TAKE ACTION WRITE CONGRESS NOW: Orphan Works Bill & PETITION

PRO COPYRIGHT PETITION: 828 Signatures

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, freeassembly, 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.

1.Jon Anderson Photographer Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2.Sion Touhig Photographer London, United Kingdom
3.Michael Eckels Photographer Vermont, USA
4.Subhamoy Photojournalist India
5.Jeremy M. Lange Photographer Brooklyn, New York, USA
6.Liam Maloney Photographer Montreal, QC, Canada
7.Paul Treacy Photographer NYC, New York, USA
8.Michael Simon Photographer New York, New York, USA
9.Andreas Kornfeld Photographer Queens, New York
10.Alex Reshuan Photographer Miami, Florida, USA
11.Jason Moore Photographer United Kingdom
12.Art Rothfuss III Photographer Rochester, New York, USA
13.John Robert Fulton Jr. Photographer Fort Worth, Texas, USA
14.Marc André Pauzé Photographer Joliette, Canada
15.John Vink Photojournalist Phnom Penh, Cambodia
16.Stuart Freedman Photographer London, United Kingdom
17.Ali Riza Documentary Photographer Toronto, Canada
18.Jethro Soudant Photographer Buffalo, New York, USA
19.Bruce Meyer Photographer/Teacher Japan
20.Graeme Jennings Photographer England, United Kingdom
21.Hernan Zenteno Photographer Buenos Aires, Argentina
22.Tengku Bahar Photojournalist Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
23.Patrick Brown Photographer Australia
24.Allen Sullivan Photojournalist Atlanta, Georgia, USA
25.Morgan Hagar Photographer Los Angeles, California, USA
26.Jake Price Photographer NYC, USA
27.FRADIN Photojournalist Paris, France
28.Matthew Craig, Photographer, Boston USA
29.ALICIA Freelance Artist Brooklyn, New York, USA
30.Imants Krumins Photographer Australia
31.Noelle Theard Photographer Miami, Fl USA
32.Brendan Hoffman Photographer Washington, DC, USA
33.Siddharth Sive Photographer Dubai, United Arab Emirates
34.Simon Larbalestier Photographer United Kingdom
35.Thomas Pickard Photographer Male’, Maldives
36.Keith Sirchio Photographer Brooklyn, NY, USA
37.Bob Black Photographer/Writer Toronto, Canada
38.Mark Chilvers Photographer London, UK
39.Nathan Shanahan Photographer Tokyo, Japan
40.Dave Coll Blanco Freelance Photographer Tokyo,Japan
41.Mark Manger Photographer Denver, Colorado, USA
42.Einat Bar Documentary Photographer/ Photo Retoucher Brooklyn, NY USA
43.Stephen Voss Photojournalist Washington,DC USA
45.Jacquelyn Martin Photojournalist Birmingham, AL USA
46.Luis Andrade Photographer and writer Philadelphia, PA USA
47.Wendy Marijnissen Photographer Antwerpen, Belgium
48.Ana Pimsler Photojournalist Alexandria, VA, USA
49.Erin Siegal Photographer Brooklyn, New York, USA
50.Andrew Kornylak Photographer Atlanta, Georgia, USA
51.tad lee photographer, atlanta, ga, usa
52.Spencer Mandell Photojournalist New York, NY
53.William B. Plowman Photojournalist Boston, MA, USA
54.Reme Campos Photographer London, United Kingdom
55.Mike Fox Photojournalist San Francisco, California, USA
56.Stefan Zaklin Photographer Dubai, United Arab Emirates
57.Benjamin Lowy Photographer New York, New York, USA
58.Stuart Freedman Photographer London, UK
59.Frans Poptie Photographer/Writer Bangkok, Thailand
60.Tiane Doan na Champassak Photographer Paris, France
61.Walter Astrada Photojournalist Spain
62.Ron Haviv Photojournalist New York, New York, USA
63.Justin Warren Photographer, Teacher Oakland, CA, USA
64.Gigi Cohen Photographer New York, New York, USA
65.Kenneth Dickerman Photographer Chicago, Illinois, USA
66.Max Whittaker Photojournalist Sacramento, CA USA
67.Martin Fuchs Photojournalist Austria
68.Hector Emanuel Photographer Washington DC, USA
69.Jason Hobbs Photographer London, England
70.Bryan Denton Photographer Amman, Jordan
71.Johan Sjöholm Freelance Photographer/Photo Journalist Trollhättan Sweden
72.Seth Butler Photographer Barnard, VT, USA
73.Che Chapman Photojournalist Queensland, Australia
74.Timothy Fadek Photographer New York, NY, USA
75.Barrie Watts Photographer North Wales, United Kingdom
76.Erica Mcdonald Photographer United States of America
77.John Francis Peters Photographer Brooklyn, NY, USA
78.Morag Livingstone Photographer United Kingdom
79.Andrew Hillard, Photojournalist, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
80.Andrew McConnell Photographer Ireland
81.John Loomis Photographer Miami, Florida, USA
82.Stephen Miller Photographer Elmwood Park, NJ, USA
83.Robert Gumpert Photographer San Francisco, CA USA
84.Erik Lacson Photographer Manila, Philippines
85.Steve Apps Photojournalist Madison, WI USA
86.Cyril Bitton Photographer Paris, France
87.Mark Murrmann Photographer Ann Arbor, MI USA
88.Scott Eells Photographer New Delhi, India
89.Gianluca Colla Photographer Reggio Emilia, Italy
90.Philippe Dudouit Photographer Switzerland
91.Dadna Tal Photographer New York – Tel Aviv
92.Nayan Sthankiya Photographer Canada
93.Joshua Prezant Photographer Miami, Florida, USA
94.Rene Edde Photographer Chicago, IL USA
95.Oscar Sosa Photographer Jacksonville, Florida, USA
96.J-F Vergel Photographer New York City, NY, USA
97.Igor Zusev Photographer New York, NY, USA
98.Evan Sisley Photojournalist Washington, D.C. USA
99.Hugo Infante Photojournalist Santiago, Chile
100.Kat Palasi Photographer Manila, Philippines
101.Antony Gerald Stringer Photographer Italy
102.Julian Abram Wainwright Photographer Hanoi, Vietnam
103.Ashley Smuts Photographer Leominster, MA, USA
104.Marc Kelly Photographer Brooklyn, NY, USA
105.Antrim Caskey Photojournalist New York, NY, USA
106.Kitra Cahana Photographer Montreal, Canada
107.James E. Taylor Photojournalist Merrill, WI USA
108.Xavier Araujo Photojournalist/Fotoperiodista Puerto Rico
109.Matthew Cassel Photographer Chicago, Il USA
110.Sanjit Das Photojournalist New Delhi, India
111.Logan Mock-Bunting Photojournalist Wilmington, NC USA
112.Claudio Gonzalez Photojournalist Buenos Aires, Argentina
113.CJ Gunther Photojournalist Boston, USA
114.Tamara Voninski photographer Sydney, Australia
115.Noelle Theard Photographer Miami, Fl USA
116.Jessica Rinaldi Photographer Boston, MA USA
117.Jim O’Connell Photographer Tokyo, Japan
118.Marc Steiner Photographer Union Beach, NJ, USA
119.Natasha Mhatre Nature Photographer and Graduate student, Bangalore, India
120.Elizabeth Borda Photographer, Student New York, USA
121.Shamshahrin Shamsudin Photojournalist Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
122.Tomki Nemec Photographer Prague, Czech Republic
123.Thomas Boggan Photographer Phoenix, Ariz. USA
124.Bruno Stevens Photjournalist, Brussels, Belgium
125.Simon Anstey Photographer Copenhagen, Denmark
126.Morgan Ommer Photographer Hong Kong, China
127.Dries Anthoni Photojournalist Antwerp, Belgium
128.Oliver Barnes Photographer São Paulo, SP
129.Giulio Bulfoni Photographer Naples, Italy
130.Simone Donati Photographer Florence, Italy
131.Francois Fleury Photographer Paris, France
132.Xavier Aragonès Photographer Barcelona, Spain
133.Chiara Grioni Photographer London, UK
134.Ami Vitale Photographer Blacksburg, Va, USA
135.Matt Newton Photographer Tasmania, Australia
136.Bruno De Cock Photographer – Photo editor Brussels, Belgium
137.David Honl Photographer Istanbul Turkey
138.Brian Cassey Photojournalist Cairns, Australia
139.Jeff Holt Photojournalist New Haven, CT, USA
140.Rafal Milach Photojournalist Warsaw, Poland
141.Yolanda Crisp Photographer London, UK
142.Oliver Dietze photojournalist/reporter Saarbruecken, Germany
143.Bryce Vickmark Photographer Boston, MA, USA
144.Milos Bicanski Photographer Athens,Greece
145.Colin Pantall Photographer Bath, UK
146.Bernard Onderdonck Photographer Brussels, Belgium
147.James J. Lee Photojournalist Washington, DC, USA
148.Sergey Grachev Photographer St.Petersburg, Russia
149.Matthew Reamer Photographer
150.Zachary H McCabe Research Assistant Northfield MN, USA
151.Roger Koeppe Photojournalist Freiburg, Germany
152.Mark Manley Photographer New York City, NY, USA
153.Rafael Gutiérrez Photographer Vitoria, Spain
154.Tony Bullard Photojournalist Dallas, Texas, USA
155.Julia S. Ferdinand Photographer Boston, Massachusetts, USA Chiang Mai, Thailand
156.Jonas Hasting Photojournalist Kingdom of Cambodia
157.Ardiles Rante Photographer Bali, Indonesia
158.Tomas Reyes Photographer Tokyo, Japan
159.Alessandra Benedetti Photographer Rome, Italy
160.Jason DeCrow Photographer New York City, USA
161.Olya Vysotskaya Photographer USA-Russia
162.Leon Larue Sandall Poetographer Seattle, Wa, USA
163.Justin Ide Photographer Arlington, MA, USA
164.Dominik Huber dominikphoto.com Photographer New York City, New York, USA
165.Rodrick Reidsma Photojournalist Salina, Kan. USA
166.Eros Hoagland photographer Oakland, CA. USA
167.Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbee Photographer Long Beach, CA, USA
168.Dale Reagan Photographer/Consultant Savannah, Ga, USA
169.Mat Schraeder Photojournalist Ottawa & Victoria Canada
170.Agnieszka Łuczakowska Photoreporter Katowice, Poland
171.Ken w.k.Wong Photographer Republic of Singapore
172.Gary Gold Photographer Albany, New York
173.Johnny Lam Freelance Photojournalist Toronto, Ontario. Canada
174.Clarence Lee Photographer Republic of Singapore
175.Janet Killeen Freelance Photographer Camas, WA, USA
176.Carlos Lopez-Calleja Photographer Santa Monica, California, USA
177.James Robert Fuller Photographer Thailand
178.Andrew Testa Photographer New York, NY, USA
179.Stephanie Sinclair Photojournalist Ft. Pierce, FL, USA
180.Phil Samhaber Photographer Munich, Germany
181.David Azia Photographer London, United Kingdom
182.Eivind H. Natvig Photojournalist Norway
183.Willem de Lange Photographer, Port Elizabeth, Republic of South Africa
184.Kendra Reeder Photographer York, Pennsylvania, USA
185.Poul Madsen Photojournalist Aarhus, Denmark
186.Anton Lazarus Hammerl Photojournalist Johannesburg, South Africa
187.Adam Wiseman Photographer US Citizen, British Citizen, Mexican Citizen Based out of Mexico City
188.SRDJAN STEVANOVIC FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER BELGRADE SERBIA
189.Julio Mitchel Photographer New York, USA
190.Glenn Campbell Photographer Darwin, Australia
191.Jason Sangster Photographer China
192.Markus Hartel Photographer NYC, USA
193.Reuben Singh Photojournalist New Delhi, India
194.Robert Browman Multimedia Journalist Miami, FL, USA
195.Jacqui Grennan Photographer Los Angeles, CA, USA
196.Geert Lagae Photographer Antwerp, Belgium
197.Johan Eeckhout Photographer Antwerp, Belgium
198.Imke Lass Photographer Savannah, GA, USA
199. Bevis Fusha Photojournalist and Artist Tirana, Albania
200.Lucas Thorpe Photographer Brooklyn, New York, USA
201.Don Feria Photographer San Francisco, CA, USA
202.David Bram Photographer Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
203.Leo Zacharias Photographer New York City, NY, USA
204.Guido Van Damme Photographer Lokeren, Belgium
205.Bobbi Henderson Photographer/Designer Chicago, IL – USA
206.Renato Fernandes Photographer São Paulo, Brazil
207.Albin Millot Freelance Photographer Paris, France
208.Frantisek Vlcek Photojournalist Prague, Czech Republic
