the original intent of the Constitution and which provides a solid foundation for the liberal and justly controlled enjoyment by all of our best creative inventions. By Jon Anderson.

by Jon Anderson at Tue May 09 14:22:01 UTC 2006 (ed. Mar 12 2008) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Bookmark | | Report spam→

Delmi Alvarez
Freelance Photojournalist
Riga, Latvia

by Jon Anderson | 09 May 2006 14:05 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | | Report spam→

jake price
photogrpaher
new york, ny

by Jake Price | 09 May 2006 15:05 | out of the worm, in mexico cit, Mexico | | Report spam→

Jake we got you already no worries. Those of you who have signed, there is no need to sign again. I left out the entire list of names becuase it was causing the LS server to slow down too much, so this way we can have a faster download and quick response.

by Jon Anderson | 09 May 2006 15:05 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | | Report spam→

Stian Lysberg Solum
Photojournalist
Oslo, Norway

by Stian Lysberg Solum | 09 May 2006 15:05 | Stavanger, Norway | | Report spam→

Micky Modo
Freelance Photographer
Milan, Italy

by mickymodo | 09 May 2006 15:05 | | Report spam→

Luis Andrade
Writer/Photographer
Philadelphia, PA
USA

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Kristine Nyborg
Photojournalist
New York, USA

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Tomas Reyes
Artist – Photographer
Tokyo, Japan

by Tomas Reyes | 09 May 2006 18:05 | Tokyo, Japan | | Report spam→

Francois L. Delagrave
photojournalist
Montreal, Canada

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Tom Swain
Photographer
London, United Kingdom

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Anderson Schneider
photojournalist
Brasilia, Brazil

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Anderson Schneider
photojournalist
Brasilia, Brazil

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François Carlet-Soulages
Photographer
Paris, France // Hanoi, Vietnam

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Alan Chin
Photographer
New York, NY

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Becky Holladay
Photographer
Brooklyn, NY

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Omar Felgentreter
Photojournalist
Ventura, CA

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Natalie Behring
Photographer
Beijing, China

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Victor J. Blue
Photojournalist
San Francisco, CA

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William L. Schneekloth
Photojournalist, Student
New Brunswick, NJ

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Darren Nanos
Photographer
New York, NY

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Dan Perez de la Garza
Photojournalist, Filmmaker
Brooklyn, NY

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Paul Foley
Photographer
Sydney, Australia

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Steven Coleman
Photojournalist | Designer
Bangkok, Thailand

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Mike Long.
Photographer, Retoucher.
San Francisco, USA.

by Mike Long | 10 May 2006 03:05 | San Francisco, United States | | Report spam→

Jon Gordon,
Photojournalist.
Perth, Australia.

by Jonathan Gordon | 10 May 2006 03:05 | Perth, Australia | | Report spam→

Hi,
I have just PM,d all in my personal network asking them to sign if they have not already. I also asked them to PM all in their Personal Network.
Let’s all do this, and spread a wildfire, and maybe we will end up with more than 5%.
best thoughts
simon

by Simon Anstey | 10 May 2006 05:05 | Copenhagen, Denmark | | Report spam→

Viviane DALLES
Photojounalist
Paris, FRANCE

by Viviane Dalles | 10 May 2006 05:05 | Paname, France | | Report spam→

Ryan M. Miller
Writer/Photographer
Boston, MA

by Ryan M. Miller | 10 May 2006 05:05 | Boston, United States | | Report spam→

forgive me if this is a stupid question but how do people sign the petition if they are not members of lightstalkers?do they have to join up or is there another way?

by Michael Bowring | 10 May 2006 05:05 | Belgrade, Serbia | | Report spam→

Olivier Asselin
Photographer
Accra, Ghana

by Olivier Asselin | 10 May 2006 05:05 | Accra, Ghana | | Report spam→

ethan rafal
artist/photographer/ontologist
planet earth

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Sean Davey
Photographer
Sydney, Australia

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Sean Davey
Photographer
Sydney, Australia

by Sean Davey | 10 May 2006 05:05 | Sydney, Australia | | Report spam→

Michael, they can join LS or find friends who are already registered and ask them sign their names.

by Mikhail Galustov | 10 May 2006 05:05 (ed. May 10 2006) | Moscow, Russia | | Report spam→

Roy Feldman
Photojournalist
Detroit, Michigan

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Julien LEVEQUE
Photographer
Brussels, Belgium

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Gary Austin
Photojournalist
Derby, UK

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Jan Michalko
Photographer
Berlin, Germany

by Jan Michalko | 10 May 2006 07:05 | Berlin, Germany | | Report spam→

Just sent an email about this to the 700+ member aphotoaday list Hopefully that’ll add a few members to the site and a lot of signatures to the petition.

by M. Scott Brauer | 10 May 2006 08:05 | Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY, United States | | Report spam→

Florence Weintraub
Photographer, Graphic Artist
Brooklyn, NY

by Florence Weintraub | 10 May 2006 08:05 | Brooklyn, United States | | Report spam→

Elissa Eubanks
photojournalist
Atlanta, Georgia

by Elissa Eubanks | 10 May 2006 08:05 | Atlanta, United States | | Report spam→

Bartek Wrzesniowski
photojournalist
Katowice, Silesia
Poland

by Bartek Wrzesniowski | 10 May 2006 08:05 | Katowice, Poland | | Report spam→

Its not only medical illustrators. Recently a photographer found an image he’d shot being used on a Far Right website. The picture had been digitally manipulated.

But the damage to the photographer, and the models in the picture is already done.

In a digital age, the integrity of photojournalism as a record of events is continually under threat. The technology no longer establishes the images veracity anymore, rather, it’s the photographer and their organisation (if any), who must establish an ‘aura of trust’ so that people take the image as an honest representation of events.

This is why in recent years, some US newspaper and wire photographers were fired after allegedly manipulating the content of their images. A competition winner even had his prize removed after accusations that ‘excessive burning in’ and darkening of his images had essentially changed their meaning. And photographer Leif Ericksson is still in legal pursuit of several culprits after one of his images of Jane Fonda and John Kerry was manipulated for political ends.

Those organisations and individuals simply cannot tolerate their images being seen as ‘false’, as it cuts to the very heart of what they do.

A lot of the argument which lies behind the OW Bill is echoed by the free software, copyleft and creative commons crew – that is, that creativity should exist as a ‘free’ artifact to be used and built upon by sucessive generations…and indeed, we can already see its manifestaion on the internet and in popular music in video, music sampling and ‘mash-ups’.

The problem for us as photographers though, is that our particular genre rests on the principle that our work should NOT be overly manipulated, even by ourselves. If it is, it not only damages us, but undermines the whole assumption that what we all do can be trusted at all.

Existing copyright law allows for image manipulation etc for the purposes of satire and parody, and even this is a grey area depending on your sense of humour – one man’s gentle joke is another man’s Danish cartoon…but that principle already exists in law and should be defended.

What we’re talking about in our case is a law being passed which essentially makes wholesale copyright abuse and image manipulation for whatever ends, legal.

I could already make an argument that digital manipulation of images has already badly eroded trust in photography and photographers already. Take your camera out near a school or a childrens playgound, if you’d like to test that theory…

Trust is very important for us as photographers. In our images, and in ourselves.

Lose that, and we’re fucked.

by Sion Touhig | 10 May 2006 09:05 | London, United Kingdom | | Report spam→

Marius Nemes
Photojournalist
Bucharest, Romania

by Marius Nemes | 10 May 2006 09:05 | Bucharest, Romania | | Report spam→

Robert Marquardt
shutterbug
Barcelona, Spain

by Robert Marquardt | 10 May 2006 09:05 | Barcelona, Spain | | Report spam→

Jerome A. Pollos
Photojournalist
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

by Jerome Pollos | 10 May 2006 10:05 | Coeur d'Alene, United States | | Report spam→

gayle and sions last posts have set off a lateral thought.it probably has a number of holes in it but if the core of the idea is sound perhaps the rest of you can refine it.
behind this bill is the spectre of big business,if they can use images for free they make more money,so they like the idea,obviously.so,why not try to add aclause to the bill saying the owner of the work must be credited.ok,you will all say they will just claim they searched for the author and did not find him.so,add a clause saying they have to prove they made the search,before publication,not afterwards.this is easy to control.any images that is uncredited can be gathered and the user of that image then has to prove they made the mythical search.and here is the good part!you use examples such as pornography.there would be a lot less porn on the net,something all legitimate business men hve to agree is agood thing,if the makers were identified.also,if you had to really search for the author before publication that would cost money,thereby making illegitimate use less attractive.
as i said,this is just the kernel of an idea but i thought i would get it out there in the hope someone with a more ordered thought process than me can refine it.(or shoot it down in flames).i am in a bit of a rush,work to do ,so sorry if this is difficult to follow.

by Michael Bowring | 10 May 2006 11:05 | Belgrade, Serbia | | Report spam→

Anthony Tomlinson
Photographer
UK

by Anthony Tomlinson | 10 May 2006 11:05 | Liverpool, United Kingdom | | Report spam→

Kit R. Roane
writer/photojournalist
Brooklyn, NY

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John Trotter
Photographer
Brooklyn, NY

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Radhanatha Jakupko
Photographer
Alachua, FL

by Radhanatha Jakupko | 10 May 2006 12:05 | Florida, United States | | Report spam→

Jonathan Warren
Photographer
London, UK

by Jonathan Warren | 10 May 2006 12:05 (ed. May 10 2006) | London, United Kingdom | | Report spam→

Mary Sue Connolly
Documentary Filmmaker/Photographer
New York, NY

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Mary Sue Connolly
Documentary Filmmaker/Photographer
New York, NY

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Dmitry Chebotayev
photographer
Russian Federation

by Dmitry Chebotayev | 10 May 2006 14:05 (ed. May 11 2006) | moscow, Russia | | Report spam→

Oscar Hidalgo
Photographer
Los Angeles, CA

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Oscar Hidalgo
Photojournalist
Los Angeles, CA