209.Patrick Hattori Photographer Mechelen, Belgium
210.David Barreda Photojournalist Denver, CO USA
211.Kris Pannecoucke Photographer Antwerp, Belgium
212.Beth Rooney Photographer, Chicago, IL, USA
213.Ken Ponzio Photographer Milano, Italia
214.Nigel Dickinson Photographer Paris, France
215.Sarah Underhill Photographer Boston (Lowell), MA, USA
216.Chip Chipman Photojournalist Berkeley, CA, USA
217.Heinrich Voelkel Photographer Berlin, Germany
218.Miguel Ribeiro Fernandes Photojournalist, Lisbon, Portugal
219.Hari Katragadda Photographer Brooklyn, New York, USA
220.Rian Dundon Photographer Queens, New York, USA
221.Scott Poniewaz Photojournalism Student Missoula, Montana, USA
222.Raymond Thompson Photographer Culpeper, Virginia, USA
223.Omar Vega Photographer San Francisco, CA, USA
224.Filip Horvat Photographer Zagreb, Croatia.
225.David W. Smith Photojournalist Taipei, Taiwan
226.Nathan D Pier Photojournalist Racine, Wisconsin, USA
227.Heidi Good Photojournalist – Photo Editor New York, NY, USA
228.Riaz S. Mesbah Photojournalism student Madison, Wisconsin USA
229.Morocco Flowers Visual Artist MA, USA
230.Matthias Bruggmann Photographer Lausanne, Switzerland
231.Jonathan G. Williams News & Pictures Washington, D.C., USA
232. Bill Putnam Photojournalist Portland, Ore./ Washington, D.C., USA
233.Marcus Bleasdale Photojournalist Oslo, Norway
234.Andrea Scaringella photographer London, UK
235.Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert Photographer Tokyo, Japan/ Glasgow, Scotland
236.Jukka Onnela Photographer Helsinki, Finland
237.Dan Moyneux Photographer NJ, USA
238.Patrick Cavan Brown Photographer Texas, USA
239.Joaquín Ferrer Fotoperiodista (photojournalist) Caracas, Venezuela
240.Adam Vogler Photojournalist Pittsburg, KS, USA
241.Takaaki Okada Designer / Photographer Redlands, California, USA
242.Jonas Bendiksen Photographer New York, NY, USA
243.Sohrab Hura New Delhi India
244.Kelly Shimoda Photographer New York, NY, USA
245.Dominic Bracco Photographer Arlington, TX, USA
246.Max Pasion Photojournalist Jersey City, NJ, USA
247.Julie Kubal Photojournalist Washington, DC, USA
248.Paul Gibson Photographer Vancouver, BC, Canada
249.Sumeet Inder Singh Photojournalist New Delhi, India
250.Tanya Lake Photographer Sydney, Australia
251.Sarang Sena Photojournalist New Delhi, India
252.Nanang Slamet Riadi Photographer Jakarta, Indonesia
253.Juan Caguicla Photographer Metro Manila, Philippines
254.Didi S. Gilson (DubelyeW) Writer/Photographer Permanent Resident Anna Bay, Australia (US citizen)
255.Dana De Luca Photographer Spain
256.Valerie Baron Photographer Montreal, Canada
257.Petrut Calinescu Photographer Bucharest, Romania
258.John Perkins Photographer London UK
259.Jamie Scott-Long Photographer London UK
260.Raffi Kirdi Photojournalist Rome, Italy
261.Jorge Luis Álvarez Pupo Photographer São Paulo, Brazil
262.Trent Keegan Photojournalist London, UK
263.Miguel Ribeiro Fernandes Photojournalist Lisbon, Portugal
264.Arnaud Nilwik Photojournalist Heerlen, The Netherlands
265.Ryan K Morris Photojournalist Tampa, FL /Wash, DC, USA
266.Carsten Bockermann Photojournalist Cologne, Germany
267.Colin Dutton Photographer Conegliano, Italy
268.Robert Stone Photographer Brooklyn, NY, USA
269.Frank Dietz Photojournalist Hamburg, Germany
270.Mark Tomalty Photographer Montreal Canada
271.Terry Kane Photographer United Kingdom
272.Sirio Magnabosco Photographer Italy
273.Aaron Cohen Photographer New York, NY, USA
274.Christian Fuchs Photo Editor Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
275.Patricio Estay Photojournalist Florence-Paris, Italy
276.Mark Greenmantle Photographer and Artist Brisbane, Australia
277.Ed Giles Photojournalist, Sydney, Australia
278.stéphane LEHR photojournalist Paris France
279.Roey Yohai Photojournalist Washington DC, USA
280.Channing Johnson Photojournalist Norwich, Vermont
281.Steohen Ferry Photojournalist NY, NY, USA
282.Will Austin Photographer Seattle, WA USA
283.Michael Bowring Photographer Belgrade, Serbia
284.Jenny Lynn Walker Photographer/Writer London, UK
285.Aric Mayer Photographer Brooklyn, NY, USA
286.John Klukas Photographer Minneapolis, MN, USA
287.J Carrier Photographer Washington D.C., USA
288.Jorge Martinez Morales Photographer Mexico City, Mexico
289.Fernando Music Business Owner: Design Firm NYC, NY, USA
290.Tim Broekema Photojournalist / Educator Bowling Green, KY
291.Edward Linsmier Student / Freelance Photojournalist Bowling Green, KY, USA
292.Silvia Boarini Photojournalist London, UK
293.Nicholas Hegel McClelland Photographer New York, NY, USA
294.Sean Dwyer Photographer Dublin, Republic of Ireland
295.Luciana Junqueira Graphic Designer Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
296.Dan Bannister Photographer Calgary, AB, Canada
297.Greg Ruffing Photographer Cleveland, Ohio, USA
298.Caroline Poiron Photographer Paris, France
299.Roger Arnold Photojournalist Bangkok, Thailand
300.Lisa Hogben Photojournalist Sydney, Australia
301.Gabriela Muj-Lindroos Photographer Sweden/Romania
302.Djuna Ivereigh Photographer and Writer Bali, Indonesia US Citizen (and voter!!!)
303.Findlay Kember Photo Editor New Delhi, India
304.Davin Ellicson Photographer London/Romania
305.Rod Purcell writer / photographer Alexandria, UK
306.Luke Wolagiewicz photographer London, UK
307.Patrick Hattori Photographer Mechelen, Belgium
308.Alice Towey Engineer U.S. citizen, currently living in Bolivia
309.Laara Matsen Photophile/Journalist New York, NY, USA
310.Jack Kurtz Photojournalist Phoenix, AZ, USA
311.M. Scott Brauer photojournalist USA
312.John Walder Photographer Brooklyn, NY, USA
313.Preston Merchant Photographer Jackson Heights, NY, USA
314.Warnand Julien Photographer Liege, Belgium
315.Bill Crandall Photographer Washington, DC
316.Daniel Etter Photographer Cologne, Germany
317.Donald Weber Photographer Toronto, Canada
318.Scott Lewis Photographer Cranbury, New Jersey, USA
319.Douglas M. Bovitt Photojournalist/Artist Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
320.Wayne Yang Writer/Photographer NY, NY, USA
321.Scout Tufankjian Photojournalist Brooklyn, New York, USA
322.Sveva Costa Sanseverino Photographer Brooklyn, NY, USA
323.Craig Schneider Photographer and Writer Brooklyn, New York, USA
324.Carlos Martínez de la Serna Periodista Madrid, Spain
325. Guilad Khan, Photographer, France
326.Richard Wainwright Photojournalist Jersey, UK
327.Enrique (Quique) Kierszenbaum Photographer Jerusalem, Israel
328.Matt Lutton photojournalist Seattle, Washington, USA
329.Jacob Pritchard Photographer Brooklyn, NY, USA
330.Neil Harris Photographer New York, NY, USA
331.Jonathan Auch Photojournalist New York, New York, USA
332.Kjeld Duits Journalist, Photographer Ashiya, Japan
333.Nick Whalen Photojournalist Pittsfield, MA, USA
334.Max Dolberg Photographer Encinitas, CA, USA
335.Lori Hawkins Photographer New York, NY, USA
336.Gilby Kim Photographer Rockville, MD, USA
337.Brenda Milis Photo Editor Santa Fe, NM, USA U.S.A.
338.Franz Ellers Photographer Santa Monica, CA, USA
339.Pawel Jaszczuk Photographer Tokyo, Japan
340.Charlie Gray Photographer London, England
341.Michael Cockerham Photographer London, United Kingdom
342.Carlos Martínez de la Serna Journalist Madrid, Spain
343.David Brabyn Photojournalist New York, USA
344.Misha Galustov Photojournalist Moscow, Russia
345.Gordon M. Grant Photojournalist East Hampton, NY, USA
346.David Dare Parker Photojournalist Australia
347.Thomas Bush CMSGT USAF RET/ CHMN F&EM Whitaker Foundation USA
348.Sara Nunan Illustrator London,UK
349.Mahesh Bhat Photojournalist Bangalore, India
350.Ronnie James Photojournalist Montana, USA
351.Kai Wiedenhöfer Photographer Berlin, Germany
352Lucas Mobley Photojournalist Redding, Ca, USA
353.Doug McGoldrick photographer Chicago, USA
354.Peter Harris photographer Rome, Italy
355.Hes Mundt Freelance photographer/ camera-man Amsterdam The Netherlands
356.Stuart Goldenberg photographer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
357.Martin Ilcik Photographer Bratislava, Slovakia
358.Christopher Guess Photojournalist Photo Editor Madison, Wisconsin, United States
359.Brian David Stevens Photographer London, Uk
360.Janis Pipars Documentary Photographer Riga, Latvia
361.Jean-Marc Giboux Photographer Chicago, USA
362.Jennifer Warren Photographer Nairobi, Kenya
363.Jim Hunter Photographer Albuquerque, New Mexico United States
364.vittorio zunino celotto photojournalist genoa, italy
365.Keith Dannemiller Photographer Mexico, DF
366.Pauline von Moltke Photographer Toronto, Canada
367.Scott Nelson Photographer Cairo, Egypt
368.Jennifer Huxta Photographer Paris, France
369.Olivia Arthur Photographer London, UK
370.Francisco Rosario Photographer Washington, D.C. USA
371.Jeff Drewitz Photographer Sydney, Australia
372.Luis Costa Photojournalist Cape Verde, Africa
373.Eyal Warshavsk Photographer Tokyo, Japan
374.Dirk Waem Photojournalist Antwerp, Belgium
375.Thor Duryea Freelance Photographer Georgia, USA
376.Delmi Alvarez Freelance Photojournalist Riga, Latvia
377.Stian Lysberg Solum Photojournalist Oslo, Norway
378.Micky Modo Freelance Photographer Milan, Italy
379.Kristine Nyborg Photojournalist New York, USA
380.Tomas Reyes Artist – Photographer Tokyo, Japan
381.Francois L. Delagrave photojournalist Montreal, Canada
382.Tom Swain Photographer London, United Kingdom
383.Anderson Schneider photojournalist Brasilia, Brazil
384.François Carlet-Soulages Photographer Paris, France // Hanoi, Vietnam
385.Rodrick Reidsma Photojournalist Salina, KS, USA
386.Alan Chin Photographer New York, NY, USA
387.Becky Holladay Photographer Brooklyn, NY, USA
388.Omar Felgentreter Photojournalist Ventura, CA, USA
389.Natalie Behring Photographer Beijing, China
390.Victor J. Blue Photojournalist San Francisco, CA, USA
391.William L. Schneekloth Photojournalist, Student New Brunswick, NJ, USA
392.John Philip Loyd Photographer Brazil Florida, USA
393.Kevin Shale Photographer Germany
394.Manuel Heyer Photographer Germany
395.Tina Kraus Illustrator Germany
396.Darren Nanos Photographer New York, NY, USA
397.Dan Perez de la Garza Photojournalist, Filmmaker Brooklyn, NY, USA
398.Paul Foley Photographer Sydney, Australia
399.Steven Coleman Photojournalist | Designer Bangkok, Thailand
400.Mike Long Photographer, Retoucher San Francisco, USA
401.Jon Gordon Photojournalist. Perth, Australia
402.Viviane DALLES Photojounalist Paris, FRANCE
403.Ryan M. Miller Writer/Photographer Boston, MA, USA
404.Olivier Asselin Photographer Accra, Ghana
405.ethan rafal artist/photographer/ontologist planet earth
406.Sean Davey Photographer Sydney, Australia
407.Ruben Ochoa Photographer Mexico City, Mexico
408.Julien LEVEQUE Photographer Brussels, Belgium
409.Gary Austin Photojournalist Derby, UK
410.Jan Michalko Photographer Berlin, Germany
411.Florence Weintraub Photographer, Graphic Artist Brooklyn, NY, USA
412.Elissa Eubanks photojournalist Atlanta, Georgia, USA
413.Bartek Wrzesniowski photojournalist Katowice, Silesia Poland
414.Marius Nemes Photojournalist Bucharest, Romania
415.Robert Marquardt shutterbug Barcelona, Spain