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Jason Pagan
President
Anarchy Images, Inc.
New York, NY

by Jason Pagan | 10 May 2006 16:05 | New York, United States | | Report spam→

Jason Pagan
President
Anarchy Images, Inc.
New York, NY

by Jason Pagan | 10 May 2006 16:05 | New York, United States | | Report spam→

N.D. Koster
Freelance Photographer
Sausalito, CA

by ND Koster | 10 May 2006 17:05 | Sausalito, United States | | Report spam→

Jason Bye
Photographer
United Kingdom

by Jason Bye | 10 May 2006 17:05 | Norwich, United Kingdom | | Report spam→

Denny Simmons
Photographer
Newburgh, Ind.

by Denny Simmons | 10 May 2006 17:05 | Paradise, United States | | Report spam→

Juan Carlos
Photographer-Fotógrafo
San Francisco, CA
United States

by Juan Carlos | 10 May 2006 19:05 | Los Angeles, California, United States | | Report spam→

Juan Carlos
Photographer-Fotógrafo
San Francisco, CA
United States

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Natinderjit Atwal
Photographer
London
United Kingdom

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Natinderjit Atwal
Photographer
London
United Kingdom

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Eric Grigorian
Photographer
Los Angeles. California

by Eric Grigorian | 10 May 2006 21:05 | Los Angeles, United States | | Report spam→

Ramin Rahimian
Photographer
St. Paul, Minnesota

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Hugo Infante
Photojournalist
Santiago, Chile

by Hugo Infante | 10 May 2006 22:05 | Santiago, Chile | | Report spam→

Michael Rubenstein
Photojournalist
Portland, Oregon
USA

by Michael Rubenstein | 10 May 2006 23:05 | Portland, United States | | Report spam→

Travis Dove
Photojournalist
White River Junction, VT

by Travis Dove | 10 May 2006 23:05 | Southwest Florida, United States | | Report spam→

Travis Dove
Photojournalist
White River Junction, VT

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Retsu Takahashi
Illustrator
Brooklyn, New York

by retsu_takahashi | 10 May 2006 23:05 | Brooklyn, United States | | Report spam→

John Roark
Photographer
Portland, Maine

by John Roark | 11 May 2006 02:05 | catania, Italy | | Report spam→

Stuart Isett
Photographer
Paris, France

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Susana Paiva
Photographer
Paris, France/ Lisbon, Portugal

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Mark Gong
Photojournalist
Washington D.C., District of Columbia

by Mark Gong | 11 May 2006 02:05 | Washington D.C., United States | | Report spam→

Gerald W Homeyer
Photographer
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

by Gerald W Homeyer | 11 May 2006 02:05 | Utah, United States | | Report spam→

Tim Matsui
Photographer
Seattle, Washington, USA

by Tim Matsui | 11 May 2006 04:05 | Seattle, United States | | Report spam→

Piotr Slosarski
Photographer
Warsaw, Poland

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Stalingrad O’Neill
First Floor
27 Grantham Rd
Sparkbrook
Birmingham UK

by [unverified member] | 11 May 2006 05:05 | Birmingham, United Kingdom | | Report spam→

John Chapman
Photographer
UK

Jonathan Keenan
Photographer
UK

by Jason Bye | 11 May 2006 05:05 | Norwich, United Kingdom | | Report spam→

Tony Sleep
Photographer
London
UK

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Tony Sleep
Photographer
London
UK

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James Winspear
Photographer
UK

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Chris Howes
Photographer and author
Abergavenny
UK

by Chris Howes | 11 May 2006 08:05 | Wales, United Kingdom | | Report spam→

Daniel McCabe
Photographer
Woodstock, NY
USA

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Jamie Simpson
Photographer
Glasgow
UK

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Hazel Dunlop
Photographer
London
UK

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Roberto Guerra
Photographer
Boston, MA
USA

by Roberto (Bear) Guerra | 11 May 2006 08:05 | Boston, MA, United States | | Report spam→

What does "Good Faith … " really mean. This change would open a big can of worms, tie up years of court time, and cost those that least afford it!
Bruce Sdunek
Photographer
Howell, MI USA

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Matthew Rosenberg
Photojournalist
Philadelphia, PA

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Laurie Phillips
Photographer
Durham, UK

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Matt Weber
photographer
NYC USA

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Jane Stockdale
Photographer
London, UK

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Kevin J. Miyazaki
Photographer
Milwaukee, WI USA

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Nina Alvarez
Documentary filmmaker
New York, USA

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Jared Will
Photographer
Pennington, NJ, USA

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Jared Will
Photographer
Pennington, NJ, USA

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Christopher Phillips
Photographer
Kansas City, MO USA

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J.Ed Baker
Photogrpher
N.Chili,NY USA

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Trevor Snapp
Photographer
San Francisco Ca
USA

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Chris Hinkle
Photographer
Tucson AZ
USA

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Richard Humphries
Photojournalist
Bangkok, Thailand

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Keith Bedford
Photojournalist
New York, NY USA

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signed

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Alixandra Fazzina
Photographer
London, United Kingdom

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Jean-Marie Antoine
Photographer
Brussels, Belgium

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Michelle Woodward
Photo editor, photographer
Baltimore, Maryland, US

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Jennifer Fiore

Photographer-artist

Brooklyn, NY

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Mike Marlow
Photojournalist
London
England

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Michael Harlan Turkell
PHOTOGRAPHER
Brooklyn, NY
www.harlanturk.com

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Jerome Pennington
Photographer
Los Angeles, CA

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Joris Dee
Belgium

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Julian Russell
Photographer
Boston, MA

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Frank Huster
Photographer
Seattle, WA

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Tobin Brogunier
Photographer
Minneapolis, MN

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Soledad Aznarez
Photographer
Buenos Aires,Argentina

by Soledad Aznarez | 12 May 2006 15:05 | buenos aires, Argentina | | Report spam→

Juan Antonio Serrano
photojournalist
Guayaquil, Ecuador

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Luiz Maximiano
Photographer
Amsterdam, Netherlands

by Luiz Maximiano | 12 May 2006 16:05 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | | Report spam→

Luiz Maximiano
Photographer
Amsterdam, Netherlands

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ed leveckis
ny, ny

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ed leveckis
ny, ny

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Rick Valenzuela
US citizen
Chiang Mai, Thailand

by Rick Valenzuela | 12 May 2006 22:05 | Chiang Mai, Thailand | | Report spam→

Jonathan Wilson
Photographer
Tampa, FL USA

by Jonathan Wilson | 12 May 2006 22:05 | Tampa, United States | | Report spam→

Evan Sisley
Photographer
Washington D.C.

by Evan Sisley | 12 May 2006 23:05 | Washington D.C., United States | | Report spam→

Martin Beddall
Photographer
United Kingdom

by martin beddall | 13 May 2006 04:05 | Sussex, United Kingdom, Afghanistan | | Report spam→

Mihai Vasile
Photographer
Bucharest, Romania

by Mihai Vasile | 13 May 2006 08:05 | Bucharest, Romania | | Report spam→

Kirill Surov
Photographer
Toronto, Canada

by Kirill Surov | 13 May 2006 09:05 | Toronto, Canada | | Report spam→

Showwei Chu
Writer & Photographer
Toronto, Canada

by Showwei Chu | 13 May 2006 10:05 | Toronto, Canada | | Report spam→

David Carr
Photographer
Paris,France.

by DPC | 13 May 2006 18:05 | Paris, France | | Report spam→

Kate Flock
Photojournalist
Boston, MA

by Kate Flock | 13 May 2006 19:05 | Boston, United States | | Report spam→

David Bristow
Photographer
QLD,Australia

by David Bristow | 13 May 2006 23:05 | | Report spam→

Anamitra Chakladar
Photojournalist
New Delhi
INDIA

by Anamitra Chakladar | 14 May 2006 02:05 | New Delhi, India | | Report spam→

Mitch McNeil
Artist – Photographer
London, Ontario
Canada

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Bryce Krynski
Photographer
Calgary, AB
Canada

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Harshad Sharma
Photographer
Ahmednagar, Maharashtra State,
India

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Jeroen van Weert
photographer
Nijmegen
The Netherlands

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photojournalist
Moscow
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Emily Miller
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Zara Tzanev
photographer
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David Zentz
Photojournalist
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Graphic Designer and Photographer
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Jeremy Lawrence
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Sheffield/London UK

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Hamish J Cairns
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Australia

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Michael Brown
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New York

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Damon Lee Perry
Photographer
steal_a_moment@yahoo.com
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Lee Ridley
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Berkshire
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David Ahntholz
Photographer
Naples, Fla.

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David Ahntholz
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Naples, Fla.

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Jason Aldag
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Washington, DC

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Jason Aldag
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Washington, DC

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Kurt Vinion
Photojournalist
Prague, Czech Republic

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Kurt Vinion
Photojournalist
Prague, Czech Republic

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Jeffrey Hosier
Photographer
Sunnyvale, CA

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Stacy Mehrfar
Photographer
New York, NY USA

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Thorne Anderson
Photographer
North Little Rock, AR, USA

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Angela Rowlings
Photographer
Boston, MA, USA

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Stone, Staffordshire – UK.

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Martin Shakeshaft
Photographer
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Anna Kari
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London, UK.

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London, UK.

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Tanya Habjouqa
Documentary Photographer/writer
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Paul Haigh
Freelance Photographer, Jornalist
London UK

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Manca Juvan
Photojournalist
Slovenia

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Photographer
New York, New York

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Beijing, China

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Chicago, IL

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New York, NY

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Brooklyn, NY

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Corpus Christi,Texas

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For today’s copyright holders update, I am happy to report that lately I have been
receiving a number of signature petition requests in my email, ghegland@centurytel.net.

These requests have been coming in from all over and from photographers, the family/friends
of impacted rights holders, and also from concerned members of the creative international
community.

Thanks to this, we are now up to 548 signatures. (: The majority of signers are
photographers, but again, there is no reason why anyone that is concerned, opposed
to or even indirectly affected by this legislation cannot be included in our petition.