416.Jerome A. Pollos Photojournalist Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, USA
417.Anthony Tomlinson Photographer UK
418.Kit R. Roane writer/photojournalist Brooklyn, NY, USA
419.John Trotter Photographer Brooklyn, NY, USA
420.Radhanatha Jakupko Photographer Alachua, FL, USA
421.Jonathan Warren Photographer London, UK
422.Mary Sue Connolly Documentary Filmmaker/Photographer New York, NY, USA
423.Brigitte Laxdal F&EM Whitaker Foundation, Director/Loan Processor Colorado Springs, Colorado
424.Dmitry Chebortayev Photographer Russian Federation
425.Oscar Hidalgo Photojournalist Los Angeles, CA, USA
426.Jason Paga President Anarchy Images, Inc. New York, NY, USA
427.N.D. Koster Freelance Photographer Sausalito, CA, USA
428.Jason Bye Photographer United Kingdom
429.Denny Simmons Photographer Newburgh, Ind, USA
430.Juan Carlos Photographer-Fotógrafo San Francisco, CA United States
431.Natinderjit Atwal Photographer London United Kingdom
432.Eric Grigorian Photographer Los Angeles. California, USA
433.Ramin Rahimian Photographer St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
434.Hugo Infante Photojournalist Santiago, Chile
435.Michael Rubenstein Photojournalist Portland, Oregon USA
436.Travis Dove Photojournalist White River Junction, VT, USA
437.Retsu Takahashi Illustrator Brooklyn, New York, USA
438.John Roark Photographer Portland, Maine, USA
439.Stuart Isett Photographer Paris, France
440.Susana Paiva Photographer Paris, France/ Lisbon, Portugal
441.Mark Gong Photojournalist Washington D.C., District of Columbia USA
442.Gerald W Homeyer Photographer Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
443.Tim Matsui Photographer Seattle, Washington, USA
445.Piotr Slosarski Photographer Warsaw, Poland
446.Stalingrad O’Neill First Floor 27 Grantham Rd Sparkbrook Birmingham UK
447.John Chapman Photographer UK
448.Jonathan Keenan Photographer UK
449.Tony Sleep Photographer London UK
450.James Winspear Photographer UK
451.Chris Howes Photographer and author Abergavenny UK
452.Daniel McCabe Photographer Woodstock, NY USA
453.Jamie Simpson Photographer Glasgow UK
454.Hazel Dunlop Photographer London UK
455.Roberto Guerra Photographer Boston, MA USA
456.Bruce Sdunek Photographer Howell, MI USA
457.NADJA LEUBA film maker Belgrade/ London
458.Matthew Rosenberg Photojournalist Philadelphia, PA, USA
459.Laurie Phillips Photographer Durham, UK
460.Matt Weber photographer NYC USA
461.Jane Stockdale Photographer London, UK
462.Kevin J. Miyazaki Photographer Milwaukee, WI USA
463.Nina Alvarez Documentary filmmaker New York, USA
464.Jared Will Photographer Pennington, NJ, USA
465.Robert P. Sawin Photography Seattle, WA
466.Csaba Jozsa Groningen, Netherlands
467.Christopher Phillips Photographer Kansas City, MO USA
468.J. Ed Baker Photographer N. Chili, NY, USA
469.Trevor Snapp Photographer San Francisco Ca USA
470.Richard Humphries Photojournalist Bangkok, Thailand
471.Keith Bedford Photojournalist New York, NY USA
472.Pedja Newspaper Photographer Belgrade, Serbia
473.Alixandra Fazzina Photographer London, United Kingdom
474.Jean-Marie Antoine Photographer Brussels, Belgium
475.Michelle Woodward Photo editor, photographer Baltimore, Maryland, US
476.Jennifer Fiore Photographer-artist Brooklyn, NY, USA
478.Mike Marlow Photojournalist London England
479.Michael Harlan Turkell PHOTOGRAPHER Brooklyn, NY
480.Jerome Pennington Photographer Los Angeles, CA, USA
481.Joris Dee Photographer, Student Belgium
482.Julian Russell Photographer Boston, MA, USA
483.Tobin Brogunier Photographer Minneapolis, MN, USA
484.Soledad Aznarez Photographer Buenos Aires, Argentina
485.Juan Antonio Serrano photojournalist Guayaquil, Ecuador
486.Luiz Maximiano Photographer Amsterdam, Netherlands
487.Ed Leveckis photographer ny, ny usa
488.Rick Valenzuela Writer/Editor US citizen Chiang Mai, Thailand
489.Jonathan Wilson Photographer Tampa, FL, USA
490.Evan Sisley Photographer Washington, D.C. USA
491.Martin Beddall Photographer United Kingdom
492.Mihai Vasile Photographer Bucharest, Romania
493.Kirill Surov Photographer Toronto, Canada
494.Showwei Chu Writer & Photographer Toronto, Canada
495.David Carr Photographer Paris, France
496.Kate Flock Photojournalist Boston, MA, USA
497.David Bristow Photographer QLD, Australia
498.Anamitra Chakladar Photojournalist New Delhi INDIA
499.Mitch McNeil Artist – Photographer London, Ontario Canada
500.Bryce Krynski Photographer Calgary, AB Canada
501.Harshad Sharma Photographer Ahmednagar, Maharashtra State, India
502.Jeoen van Weert photographer Nijmegen The Netherlands
503.Oleg Klimov photojournalist Moscow Russia
504.Emily Miller photojournalist Brooklyn, NY, USA
505.Zara Tzanev photographer Boston, MA, USA
506.David Zentz Photojournalist Peoria, IL
507.Aravind Teki Graphic Designer and Photographer Bangalore, India
508.Jeremy Lawrence Photographer Sheffield/London UK
509.Sandra C Roa photographer new york, ny 10025 USA
510.Jake Cohen, Photographer, NYC, USA
511.Michael Brown Photographer New York, USA
512.Damon Lee Perry Photographer, Beijing, CHINA
513.Lee Ridley Photographer/Writer Berkshire U.K.
514.David Ahntholz Photographer Naples, Fla., USA
515.Jason Aldag Photographer Washington, DC, USA
516.Kurt Vinion Photojournalist Prague, Czech Republic
517.Jeffrey Hosier Photographer Sunnyvale, CA, USA
518.Stacy Mehrfar Photographer New York, NY USA
519.Thorne Anderson Photographer North Little Rock, AR, USA
520.Angela Rowlings Photographer Boston, MA, USA
521.morten hvaal photographer london, uk
522.Martin Shakeshaft Photographer Stone, Staffordshire – UK
523.Anna Kari Photojournalist London, UK
524.Tanya Habjouqa Documentary Photographer/writer Amman, Jordan (US citizen abroad)
525.Paul Haigh Freelance Photographer, Jornalist London UK
526.Manca Juvan Photojournalist Slovenia
527.Bess Greenberg Photographer New York, New York, USA
528.Daniel Traub Photographer Beijing, China
529.mihaljo vujasin photographer novi sad serbia and Montenegro
530.Jack Bridges Photographer Chicago, IL, USA
531.Tom Gitterman Owner, Gitterman Gallery 170 East 75th Street New York, NY 10021, USA T: (212) 734-0868 F: (212) 734-0869 tom@gittermangallery.com www.gittermangallery.com
532.Kirk Mastin Photographer Coeur D’Alene, ID, USA
533.Katherine Stolarz Student/Photographer Los Angeles, CA, USA
534.Elise Wach Relief International And Family Member of an Impacted Rights Holder Avon Lake, OH 44012, USA
535.Peter F. Wach Engineer Moorestown, NJ, USA
536.Kim Kremer Photographer New York, NY, USA
537.Robert van den Berge Photojournalist Roosendaal – The Netherland
538.Todd Allen Yates Photojournalist Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
539.Luis Filipe Catarino Photojournalist Lisbon, Portugal
540.David Lang Photographer Brooklyn, NY, USA
541.Srinivas Kuruganti Photographer New York, NY, USA
542.Yian Huang Photographer Singapore / New York, USA
543.Ole Krünkelfeld Photographer Hamburg, Germany
544.Richard C Black 521 S Hayes Enid, Ok 73703, USA
545.Seaghn Austin Higgins Street Photographer Chicago, IL, USA
546.James Rexroad Documentary Photojournalist/Street Photographer Brooklyn, NY, USA
547.Morgan Duffin Photographer Shenzhen, China
548.Melissa Lyttle photojournalist Tampa, FL, USA
549.Tony Reddrop Documentary Photographer Melbourne, Australia
550.Christie Johnston photojournalist/editor New Delhi, India
551.Matthew Chamberlain Photographer New York, NY, USA
552.Rod Morris Photographer London,UK
553. Julie M. Tittl Photojournalist, Lakewood, OH, USA
554. Mark Savage Photographer Bali, Indonesia
555. Susan Herzig Art Dealer San Francisco, CA 94140 USA
556. Kristján Logason Photographer Kopavogur,Iceland
557. John Stameyer Photographer Bali, Indonesia
558. Alan Dykes Photographer Scotland, UK
559. Christopher Wise Photographer USA, Thailand, UK
560. Jake Nowakowski Photographer Australia
561. Gayle F. Hegland Editorial Illustrator and Visual Artist Montana, USA
563. Bruce L. Flashnick Photographer Columbia, South Carolina USA
564. Gosia Wieruszewska Photographer New York, USA
565. Patricio Valenzuela Hohmann Photographer, Chile
566. Thomas Sullivan Photographer, New Jersey, USA
567. Ed Giles Photographer/Videographer, Sydney, Australia
568. Gregory W. Sharko Photographer-Artist, Brooklyn N.Y., USA
569. Roy Feldman Photojournalist, Detroit, Michigan, USA
570. Eberhard Gronau Photographer, Germany.
571. Didier LEFEVRE Photojournalist, Paris, France
572. Gina van Hoof Photographer, Brussels, Belgium.
573. Jay Gannon Photographer and Journalist, Dublin, Ireland
574. Mark J Davis Photographer, Artist, Bountiful, UT, USA
575. Eric Rechsteiner Photographer, Tokyo, Japan
576. Allison Williams Photojournalist, Chicago, USA
577. Raffi Kirdi Photojournalist, Canada and Italy, Citizen of Canada and Italy
578. Clifford Manley, Photojournalist, USA
579. Jonathan McBride Photographer, USA
580. Joaquin Gomez Sastre Photojournalist, Spain
581. Marina Black Photographer, Toronto, Canada
582. Primoz Jeroncic Freelance photographer, Slovenia
583. Frank Johnson Photojournalist, Atlanta, USA
584. F Fischer Photographer, Wisconsin, United States
584. Dung Vo Trung Photojournalist, Vietnam / France
585. Richard Maximoff Log Home Designer/Builder, Montana, USA
586. Faye Hegland Retired Social Worker and Homemaker, Montana, USA
587. Mark M. Hancock Pro Photojournalist, Beaumont, Texas, US citizen
588. Sandip Debnath IT Professional and Photographer, Bangalore, India
589. Lynne Hegland Retired Social Worker, Montana, USA
590. Nicola “Okin” Frioli Professional Phototographer, Rimini, Italy
591. Cynthia Jorgenson, Photojournalist, MD, USA
592. Jason Keith Criminal Investigator and Veteran, Massachusetts, USA
593. Al Lapkovsky Photographer, London, UK
594. Leo Maguire Photographer, Bristol, UK
595. Raoul Kramer Photojournalist, The Netherlands
596. Ken Ponzio Photographer, Italy
597. Fayrouz Hancock Programmer/Photographer, Beaumont, Texas, USA, Australian Citizen
598. Nicola J Cutts Photography/Digital Services, London, England
599. Patrick Yen Mixed Media Artist and Journalist, Louisville, Kentucky
600. Philipp Engelhorn Photographer, Hong Kong
601. Chris Jennings Photojournalist, Sherman, TX, USA
602. Keith Palumbo Attorney/Researcher/United States
603. Scott Mallon Photojournalist, Bangkok, Thailand
604. Alex Masi Photojournalist, Italy
605. Nana Buxani Photographer/filmmaker, Quezon City, Philippines
606. Joseph Kang Photographer, Chicago, IL USA
607. Barry Milyovsky Photographer, United States
608. Mike Brown Photojournalist – Memphis, TN; USA
609. David Peart Independant Photographer, UK, Australia
610. Eunice Hong Student/Photojournalist, New York, New York, USA
611. Jennifer Cabral Photographer, located in New Jersey/USA, Citizenship: brazilian/american
612. George S. Blonsky Photojournalist, London, UK
613. Daniele Mattioli Photographer Shanghai, China
614. Lindsay Niegelberg Photojournalist, OH, USA
615. Daniel Cuthbert Photojournalist, South Africa
616. Mark Seager, Photojournalist, UK
617. Angela Cumberbirch, Photographer, UK
618. Jaime R. Carrero, Photojournalist/Photo Editor, American
619. Iakovos Hatzistavrou,Photoreporter,Athens,Greece