And so, again, we plead our case…
I. Go and ask your mothers, fathers, children, husbands, wives, agents, accountants,
managers, galleries, professional art programs/departments and institutions of higher
learning, art instructors, students, and don’t forget the clients that you have already
sold exclusive licensing rights to, if they might help you to retain (and to their
personal gain!) your rights and livelihood, by signing this pro-copyright petition.
These are your personal and professional support groups and they will greatly help
themselves and at the same time be very happy to support you as an individual, in your
efforts to maintain and preserve a healthy, viable and essential creative industry and
all that entails.

II. Ask whomever may benefit from your estate to consider adding their signature.
After all, as your beneficiary, they will be directly and negatively impacted by
this unfair legislation.

III. Everyday You can Help to Protect and Preserve your Creative Property Rights:
1.) Become Knowledgeable in your Defense by Discussing your Rights with Colleagues.
2.) Exercise your Rights through Licensing.
3.) Enforce your Rights through such Actions as Timely Registration before Publication.
4.) Be Positive in your Actions by Participating in Reasonable Negotiations and Fair Contract Practices.
5.) Take the Time to Encourage, Teach and Mentor Others Regarding their Rights, “If you have knowledge,
let others light their candles in it.” Margaret Fuller, (May 23, 1810 to July 19, 1850)
A brilliant and highly educated American Author and Lecturer.
According to the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, “She was one of
the most influential personalities of her day in American literary circles.”

IV. And, finally, as I was just reminded by a recent signer’s email, good colleagues, let us fight
the good fight then. Let us take pride in our duties of citizenship by respectfully conveying
to our Honorable Congressmen and Senators how they may best fulfill our needs through their
important duties as our elected officials.

“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors
must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.”
*James Madison, *Fourth President of the United States of America, 1809 to 1817.

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Morgan Duffin
Photographer
Shenzhen, China

by Morgan Duffin | 18 May 2006 22:05 | Shenzhen, China | | Report spam→

Melissa Lyttle
photojournalist
Tampa, FL, USA

by Melissa Lyttle | 18 May 2006 22:05 | Tampa, FL, United States | | Report spam→

Tony Reddrop
Documentary Photographer
Melbourne, Australia.

by Tony Reddrop | 19 May 2006 00:05 | Melbourne Australia, Australia | | Report spam→

Christie Johnston
photojournalist/editor
New Delhi, India

by christie johnston | 19 May 2006 00:05 | Delhi, India | | Report spam→

Matthew Chamberlain
Photographer
New York, NY, USA

by Matthew Chamberlain | 19 May 2006 05:05 | Ulcinj, Serbia | | Report spam→

Rod Morris
Photographer
London,UK

by Rod Morris | 19 May 2006 06:05 | London, United Kingdom | | Report spam→

We are at 552 Signatures and hopefully still counting. I still have
not heard anything about this Bill coming out of negotiation, yet.

When it does, however, that will be the first time that the public will
be able to view it in voting form. At this time the negotiations have a
gag on them and so we do not know at this time to what extent we have
been allowed to negotiate the terms of the Bill. It has been said by
those that could drastically change our livelihood for the worse that
very little negotiation will be allowed. And so we need to keep looking
for signatures at this time until it is timely to submit our petition.

ASMP Continues Year-Long Dialog with Copyright Office on Orphan Works

“At a meeting of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A in New York City
last week [January 2006], ASMP General Counsel Vic Perlman publicly
stated that, ‘As a practical matter, the Copyright Office proposal
sacrifices the copyrights of individual creators on the altar of
Orphan Works.’
We will do everything that we can to make sure that sacrifice never
takes place.” -ASMP Special Announcements for 2006

To read the rest of this informative Orphan Works announcement,
click on:
http://www.asmp.org/news/spec2006/orphanworks.php

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Matt McLoone photojournalist Ventura, CA, USA

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Carlos Villalon, photojournalist, NYC, USA-Bogota, Colombia

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marius sortland myklebust, designer/photog, fr.stad, norway

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patricio murphy, photograpger/musician, buenos aires, argentina

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Roberto Louzan Photographer, Spain

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Justin Partyka, Photographer, Norfolk, UK

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Ana Elisa Fuentes, Photographer, Bavaria, Germany

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Asim Hafeez. Freelance Photojournalist, Karachi, Pakistan.

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Abir Abdullah
Photographer
Bangladesh

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John Sarsgard, Photographer, Easton, Connecticut

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Griff Tapper, Photographer, Jakarta, Indonesia

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Ingrid Breyer, Photographer, New York, NY

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Ruediger Bergmann. Photographer, Augsburg, Germany

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Rosa Verhoeve, Photographer, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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Tashi Tobgyal, Photojournalist, New Delhi, India

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Yusuf Sayman, Photographer, NYC NY

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Nicolas Silberfaden, Photographer, New York, NY

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Krystian Maj, Photographer, Poland

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Jonathan G. Williams, Reporter, Washington, D.C.

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Aleksander Bochenek, Photographer, Poland

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Mark Bullimore, Photographer, UK

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Seth Bourget, Photographer, New York, NY

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Bryan Denton, Photojournalist, Beirut, Lebanon

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Joey Puloné, Photographer, Baltimore, MD

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Roberto [Bear] Guerra, Photographer, La Paz, Bolivia

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Priscilla Mora Flores, Photographer, San José, Costa Rica

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Nicholas Perzik, Photographer, Los Angeles, Ca.