620. Tatiana Cardeal, Photographer, Brazil
621. Nigel Gray, Photojournalist, Canada
622. Vivek Singh, Photojournalist, India
623. Anna Barry-Jester, Photographer, New York
624. Jon Lister, Photographer, Sydney Australia
625. Brian Frank, Photo Retoucher, United States
626. Kristjan Logason, Photographer, Iceland
627. Alex Masi, Photographer, London
628. Jasmin Brutus, Photographer, Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina
629. William Widmer, Photographer, United States
630. Tomas Stargardter, Photojournalist, Costa Rica/Germany
631. Philip Dixon, Photographer, New Zealand
632. Altaf Qadri, Photojournalist, Indian held Kashmir
633. Jock Fistick, Photographer, USA
634. Stuart Isett, Photographer, USA
635. PABLO BLAZQUEZ, PHOTOGRAPHER, UNITED KINGDOM
636. Peter Hoffman. Photojournalist/Student. Chicago IL/Athens OH, U.S.
637. Hamish J Cairns, Photographer, Australia
638. Oscar P Siagian, Freelance Photographer, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
639. Thaddeus Pope, Freelance Photographer, United Kingdom
640. Andrew Wheeler, Freelance Photographer, Great Britain
641. Rony Zakaria Photojournalist Jakarta, Indonesia
642. Anne Holmes, Freelance photographer, France
643. Vincent Gautier photojournalist france
644. Michael A. Mariant, Photojournalist, United States
645. Joel Aron, Visual Effects Artist / Photographer, United States
646. Joern Sackermann, Photographer, Germany
648. Narayan Mahon, Photographer, United States
649. Richard Crampton, Photographer, United Kingdom UK
650. Sarah Race, Photographer & Assistant, United States and United Kingdom and a resident of Canada.
651. Stefanos Kouratzis, Photojournalist-Reporter, Greece
652. ashish sharma, photojournalist, kashmir, india
653. Ze’sopol Carlito Caminha, Freelance Photojournalist, Timor-Leste
654. danu primanto, photojournalist,Yogyakarta-Indonesia
655. Jean Fischer, Writer, USA
656. Kahtan Alamery, Photographer, USA
657. Richard Sitler, Documentary Photographer, USA
658. David Clifford, photojournalist/photo editor, canadian, lisbon, portugal
659. Krzysztof M Ratschka, Photographer, Poland
660. Matt McLoone photojournalist Ventura, CA, USA
661. Carlos Villalon, photojournalist, NYC, USA-Bogota, Colombia
662. Marius Sortland Myklebust, designer/photog, fr.stad, norway
663. Patricio Murphy, photographer/musician, buenos aires, argentina
664. Amit Bhargava Photographer/Photojournalist Based in New Delhi, India
665. Roberto Louzan Photographer, Spain
667. Justin Partyka, Photographer, Norfolk, UK
668. Ana Elisa Fuentes, Photographer, Bavaria, Germany
669. Asim Hafeez. Freelance Photojournalist, Karachi, Pakistan.
670. Abir Abdullah Photographer Bangladesh
671. John Sarsgard, Photographer, Easton, Connecticut
672. Griff Tapper, Photographer, Jakarta, Indonesia
673. Ingrid Breyer, Photographer, New York, NY
674. Ruediger Bergmann. Photographer, Augsburg, Germany
675. Rosa Verhoeve, Photographer, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
676. Tashi Tobgyal, Photojournalist, New Delhi, India
678. Tanguy GILSON, Photographer/Writer, Canadian+Belgian, Based in Paris, France.
679. Chris Lusher, Photographer, Hong Kong
680. Kahtan Alamery, Photographer, USA
681. Adam Amengual, Photographer, NY, NY USA
682. Edward Cheng, Photographer, New York, NY, USA
683. Giovanni Del Brenna, Photographer, Italy
684. Preston Merchant, Photographer, New York, USA
685. Yusuf Sayman, Photographer, NYC NY, USA
686. Nicolas Silberfaden, Photographer, New York, NY
687. Krystian Maj, Photographer, Poland
688. Jonathan G. Williams, Reporter, Washington, D.C.
689. Aleksander Bochenek, Photographer, Poland
690. Mark Bullimore, Photographer, UK
691. Seth Bourget, Photographer, New York, NY USA
692. Bryan Denton, Photojournalist, Beirut, Lebanon
693. Joey Puloné, Photographer, Baltimore, MD USA
694. Roberto [Bear] Guerra, Photographer, La Paz, Bolivia
695. Priscilla Mora Flores, Photographer, San José, Costa Rica
696. Nicholas Perzik, Photographer, Los Angeles, Ca USA
697. Santanu Chakrabarti, Freelance photographer, Kolkata, India
698. Kahtan Alamery, Photographer, USA
699. Michal Daniel, Photographer, USA
700. Martin Beaulieu, Photographer, Based in Montreal, Canada
701. John Armstrong-Millar Photographer France
702. John Watts-Robertson, Photographer, UK
703. Devraj Bandla V. ( Dev ) Documentary Photographer, Chennai, INDIA.
704. Rodney A. Margison, photographer, Nashville, Indiana, USA
705. Jason Rearick, photojournalist, Seneca Falls, New York, USA.
706. Matt Gainer, Photographer, Los Angeles, United States
707. Giovanni Melillo, Photographer, Mozartallee 20, I-39042 Brixen
708. Ertugrul Kilic, Photographer, Paramaribo – Suriname / South America
709. Colin Mc Pherson, Photojournalist, UK
710. Ajay Hirani, Photographer, Mumbai, India.
711. Will Boase, Photographer and Student, Sheffield, UK.
712. Joseph Harrison, Photographer, student , Lincoln, New Zealand
713. David Sutherland, Photographer, London UK
714. Allison Joyce, Photographer and student, Boston MA
715. Mingfang Huang, Photographer, student, Beijing China
716. Darrin Zammit Lupi, photojournalist, Malta, Europe
717. Peter Harris, photographer, Rome, Italy
718. Allan Lissner, photojournalist, Toronto, Canada
719. Yunghi Kim, New York, USA
720. Juan Carlos, Chalchuapa, El Salvador
721. Charlie Mahoney, Photographer, Barcelona, Spain
722. Kat Palasi, Photographer, manila, Philippines.
723. Trent Keegan, Photographer, Galway, Ireland
724. Shahriar Nouri, Photographer. Oslo, Norway.
725. oscar p siagian, photojournalist, yogyakarta, indonesia
726. Dave Wyatt, Photographer, UK
727. Jonathan Lipkin, Professor, Author, Photographer, New York, USA
728. Lance Rosenfield, Photojournalist, Texas, USA
729. Jason DeCrow Photojournalist New York, NY USA
730. Pete Souza Photographer Athens, Ohio USA
731. Greg Nash, Student Photojournalist, Vienna, VA, USA
732. Tom Greenwood, Photographer, Laos
733. Sana Manzoor, Photographer, Karachi, Pakistan
734. Jessica dimmock, photographer, new york. usa
735. Roberto Brancolini, photojournalist, Bologna, Italy
736. Tommi Pirnes. Photographer, Finland.
737. al crespo, photojournalist/film prod, miami, usa
738. Vera Perrone, Photographer/filmmaker, based in Stuttgart
739. John Patrick Naughton / Photographer / New York, New York
740. Ida C. Benedetto. Photographer. New York, New York
741. Stratos Vogiatzis, Freelance Photographer, Greece
742. David Sperry, Photographer, NYC
743. Rene Clement, photographer, New York, USA
744. Patrick Lanham, Photographer St. Louis Mo. USA
745. Andrew Wheeler, photographer, Paris, France
746. Joaquin Gomez Sastre, photojournalist freelance, Santander, España
747. Sarah Donovan, Photographer, New York, New York, USA
748. Mikael Kjellstrom, Photographer, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
749. Nanni Fontana, photojournalist, Rome, Italy
750. Chris Johnson, Filmmaker / Photographer – Melbourne, Australia
751. Gordon C Harrison, Landscape Photographer, Scotland
752. Saverio Serravezza, photographer, Italy
753. Emanuele Cremaschi, photographer, Italy
754. Darius McCallum, teacher and photographer, Andong, South Korea
755. John DeMings, photojournalist, Digby, Nova Scotia
756. Alain Bañon Perard, photographer, Bavaro, Dominican Republic
757. Matt Bulvony, photographer, USA
758. Asim Rafiqui, Photographer, Stockholm Sweden, New York USA, Lahore Pakistan
759. A. Aikman. Photographer, Sydney, Australia
760. Idalina Pedrosa, Photographer, Portugal-France
761. David Helman, Photographer, Bordeaux – France
762. Lianne Milton, Photojournalist, California USA
763. Timothy Keen, Photographer, Omaha, Nebraska USA
764. Mara Catalan, photographer, New York-Spain
765. Jim Knowles, photojournalist and artist, Santa Monica, California, USA
766. Michel Delaunay, photographer, Paris, France
767. Joseph Wenkoff, Photojournalist, based In Laos PDR
768. David Dare Parker, Photographer, Australia
769. Julie Denesha, Photographer, DC USA
770. Julia Gillard, Photographer, NY USA
771. Dave Tacon, photographer, Melbourne, Australia
772. Grzegorz Czaplicki,Photographer,London,UK
773. Jock Fistick, Freelance Photographer, Belgium/EU & Florida/USA
774. Jan-Joseph Stok; freelance photographer; Amsterdam, the netherlands
775. Miguel A. Lopes , photojournalist, Portugal
776. Landon Nordeman, Photographer, New York City USA
777. Ozkan Uner, Photographer, Istanbul, Turkey
778. Ben Gancsos, Photographer, Stamford, CT, USA
779. Jack (John) Gajewski, Writer-Photographer, USA
780. Daniel Legendre, Photographer, France
781. Katja Heinemann, Photographer, Brooklyn, NY
782. Nick Morris, Photojournalist/Photographer, USA
783. Ted Dillard, Photographer, Boston, MA, USA
784. TK Edens, Photographer, Wilmington, NC, USA
785. Sascha Ramin, Photographer, Canada
786. Matt Wright-Steel, Photographer, United States of America
787. Ian yew, Professional Software Engineer and photographer, Singapore
788. Bob Soltis, photographer, cleveland ohio, usa
789. Suvir Venkataraman, Research scientist, UK
790. Swoan Parker, Photographer, New York, USA
791. Sean Finn, Photographer, New York, USA
792. Mark Walker, Photographer, UK
793. Sean Bowie, Photographer, USA
794. Andrew Alex Moise Photojournalist Romania
795. Michele AnneLouise Cohen, Photographer, Washington, D.C., USA
796. Arnaud Nilwik, Photojournalist, Heerlen, Netherlands
797. Noah Addis, Photojournalist, USA.
798. dylan mcburney, photographer, Belfast, Northern Ireland
799. Abbas Husseini, Photojournalist, Jordan
800. Brad C Frederick, Occupation Photographer, Country USA
801. Benedicte Kurzen, freelance photojournalist, South Africa
802. Dado Galdieri, Photographer, Brazil
803. Jim Hemenway, Photographer/Consultant, Winchester, MA USA
804. Glenn Zumwalt, Photographer, San Francisco, California, USA
805. Herbert Steele, Photographer, Verona, Italy
806. Gary A. Conner, Photographer, Los Angeles, CA. USA
807. Timo Vogt, photographer, Germany
808. Rahman Roslan, photojournalist, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
809. Carmine Cuccuru, photojournalist, Rome Italy
810. John Ryan, Photographer/Videographer, United States
811. Ariana Lindquist, photographer, USA
812. Philip De Jong, Photographer, Athens, OH, United States
813. Marco Vernaschi, photojournalist, Italian.
814. Rob Heyl, Photojournalist, USA
815. Tito Herrera, Photojournalist, Panama City, Panama
816. DANILO BALDUCCI, PHOTOJOURNALIST, ITALY
817. Bill Thomas, Photographer, NY NY, United States
818. alcrespo, filmmaker/photojournalist, USA
819. Megan Bowden, Photographer/General Artist/Student, Native Born U.S. Citizen
820. Agustín Fernández, photographer, Montevideo, Uruguay
821. david bowen, photographer/photojounalist, stavanger , Norway
822. Ze’sopol C. Caminha, Photojournalist & Journalist, `Timor-Leste
823. John Trotter, Photographer, Brooklyn, NY, American
824. Con O’Donoghue, Photographer, Barcelona, Spain
825. Hernan Zenteno, Photographer, Buenos Aires, Argentina
826. David Lauer, Photographer, Pennsylvania, US
827. T. S. Sullivan Photographer Brooklyn, NY, USA
828. Martin Crook, Photographer, Manhattan, NY