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Santanu Chakrabarti, Freelance photographer, Kolkata, India

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Kahtan Alamery, Photographer, USA

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Andrew Hillard, Photojournalist, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

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Matt Gainer

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Erin Siegal, Photojournalist, New York/ San Francisco

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Hörður Ellert Ólafsson, photographer
Iceland

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Guy Calaf, photojournalist, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Dave Walsh, writer & photographer, Ireland

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Tobie Openshaw, filmmaker & photographer, Taiwan

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Paula Lerner, Photojournalist, Boston/USA

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Jack Lenk, Photographer, Providence, RI USA

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J. Leslie Booth, Creative Information Architect, West Lafayette, IN USA

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Trevor Snapp, Photographer,Seattle Wa, USA

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Ben Gancsos, Photographer, Connecticut, USA.

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Ixa Faolan, Visual Artist, Photographer. NY, NY.

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John Andrew Hughes Photographer, Las Vegas Nevada, USA

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Rodney A. Margison, photographer, Nashville, Indiana, USA

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Jason Rearick, photojournalist, Seneca Falls, New York, USA.

by Jason Rearick | 09 Sep 2007 05:09 | Auburn, NY, United States | | Report spam→

Ertugrul Kilic, Photographer, Paramaribo – Suriname / South America

by Ertugrul Kilic | 09 Sep 2007 17:09 | Paramaribo, Suriname | | Report spam→

Please add my signature to your petition. Thanks, Colin.

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Ajay Hirani, Photographer, Mumbai, India.

by Ajay Hirani | 09 Sep 2007 18:09 | Mumbai, India | | Report spam→

Will Boase, Photographer and Student, Sheffield, UK.

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Joseph Harrison, Photographer, student , Lincoln, New Zealand

by Joe Harrison | 09 Sep 2007 22:09 | Christchurch, New Zealand | | Report spam→

David Sutherland, Photographer, London UK

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Allison Joyce, Photographer and student, Boston MA

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For those who have not signed yet? it may include me:) i would be very glad if you count me in.
Mingfang Huang, Photographer, student, Beijing China.

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Darrin Zammit Lupi, photojournalist, Malta, Europe

by Darrin Zammit Lupi | 11 Sep 2007 12:09 | Valletta, Malta | | Report spam→

Allan Lissner, photojournalist, Toronto, Canada.

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Yunghi Kim, NEw York USA

by Yunghi Kim | 12 Sep 2007 02:09 | IN New York, United States | | Report spam→

Juan Carlos, Chalchuapa, El Salvador

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Charlie Mahoney, Photographer, Barcelona, Spain

by Charlie Mahoney | 12 Sep 2007 08:09 | Barcelona, Spain | | Report spam→

Gayle, please sign me up. Kat Palasi,manila,Philippines. Many thanks.I thought i had signed already.Cheers!

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Trent Keegan, Photographer, Galway, Ireland
is this all we need to do to sign up?

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Shahriar Nouri, Photographer.
Oslo, Norway.

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oscar p siagian, photojournalist, yogyakarta, indonesia

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Dave Wyatt, Photographer, UK

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Jonathan Lipkin, Professor, Author, Photographer

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Lance Rosenfield, Austin, Texas

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gayle, this place would be a bore without you. :)

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Jason DeCrow Photojournalist New York, NY USA

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Pete Souza Photographer Athens, Ohio

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Greg Nash, Vienna, VA

by Greg Nash | 13 Sep 2007 03:09 | Washington DC/NOVA, United States | | Report spam→

Sing me up!

Tom Greenwood,
Photographer,
Based in Laos.

Thanks,
Tom

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Tommi Pirnes. Photographer, Finland.

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al crespo, miami

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Vera Perrone, Photographer/filmmaker, based in Stuttgart

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John Patrick Naughton / Photographer / New York, New York

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Ida C. Benedetto. Photographer. New York, New York

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Stratos Vogiatzis, Freelance Photographer, Greece

by Stratos Vogiatzis | 13 Sep 2007 16:09 | Chios, Greece | | Report spam→

Shit, dont know how i missed this… add my sig: David Sperry, Photographer, NYC

And Jon, thanks for taking the initiative to write the letter.

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Rene Clement, photographer, New York

by Rene Clement | 14 Sep 2007 16:09 | New York City, United States | | Report spam→

Patrick Lanham, Photographer St. Louis Mo.

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Andrew Wheeler, photographer, Paris, France

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Joaquin Gomez Sastre, photojournalist freelance, Santander, España

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Sarah Donovan, Photographer, New York, New York, USA

by Sarah Donovan | 15 Sep 2007 02:09 | New York, NY, United States | | Report spam→

Mikael Kjellstrom, Photographer, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

by Mikael Kjellstrom | 15 Sep 2007 02:09 | Calgary, Canada | | Report spam→

Sign me up Jon
Nanni Fontana, photojournalist, based in Rome

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Daniele Mattioli , Photographer, Trevi in Umbria, based in China

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Chris Johnson, Filmmaker / Photographer – Melbourne, Australia

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Gordon C Harrison, Landscape Photographer, Scotland

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You are welcome to sign either Jon’s or my thread HERE and I will add your name to the Active list as soon as possile. Please let me know if you have been missed somehow, as it was not intentional.