EPUK

Why the Orphan Works Act is Uncle Sam’s thieves’ charter

27 April 2008

The proposed US Orphan Works Act would dramatically shift the balance away from copyright holders, in favour of those who would like to use creative work without permission, argues EPUK moderator Tony Sleep…

Photo Business News & Forum

Occasional Musings and News About the Business of Being a Photographer

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

by John Harrington

Orphan Works Act = Thieves Charter?

http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home/

thanks for all the info..
how can we add our name to the petition shown above?

get out there and attend!

we have to make an Orphan of the Orphan Works Act!

David I will add your name

Thanks David and Bob. Bob you are a sweetheart. Thank you.

david bowen
photographer/photjoun
stavanger , Norway

thanks..Please add my name

Ze’sopol C. Caminha
Photojournalist & Journalist
Timor-Leste

Thank You Carlito! i will add your name to the petition.

FROM THE ILLUSTRATORS’ PARTNERSHIP

A Reminder:
Tonight, Tuesday, May 6 at 6:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time (U.S.)
Don’t Let Congress Orphan Your Work
An open forum to oppose the Orphan Works Act

The Society of Illustrators
128 East 63rd Street
New York, NY 10065
Admission will be free

Panelists:

Terry Brown Director, American Society of Illustrators Partnership, Director Emeritus, Society of Illustrators

Constance Evans Executive Director, Advertising Photographers of America, artist

Dr. Theodore Feder President, Artists Rights Society

Brad Holland Artist, Co-founder, Illustrators Partnership

Cynthia Turner Medical illustrator, Board Member, Illustrators Partnership

William Vasquez Photographer, Co-Chair, Advertising Photographers of America/NY Chapter

This event will be streamed live here: http://video.cmitnyc.com/society/soi_2008_05_06.html
If you unable to access it tonight, it will be archived for delayed webcast, starting tomorrow

Also: stay tuned for a link to our push-button letter-writing website: Take Action/ Write Congress
The link to this advocacy site will be emailed to you directly

Please forward or post this announcement in its entirety to any interested party.

If you received our mail as a forwarded message, and wish to be added to our mailing list, email us at: illustratorspartnership@cnymail.com
Place “Add Name” in the subject line, and provide your name and the email address you want used in the message area. _______________________________________________________________________________

John Trotter
Photographer
Brooklyn, NY
American

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Thanks John. Below is the OW latest update from IPA.

From: illustratorspartnership@cnymail.com
Subject: Orphan Works: Behind the Talking Points
Date: May 9, 2008 1:40:10 PM MDT (CA)
To: IPA.IV

FROM THE ILLUSTRATORS’ PARTNERSHIP

Backers of the Orphan Works bill are circulating their Talking Points:

“Neither the House nor the Senate drafts of the bill contain the word “registries,” [they write] but rather they require users to search non-governmental databases of copyrighted works. The purpose of any database is not meant to take the place of copyright registration, but to have a way to search for visual images. Any participation in such a database would be voluntary.”

But this doesn’t mean what it appears to say. Take it point by point:

Talking Point #1: “Neither the House nor the Senate drafts of the bill contain the word ‘registries.’ ”
Response: Correct. They contain the word “databases,” a synonym:

Registry: register: an official written record of names or events or transactions
http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Database: A database is a structured collection of records or data
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database

Q: Why a synonym?
A: Because international copyright law forbids member countries to impose registries as a condition of protecting copyrights: Berne/Article 5(2) ”The enjoyment and the exercise of these rights shall not be subject to any formality.” http://www.law.cornell.edu/treaties/berne/5.html

In other words, if they used the word “registries” in the bills, it would be a red flag to other countries that the US is flirting with non-compliance with international treaties.

Talking Point #2: “…rather they [the bills] require users to search non-governmental databases of copyrighted works.”
Response: Non-governmental databases” means databases maintained in the private sector.
For users to find your work in these commercial databases, your work would first have to be in the database.
Work not in the database would be orphaned.

Talking Point #3: “Any participation in such a database would be voluntary.”
Response: Congress cannot pass a bill making registration mandatory because that would violate Berne/Article 5(2).
And that would state explicitly to other countries that the US no longer intends to honor its international agreements.
There are red flags all over these talking points.

Summing up: The Orphan Work bills would mandate the creation of registries by commercial interests.
You would not be legally forced to place your work with these for-profit registries.
But failure to do so would orphan your work.

The deceptive talking points accompanying this bill are another red flag.

— Brad Holland and Cynthia Turner, for the Board of the Illustrators’ Partnership

Take Action/ Write Congress http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home/

Over 37,000 messages have been sent from the site in the last 48 hours. Please spread the word.

Please forward or post this announcement in its entirety to any interested party.

If you received our mail as a forwarded message, and wish to be added to our mailing list, email us at: illustratorspartnership@cnymail.com
Place “Add Name” in the subject line, and provide your name and the email address you want used in the message area.

Dear Gayle,
could you add me to that list?
sorry, running, couldn’t figure out how to do it otherwise….
best, Katja
http://www.katjaheinemann.com

Katja Heinemann
Photographer
Brooklyn, NY

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Thanks very much for your signature, Katja, and sorry for the delay! (:

From: illustratorspartnership@cnymail.com
Subject: Take Action: Write Congress
Date: May 7, 2008 9:38:29 AM MDT (CA)
To: IPA.IV

FROM THE ILLUSTRATORS’ PARTNERSHIP

Take Action: Don’t Let Congress Orphan Our Work

We’ve set up an online site for visual artists to e-mail their Senators and Representatives with one click.

This site is open to professional artists, photographers and any member of the image-making public.

We’ve provided sample letters from individuals representing different sectors of the visual arts.

If you’re opposed to the Orphan Works act, this site is yours to use.

For international artists and our colleagues overseas, we’ve provided a special link, with a sample letter and instructions as to whom to write.


2 minutes is all it takes to write Congress and protect your copyright:

http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home/

Please forward this message to every artist you know.

If you received our mail as a forwarded message, and wish to be added to our mailing list, email us at: illustratorspartnership@cnymail.com
Place “Add Name” in the subject line, and provide your name and the email address you want used in the message area.
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From: illustratorspartnership@cnymail.com
Subject: Orphan Works Catches Global Attention
Date: May 7, 2008 4:11:36 PM MDT (CA)
To: IPA.IV

FROM THE ILLUSTRATORS’ PARTNERSHIP

This article appeared today in Intellectual Property Watch
Intellectual Property Watch is a non-profit independent news service which reports on the interests and behind-the-scenes dynamics that influence the design and implementation of international intellectual property policies. It is based in Geneva Switzerland.

• SUPPORT MIXED FOR US ORPHAN WORKS BILL AS ISSUE CATCHES GLOBAL ATTENTION*
  By Dugie Standeford for Intellectual Property Watch
  READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE: http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=1028

In an issue that may be rising internationally, legislation pending in the United States Senate and House to free up use of “orphan works” whose copyright owners cannot be found has won strong support from the recording, webcasting and library sectors but faces challenges from visual artists and the textile industry… Visual Artists, Textile Industry Opposed Illustrators, photographers and other visual artists, however, are mobilising to challenge the proposal. “Our chief objective to these bills is that they’ve been written so broadly their effect can’t be limited to true orphaned work,” Illustrators’ Partnership of America (IPA) founder Brad Holland told Intellectual Property Watch. Forcing anyone who creates a visual work, whether professional or personal, published or unpublished, to register it with yet-to-be-created commercial registries will cause users to rely increasingly on the companies to perform a diligent search, he said. Unregistered works could then be infringed as orphans, he said. The proposals will disproportionately affect visual artists because paintings, drawings and photographs are often published without contact information, credit lines can be easily removed by others, and pictures can be separated from the publications in which they appear, Holland said. And because visual artists often produce many more works than the most prolific author or songwriter, it will cost them more time and money to register and maintain tens of thousands of registrations, he said. The legislation will create a “gold mine for opportunists” as commercial archives harvest newly-created “orphans,” alter them slightly to make “derivative works,” and then register them as their own “creative works,” Holland said. In addition, coercive registration may violate the Berne Convention, which bars requiring “any formality” as a precondition to copyright protection, the IPA, Advertising Photographers of America and Artists Foundation of Massachusetts said in 30 April comments to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

TAKE ACTION: DON’T LET CONGRESS ORPHAN OUR WORK
2 minutes is all it takes to write Congress and protect your copyright:
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From: illustratorspartnership@cnymail.com
Subject: Orphan Works Update/May 8, 2008
Date: May 8, 2008 9:49:39 PM MDT (CA)
To: IPA.IV

FROM THE ILLUSTRATORS’ PARTNERSHIP

Since yesterday, over 31, 000 letters have gone out from our Orphan Works advocacy site.

Q: What can we do next?

1. Write the House Judiciary Committee. We’ve set up a special alert to contact members of this important committee.

Go to our Take Action/Alert site: http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home/

Look for the sample letter labeled “Contact House Judiciary Committee NOW” and send it.

If your Representative is not a member of the House Judiciary Committee, this will send him a message asking him to contact his colleagues on that Committee on your behalf, urging them to oppose the bill.

2. Ask for support from family and friends:

Please ask your friends and family (5 to 10 others) who support your creative work to also go to the site.

They can follow the instructions to easily send a message of opposition to this reckless bill.
Look for the sample letter labeled “For Supporters of Visual Artists – Wrong to Weaken
Copyright Law” and send it.

3. Spread the word to the public: Photosharing on Web will now be at risk:

Please alert your friends who post photos to the web their personal property will be at risk.

Look for the sample letter labeled “For the Image-Making Public – Protect Personal
Property”and send it.

For more information about the Orphan Works Act of 2008:

IPA Statement to House Subcommittee March 20, 2008:

http://www.illustratorspartnership.org/01_topics/article.php?searchterm=00261
IPA Senate Mark-up Comments April 30, 2008: http://www.illustratorspartnership.org/ow_docs
Geneva/ May 7, 2008 Orphan Works Bill Catches Global Attention/ Intellectual Property Watch/
http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=1028
http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home/

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From: illustratorspartnership@cnymail.com
Subject: Orphan Works: Behind the Talking Points
Date: May 9, 2008 1:40:10 PM MDT (CA)
To: IPA.IV

FROM THE ILLUSTRATORS’ PARTNERSHIP

Backers of the Orphan Works bill are circulating their Talking Points:

“Neither the House nor the Senate drafts of the bill contain the word “registries,” [they write] but rather they require users to search non-governmental databases of copyrighted works. The purpose of any database is not meant to take the place of copyright registration, but to have a way to search for visual images. Any participation in such a database would be voluntary.”

But this doesn’t mean what it appears to say. Take it point by point:

Talking Point #1: “Neither the House nor the Senate drafts of the bill contain the word ‘registries.’ ”
Response: Correct. They contain the word “databases,” a synonym:

Registry: register: an official written record of names or events or transactions
http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Database: A database is a structured collection of records or data
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database

Q: Why a synonym?
A: Because international copyright law forbids member countries to impose registries as a condition of protecting copyrights: Berne/Article 5(2) ”The enjoyment and the exercise of these rights shall not be subject to any formality.” http://www.law.cornell.edu/treaties/berne/5.html

In other words, if they used the word “registries” in the bills, it would be a red flag to other countries that the US is flirting with non-compliance with international treaties.

Talking Point #2: “…rather they [the bills] require users to search non-governmental databases of copyrighted works.”
Response: Non-governmental databases” means databases maintained in the private sector.
For users to find your work in these commercial databases, your work would first have to be in the database.
Work not in the database would be orphaned.

Talking Point #3: “Any participation in such a database would be voluntary.”
Response: Congress cannot pass a bill making registration mandatory because that would violate Berne/Article 5(2).
And that would state explicitly to other countries that the US no longer intends to honor its international agreements.
There are red flags all over these talking points.

Summing up: The Orphan Work bills would mandate the creation of registries by commercial interests.
You would not be legally forced to place your work with these for-profit registries.
But failure to do so would orphan your work.

The deceptive talking points accompanying this bill are another red flag.

— Brad Holland and Cynthia Turner, for the Board of the Illustrators’ Partnership

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TAKE ACTION

Letter For U.S. Photojournalists to send to Congress

TAKE ACTION

Letter for our International Friends and Colleagues

FROM THE ILLUSTRATORS’ PARTNERSHIP

Some backers of the controversial Orphan Works bill say they’re launching a campaign to “Rescue Orphan Works.”