I am not certain if ASMP has a copyright newsletter right now, but IPA does and is spearheading one as they are part of the The Imagery Alliance along with the organizations listed below:

Advertising Photographers of America (APA)

American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)

American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP)

American Society of Picture Professionals (ASPP)

Association of Photographers (AOP) (UK)

Art Directors Club (ADC)

British Association of Picture Libraries & Agencies (BAPLA)

Coordination of European Agencies Press Stock Heritage (CEPIC)

Editorial Photographers (EP)

Graphic Artists Guild (GAG)

Illustrators’ Partnership of America (IPA)

North American Nature Photography Associationhttp://www.nanpa.org/

National Press Photographers Assoc (NPPA)

Picture Archive Council of America (PACA)

Picture Licensing Universal System (PLUS)

Professional Photographers of America (PPA)

Society for Photographic Education (SPE)

Stock Artists Alliance (SAA)

White House News Photographers Association (WHNPA)

The Illustrators’ Partnership of America (IPA) emails updates to alert and inform the community of issues that may impact the right of copyright for independent creators. To add your name to the IPA’s mailing list, send an email with “Add Name” in the subject line to: illustratorspartnership@cnymail.com You will receive verification.

For information about Orphan Works developments go to the IPA Orphan Works Resource Page for Artists

by Gayle Hegland | 15 Sep 2007 17:09 | Montana, United States | | Report spam→

Also, If this thread keeps popping up in your email much to your dismay, due to the remarkable group effort, just go to your Profile and open your Edit button. Find Preferences on the right hand side of your screen in your Edit Menu. Click on Preferences at the very bottom which will pull up your option to Manage your Subscriptions, Click on Manage your Subscriptions. Find Thread FINAL DRAFT COPYRIGHT PETITION for Those WHO HAVE NOT SIGNED YET and click Unsubscribe.

Sorry, that is the only thing that I can do for you since this is Jon good thread. Being subscribed works great for me, obviously, so I get your signature notice through email, but that may not be convenient for others, so take advantage of LS’s great Subscription Management option.

Thanks again, everyone!

by Gayle Hegland | 15 Sep 2007 17:09 | Montana, United States | | Report spam→

Matthew Craig, Photographer, Boston USA

by Matthew Craig | 15 Sep 2007 22:09 | Boston, Ma, United States | | Report spam→

John DeMings, photojournalist, Digby, Nova Scotia

by John De Mings | 17 Sep 2007 22:09 | Digby, Canada | | Report spam→

sign me up, Alain Bañon Perard, photographer, Bavaro, Dominican Republic

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Darius McCallum, teacher and photographer, Andong, South Korea

by darius mccallum | 18 Sep 2007 10:09 | korea australia newzealand, Australia | | Report spam→

Asim Rafiqui, Photographer, Stockholm Sweden, New York USA, Lahore Pakistan

by Asim Rafiqui | 18 Sep 2007 11:09 | stockholm, Sweden | | Report spam→

A. Aikman. Photographer, Sydney, Australia.

by Amos Aikman | 18 Sep 2007 12:09 | Sydney, Australia | | Report spam→

Idalina Pedrosa, Portugal-France

by Idalina Pedrosa | 20 Sep 2007 07:09 | undisclosed, France | | Report spam→

David Helman, Bordeaux – France

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Lianne Milton, Photojournalist, California

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Timothy Keen, Photographer, Omaha, Nebraska

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Mara Catalan, photographer, New York-Spain

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Agreed – Signed Jim Knowles, photojournalist and artist, Santa Monica, California, USA.

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Michel Delaunay, photographer, Paris, France

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Thanks, everyone.

by Gayle Hegland | 23 Sep 2007 02:09 | Montana, United States | | Report spam→

Joseph Wenkoff based In Laos PDR.

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David Dare Parker, Photographer, Australia

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Julie Denesha, Photographer

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Thanks, everyone.

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Julia Gillard, Photographer, NY

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Thanks, Julia.

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Dave Tacon, photographer, Melbourne, Australia

by Dave Tacon | 24 Sep 2007 11:09 | Hamburg, Germany | | Report spam→

Thank you, Dave.

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Grzegorz Czaplicki,Photographer,London,UK

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Jock Fistick, Freelance Photographer, Belgium/EU & Florida/USA

by Jock Fistick | 25 Sep 2007 15:09 (ed. Sep 25 2007) | Brussels, Belgium | | Report spam→

Jan-Joseph Stok; freelance photographer;Amsterdam,the netherlands.