From whom?

We’re not the ones interested in infringing other people’s copyrights.
We’re only interested in protecting our own.
If the “Rescue Orphan Works” folks really want to use only true orphaned work, they’d join us in asking that this bill be drafted accordingly.
From our written statement submitted to the Senate April 30, 2008 http://www.illustratorspartnership.org/ow_docs

We believe the orphan works problem can be and should be solved with carefully crafted, specific limited exemptions.

• An exemption could be tailored to solve family photo restoration and reproduction issues.

• Usage for genealogy research is probably already covered by fair use, but could rate an exemption if deemed necessary.

• Limited exemptions could be designed for documentary filmmakers.

• Libraries and archives already have generous exemptions for their missions. However, if they believe they need expanded access to work whose authors are hard to find, we’d suggest that Congress adopt a variant of the Orphan Works clearance system in use in Canada.

Canada has created a statutory licensing scheme that allows licenses for the use of published works to be issued by the Copyright Board of Canada on behalf of unlocatable copyright owners.

The license is issued by the Canadian Copyright Board. Decisions are made on a case-by- case basis through application to the Board. If the Board is satisfied by the applicant’s efforts of e-mails, phone calls, written correspondence, approaches to copyright collectives, Internet searches, etc., then it may issue a non-exclusive license which is valid only in Canada, subject to any terms and conditions it sees fit.
http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/ListArchives/0507/msg00096.html

A system such as this would serve potential users of orphaned work by allowing them to clear rights in an orderly, verified way. Therefore we respectfully ask that the Senate conduct further hearings to resolve the specific problem of providing public access to true orphaned works. Our objections to S.2913 – which incorporates the proposals made by the Copyright Office – is that its effects cannot be limited to old or abandoned copyrights.

There’s no need to “rescue orphan works” from artists.
And you don’t save orphans by making new ones!

Help solve the real orphan works problem:

“_DON’T LET CONGRESS ORPHAN YOUR WORK_*

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Below is a Press Release that I just received from Rick Gersony, President of Medmovie in Lexington, KY. This press release comes from the Medical Illustration community (Association of Medical Illustrators/AMI http://www.ami.org/ECOMAMI/timssnet/common/tnt_frontpage.cfm)

At first glance a Photographer or Photojournalist may think, “Well what does tis have to do with me?” and tend to write off the AMI as far as commonality goes, however, the AMI along with IPA are spearheading opposition to this OW Bill 2008, due to specifically the havoc that would be spread in the Medical community as well as ours.

Just think, if anyone were allowed legally to orphan, alter and make derivatives out of accurate medical illustrations….well, it will mean the “dumbing down” of the highly respected and necessary field of medical illustration….and that, besides our own individual copyrights, will effect all of our health care (or lack of it as the case may be):

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For Immediate Release

May 7, 2008

Contacts: Mark Lefkowitz, M.A., CMI Cynthia Turner, M.A., CMI
AMI President-Elect (850)231-4112/(850) 585-0193
(781) 784-5293/(781) 801-5458

Richard Gersony, M.F.A, CMI William B. Westwood, M.S., CMI (859) 494-7654/(859)225-6400 (518) 432-5237/(518) 618-8273

Congress Moves Quickly to Weaken 1976 Copyright Law
Bill Strips Artists of Essential Copyright Protections

Legislation to limit artists’ ability to protect their work from copyright infringement is being fast-tracked through both houses of Congress, and may be brought to the floor for a vote as early as this month. Passage of a similar measure was dashed in 2006 after opposition by visual artist organizations.

H.R. 5889, The Orphan Works Act of 2008/S. 2913, The Shawn Bentley Orphan Works Act of 2008 will allow anyone to use, alter or publish an artist’s work for any reason without permission or payment if that work is designated an ‘orphan.’ A work of art could be designated an orphan work by anybody if its creator/copyright owner could not be located . The measure before Congress makes it easier to declare works ‘orphans.’ An individual has free reign to use or alter a piece of visual art if they have performed a ‘reasonably diligent’ search and are unable to locate an artist or copyright. No parameters are offered in the bill to determine what would comprise a “reasonably diligent” search.

The Orphan Works Act severely threatens the commerce of independent medical and scientific visual artists. “This bill jeopardizes the very core of a medical illustrator’s ability to make a living. Licensing permission accounts for a substantial portion of any artist’s income,” says Marcia Hartsock, owner of the Medical Art Company in Cincinnati, OH. “Now, if someone comes along and does a perfunctory search and doesn’t find my work in these image registries, they can use it—for legitimate or illegitimate uses—without my permission and without cost to them.”

One of the most objectionable provisions in the legislation allows non-profits to be exempt from even “reasonable compensation” if they infringe an artist’s work by declaring it an “orphan”. Non-profits account for the majority clientele for many medical illustrators, and these medical research foundations are some of the wealthiest in the world. “It would especially hurt medical illustrators who would lose much of their client base – non-profit hospitals, universities and research foundations – because of the easy availability of large numbers of orphaned images,” says Bill Matthews of Lifehouse Productions in Manchester, CT.

Rick Gersony, President of Medmovie in Lexington, KY contends that, “If these medical art businesses were caused to fail, non-profit organizations would lose a valuable, highly trained group of individuals, whose innovative, educational work supports their missions.

Why would Congress remove our copyright protection, breach our licenses and hinder the growth of this emerging digital US intellectual property sector?”

Medical illustrators are highly-educated professionals and their visual art educates medical and allied health professionals, as well as the general public. Their work also supports medical research for the advancement of science by commissions from nonprofit medical research foundations. Medical illustrations appear in medical textbooks, medical ads, professional journals, videotapes and films, computer-assisted learning programs, exhibits, lecture presentations, courtrooms, general magazines and programs for TV.

Registering Artwork to Avoid Orphan Status is Cost-Prohibitive and Untested
The bill has a disproportionate impact on visual artists because it is common for an artist’s work to be published without credit lines. This is especially true of art published in the Internet Age. The most common scenario of orphaning in visual art is the unmarked image. There would be only one way to identify the artist belonging to an unmarked image and that would be to match the art against an image-recognition database where the art resides with intact authorship information. Such technology is untested and such databases do not currently exist. The Copyright Office has proposed and the legislation has enshrined the creation of visual art registries and has stated explicitly that failure of an artist to meet this bureaucratic burden would result in his work automatically becoming an “orphan” and subject to legal infringement.

The cost of digitizing and registering their artwork will far outstrip the time or financial resources of most visual artists. Their inability to financially comply with the registries will result in vast numbers of visual works being exposed to legalized infringement. “This is an irresponsible and coerced forfeiture of reproduction rights protections guaranteed to creators by the Constitution of the United States. It is going to affect the incomes and intellectual property rights of every illustrator, fine artist, graphic artist and photographer in the world,” states Bill Westwood, a medical illustrator in Albany, NY.

Non-profits, publishers and other art licensees will be less likely to commission new work from artists if they can surf the net for free images that have become separated from identifying information. Medical illustrators’ pre-existing paintings and drawings – orphaned and re-published in some transformative manner, will see infringing opportunists co-opt their self-created intellectual property.

The passage of this bill would deprive medical illustrators of their exclusive right of creative control and ownership of their work. Under this law, an illustrator would be powerless to stop the unauthorized uses of his art, even in cases where the illustrator would never want or permit those uses. Infringements sanctioned under this Act will also breach existing exclusive use contracts already in force between illustrators and their clients because many illustrators work under non-disclosure agreements and exclusive licensing arrangements. “It boggles the mind that this is under consideration. Where is the economic impact study, or even any due diligence, to determine the harm and chaos this legislation will cause in the medical field? This will severely undermine medical illustrators’ ability to meet the needs of our clients, protect their interests, and protect our works,” says Cynthia Turner of Alexander & Turner Medical Illustration Studio.

The Association of Medical Illustrators (AMI) is an international organization founded in 1945. Its members can be found in all centers of biomedical research and translate the complexities of scientific thought in innovative visual ways. There are approximately 1,200 practicing medical illustrators in the U.S.

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another add Gayle, thanks :)

Con O’Donoghue, Barcelona, Spain

URGENT. 1. EMAIL PROTEST HERE 2. AND PLEASE CALL YOUR SENATORS IN YOUR STATE AND TELL THEM YOU OPPOSE THIS BILL.
http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home/

The new 2008 Orphan Bill is before the Senate Judiciary Committee , then it will go to the floor for a vote. THIS IS THE WORST NEWS TO OUR INDUSTRY EVER! This bill has already passed the House of Representatives. Please take two minutes to protest the new Orphan Works Bill. You do not want this bill to pass, we could loose copyright to our images unless you register your work in a private, for profit data base-a daunting task and cost. This applies to anyone who are doing business in US.

Background overview on youtube:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=CqBZd0cP5Yc

Thank you Con and Yunghi! We (AMI and IPA) are working on this right now as the bill is being fast tracked by Congress into law. It WILL be devastating to any creative small business owner that relies on their intellectual property to survive.

Together, we need to fight this hard and we need to it fight now!

I will have more updates, Press Releases today and soon. I’ve been emailing Press Releases all night and day long.

Please, US Photographers write your Congress people at:

TAKE ACTION!

Letter For U.S. Photojournalists to send to Congress

….and for our International Friends and Colleagues:

TAKE ACTION!

Letter for our International Friends and Colleagues

Here are some new links to OW opposition articles compliments of NUJ Photo Head and LS member, Pete Jenkins, and especially for our international friends:

http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/Photographers_urge_action_over_Orphan_Works_copyright_legislation_news_255955.html

http://copyrightaction.com/node

http://www.epuk.org/Opinion/848/uncle-sams-thieves-charter

Thanks again for your signature, Hernan, and the bump!

Hello, all. Sign me on as well, Gayle, and thanks for your efforts. (David Lauer Pennsylvania USA)

Some hopefully useful information. HR 5889 has only been introduced, and no debate date has yet been set. That doesn´t mean we can relax, it means we still have a chance to have a significant impact in gunning this BS down.

The Senate bill is S 2913. You can go to www.govtrack.us and see the status of any legislation, who sponsored, who co-sponsored, etc. You can even get RSS when things move.

I´m going to do my part and send links to my artist friends.

Thanks again

You know, it also occurred to me that artists should expect solidarity from the companies that make our toys: Canon, Nikon, paper companies, and on an on, down the line. If it weren´t for us, they wouldn´t even exist, and we have to work harder every day to acquire the money to buy the technology we need to make images or songs or whatever we do. Of course, they´ll always have the general market to live off of, but I still think artists are economically important to them and they should stand with us. Don´t you think so?

I´ve sent links and a short spanish message to contacts in Mexico, to get the ball rolling. Hopefully, the campaign will gather logrithmic speed.