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Miguel A. Lopes , photojournalist, Portugal

by Miguel A. Lopes | 25 Sep 2007 22:09 | Lisbon, Portugal | | Report spam→

Landon Nordeman, Photographer, New York City.

by Landon Nordeman | 25 Sep 2007 22:09 | New York City, United States | | Report spam→

Thanks guys!

by Gayle Hegland | 26 Sep 2007 01:09 | Montana, United States | | Report spam→

Daniel Bayer, Professional Photographer, Aspen, Colorado, USA

by Dan Bayer | 25 Sep 2008 04:09 | Colorado, United States | | Report spam→

David Peart
Photographer
Belgium / UK / Australia / Egypt

by David Peart | 25 Sep 2008 07:09 | Brussels, Belgium | | Report spam→

Sarah Beth Glicksteen
Photojournalist
Boston, USA

by S | 25 Sep 2008 07:09 | Boston, United States | | Report spam→

Richard Langley
Photographer
Melbourne, Australia.

by Richard E Langley | 25 Sep 2008 07:09 | Melbourne, Australia | | Report spam→

James Knowles
Photographer
Santa Monica, CA USA

by Jim Knowles | 25 Sep 2008 08:09 | santa monica CA, United States | | Report spam→

Nick McGrath
Editorial Photographer
Melbourne, Australia

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Olivier Vin
Freelance photographer
Brussels, Belgium

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Griff Tapper
Photographer
Australia

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Kahtan Alamery
Photographer
New York, USA

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O. Geibel
Photographer
London, UK

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Karl Badohal
Photographer
Toronto, Canada

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Faheem Qadri
Freelance Photographer
Kashmir India.

by Faheem Qadri | 25 Sep 2008 16:09 | Kashmir, India-Administered Kashmir | | Report spam→

Saul Ruiz
Freelance Photographer
Mexico

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Vikram D’Mello
Photographer
New York, NY

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John Andrew Hughes
Photographer
Las Vegas, NV

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Stefan Rohner
Photographer
Ibiza, Spain

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Tommy Huynh
Photographer
San Antonio, TX

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Matt Cetti-Roberts
Documentary Photographer
Cornwall
UK

by Matt Cetti-Roberts | 25 Sep 2008 21:09 | Falmouth, United Kingdom | | Report spam→

German Avagyan
Documentary photographer

Armenia, Georgia

by German Avagyan | 25 Sep 2008 23:09 | Tbilisi, Gori, Georgia | | Report spam→

Joseph Molieri
Photographer
Ardmore, PA

by Joseph Molieri | 26 Sep 2008 03:09 | | Report spam→

Gina van Hoof
photographer
Brussels, Belgium

by Gina van Hoof | 26 Sep 2008 03:09 | Oroville, United States | | Report spam→

Nicolas Axelrod
Photographer
Phnom Penh, Cambodia

by Nicolas Axelrod | 26 Sep 2008 09:09 | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | | Report spam→

Scott Mallon
Photojournalist
Bangkok, Thailand

by Scott Mallon | 26 Sep 2008 11:09 | Bangkok, Thailand | | Report spam→

Giovanni Cipriano
Photojournalist
New York, NY

by Gianni Cipriano | 26 Sep 2008 13:09 | Palermo, Italy | | Report spam→

Aleksander Bochenek
Photojournalist
Krakow, Poland

by Aleksander Bochenek | 26 Sep 2008 13:09 | Krakow, Poland | | Report spam→

Ze’sopol Carlito Caminha
Photojournalist
Dili, Timor-Leste

by Zésopol C. Caminha | 26 Sep 2008 15:09 | New York, United States | | Report spam→

Sanjay Suchak
Photographer
Washington, DC

by Sanjay Suchak | 26 Sep 2008 17:09 | Washington DC, United States | | Report spam→

Landon Nordeman
Photographer
New York, NY

by Landon Nordeman | 29 Sep 2008 16:09 | New York City, United States | | Report spam→

David Clifford
Photojournalist
Lisbon, Portugal

by David Clifford | 29 Sep 2008 17:09 | Lisbon, Portugal | | Report spam→

Darrin Zammit Lupi
Photojournalist
Malta, Europe

by Darrin Zammit Lupi | 29 Sep 2008 17:09 | Valletta, Malta | | Report spam→

Stuart Isett
Photographer
Seattle, USA

by Stuart Isett | 30 Sep 2008 17:09 | Petersburg, Alaska, United States | | Report spam→

Yasmina Reggad
Photo-Festivals
London, UK

by photo-festivals | 30 Sep 2008 21:09 | Perpignan, France | | Report spam→

Francois de Narbonne-lara
Photojournalist
France/Romania

by Francois de narbonne-Lara | 16 Oct 2008 17:10 | Bucarest, Romania | | Report spam→

I will add all your names to the petition and send them along to the IPA. Thanks!

by Gayle Hegland | 17 Oct 2008 01:10 | Montana, United States | | Report spam→

William Seberger/Photojournalist/Tucson, Arizona, USA

by Will Seberger | 17 Oct 2008 18:10 | Tucson, United States | | Report spam→

Erin Siegal/ Photojournalist/ New York City

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Thomas Omondi, Photographer/Photojournalist, Geneva Switzerland

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Jonathan Lewis / Photographer / Istanbul, Turkey

by Jonathan Lewis | 19 Oct 2008 16:10 | Istanbul, Turkey | | Report spam→

Thanks guys, will add you on…