Hello David, Sorry for my delayed response. You are very welcome. Thank you for your signature and your post and new info.

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FROM THE ILLUSTRATORS’ PARTNERSHIP

Call to Action
Last Thursday the Senate Judiciary Committee endorsed their Orphan Works Act.
It is now headed for the full Senate.

If you’ve written before, now’s the time to write again.
Urge your senator to oppose this bill.

Because it has been negotiated behind closed doors, introduced on short notice and fast-tracked for imminent passage without open hearings, ask that this bill not be passed until it can be exposed to an open, informed and transparent public debate.

We’ve drafted a special letter for this purpose.
You can deep link to it here:
Contact your Senator in opposition to S.2913 NOW: http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/issues/alert/?alertid=11389061

The House Judiciary Committee is considering H.R. 5889, the companion bill now. Please write them again:
Contact your Congressman in opposition to H.R. 5889 NOW at the following link: http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/issues/alert/?alertid=11389081

2 minutes is all it takes to write your senator and representatives and fight for your copyrights. Over 68,000 e-mail messages have been sent so far.

Don’t Let Congress Orphan Your Work

Please forward this message to every artist you know.

If you received our mail as a forwarded message, and wish to be added to our mailing list, email us at: ipa@twcny.rr.com
Place “Add Name” in the subject line, and provide your name and the email address you want used in the message area.

Thanks David.

David Lauer, Photographer, Pennsylvania, US

Hi Gayle,

thank you for all your work put into this. If still possible I’d like to add my signature to the list -

Martin Crook, Photographer, Manhattan, NY

Thanks, Martin! Yes, still possible. You are very welcome, sir.

FROM THE ILLUSTRATORS’ PARTNERSHIP

Call to Action
Last Thursday the Senate Judiciary Committee endorsed their Orphan Works Act.
It is now headed for the full Senate.

If you’ve written before, now’s the time to write again.
Urge your senator to oppose this bill.

Because it has been negotiated behind closed doors, introduced on short notice and fast-tracked for imminent passage without open hearings, ask that this bill not be passed until it can be exposed to an open, informed and transparent public debate.

We’ve drafted a special letter for this purpose.
You can deep link to it here:
Contact your Senator in opposition to S.2913 NOW: http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/issues/alert/?alertid=11389061

The House Judiciary Committee is considering H.R. 5889, the companion bill now. Please write them again:
Contact your Congressman in opposition to H.R. 5889 NOW at the following link: http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/issues/alert/?alertid=11389081

2 minutes is all it takes to write your senator and representatives and fight for your copyrights. Over 68,000 e-mail messages have been sent so far.

Don’t Let Congress Orphan Your Work

Please forward this message to every artist you know.

If you received our mail as a forwarded message, and wish to be added to our mailing list, email us at: ipa@twcny.rr.com
Place “Add Name” in the subject line, and provide your name and the email address you want used in the message area.

done and bump.

Thanks Lance! (;

Friday 23nd May 2008

The National Union of Journalists utterly rejects the idea for dealing with so-called “orphaned works” expressed in the “Shawn Bentley Orphan Works” Bill currently before the US Senate and the equivalent measure in the House of Representatives.

NUJ General Secretary Jeremy Dear says: “I urge all Senators and House members to oppose these Bills, because passing them would undermine the creativity that is so important to the economy of the United States and of its allies.”

The NUJ is determined that any arrangements for the use of articles, photos or illustrations – or indeed songs or dances – whose creators genuinely cannot be located must be based on these principles:

● The would-be user must apply for a licence to use the work in advance.
● Licences must only be granted where the would-be user shows that they have searched diligently for the author (a term which includes photographers and illustrators) – not just according to the customs of one country, but internationally.
● The would-be user must pay a fee that reflects the commercial value of the specific use – the “going rate” for a given work whether it be for use as the basis of a blockbuster film, in a newspaper or in a local library exhibition;
● When the parent of the “orphaned work” shows up, that fee must be handed over and a new fee must be negotiated.
● Fees that are not so distributed should be spent for the benefit of authors as a whole – on training, relief of hardship and cultural development.
● No law permitting use of works whose author cannot be identified must be passed until all authors, everywhere, have effective legal rights to be identified and to defend the integrity of their works – until authors worldwide have “inalienable moral rights” in the language of international law.


The key proposal in the Shawn Bentley Bill fulfils none of these criteria. It merely limits the legal liability of the user. It creates the perception of a free-for-all. This will encourage scams and rip-offs of authors, who will be left with no recourse unless they can raise many tens of thousands of dollars to fund pursuing abuses of their works through the civil courts. The Bill itself acknowledges this weakness when it calls for a review of remedies available to authors claiming relatively small sums.

Workable models that fulfil the above principles exist and the NUJ is working with its sibling unions to develop and adapt these and to promote systems to make it easier for would-be users to identify authors.

Jeremy Dear concludes: “NUJ members’ work is used all over the world, as is the work of US writers and photographers. They deserve – and they have in law – the right to fair pay for every use. We need international solutions, that respect international law.”

ENDS

Pete Jenkins
trading as DETAIL PHOTOGRAPHY
Photographic Consultant
23, Corby Road,
Mapperley,
Nottingham,
NG3 5HF
www.petejenkins.co.uk
www.photographerspro.eu/pete_jenkins/

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Pete Jenkins is head of NUJ Photo

Stay tuned as there will be a scheduled anti-OW March on Washington.

The Orphan Works bill has passed the sub
committee hearings and may soon go before a full Senate vote.

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so where are all the other signatures? We haven’t even made 5% of LS membership on this. Don’t people care? Or do people think that the legislation is going to go down in smoke anyway? Are they thinking that it’s really not that bad? That it won’t affect them? Come on people, give us a shot in the arm and sign on . . .

Thanks so much, David! (:

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Hello all:

More information coming soon on the Washington, DC, Senate and House of Representatives group(s) convening on Washington June 3-5th to lobby to oppose the Orphan Works bills.

The IPA, has asked us all to send postcards to our Senate and House district offices. Please forward this to as many people/lists/groups as you can.

Per Cynthia Turner and Brad Holland:

*1. The postcard can be one of your promo cards or one you draw with the message simply saying “VOTE NO on Bill S.2913” for the Senate and “VOTE NO on H.R.5889” for the House.

2. Add your contact info to the post card:

Name
e-mail address and/or website address
Phone
Your regular address, or just city/state, plus ZIP Code

3. Mail ASAP!*

They said to just keep it simple with the VOTE NO and the bill # and send to both the House and Senate.

Rather than send these to the DC offices, send them to your local and state
district offices because mail to Washington takes longer to scan and mail to
the district offices are sent by courier to DC and accepted in rather than scanned.

Go to http://capwiz.com/gag/dbq/officials and type in your zip and you
will get the contact info for your district offices for your
legislators.

The IPA wants as many of these post cards to reach the Senators and
Reps by the time they meet with them June 4th and 5th.

Additional things you can do are call your district and DC legislators
offices and voice your opinion encouraging them to vote no on the bill
and fax your letters to both the DC and district offices as well.

You can still send email letters at http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home/
so far over 83,000 letters have been sent from this site.

Even if you have already sent letters and made calls please send them
again! And… Please participate in this postcard mailing and get your
voices heard on the Orphan Works Bill.

Thank you so much.

If you haven’t signed the petition or sent a postcard yet, please do so. This is for all of us and for the future of creativity.

Yes, ditto to what David says and I will add “and for the future of our pocketbooks as well!”

From: illustratorspartnership@cnymail.com
Subject: An Orphan Works Update
Date: June 2, 2008 5:22:47 PM MDT (CA)
To: IPA.IV

FROM THE ILLUSTRATORS’ PARTNERSHIP

JUNE 2, 2008 An Orphan Works Update
Backers of the House version of the Orphan Works bill are now asking artists and photographers to oppose the Senate bill unless it’s amended to contain at least the “minimum provisions” that appear in the House version.

Although they don’t say so, opposing the Senate bill in this manner is a vote FOR the House bill.

We’ve been asked to explain why:
The Senate bill is similar to the bill we opposed in 2006. The House bill (H.R. 5889) is the result of a year and a half of closed door negotiations between Congress and representatives and lobbyists for special interest groups. These groups have agreed to either endorse the House bill or remain neutral to insure its passage.

The House bill endorses the concept of coerced “voluntary” registration with commercial databases and seeks to make these databases infringer-friendly.

– It would require infringers to file a simple “notice of use” before they infringe.

– It calls for an archive of the notices to be maintained by the Copyright Office or an approved third party.

Why do backers of the House bill want these databases to be infringer-friendly?
Because to thrive, commercial databases (registries) will have to do a robust business in rights-clearing and orphan certification. That means encouraging infringers to infringe.

How will these registries work? No details have been given, but experience with image banks suggests the following:

For unregistered work: infringers will use the registries to identify pictures that aren’t registered. Infringers will probably pay the registry a search fee, then use or market the “orphans” like royalty-free art.

For registered work: the registries will act as a kind of stock house: Users will go to them for one-stop shopping to clear rights to your pictures. The registry will probably charge you a commission when they do.

In other words, urging Congress to pass the House bill makes very little sense to us unless your business or organization expects to become a commercial registry. We believe the only way to oppose these bills is to oppose them both.

If you agree, now’s the time to write Congress or write again.

You can urge Congress to oppose these bills by linking here to a special letter.
Tell Your Senators and Representatives to Oppose the Orphan Works Act at:
http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/issues/alert/?alertid=11442621

Don’t Let Congress Orphan Your Work

Please forward this message to every artist you know.

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Place “Add Name” in the subject line, and provide your name and the email address you want used in the message area.

From: illustratorspartnership@cnymail.com
Subject: The Orphan Works Act: Warning to the Public
Date: June 3, 2008 8:27:23 AM MDT (CA)
To: IPA.IV

FROM THE ILLUSTRATORS’ PARTNERSHIP

The Orphan Works Act: Warning to the Public

Should the general public care about the Orphan Works Act?
Yes, because the effects of this bill will expose any citizen’s visual images to infringement, including infringement for commercial purposes or distasteful uses.

Most people don’t understand current copyright law. But under current law, they don’t have to – the law itself protects them from not understanding it. Anything you create is considered your private property.

But under this amendment, all citizens would be required to understand that they must now take active steps – not to actually protect their work (because registries won’t protect it) – but merely to preserve their right to sue an infringer in federal court (in case they ever find out they’ve been infringed in the first place).

Otherwise, ignorance of copyright law will be be no excuse against an infringer who has done a “reasonably diligent search” for a photo he found on a blog, photo sharing site, Facebook page, or other source.

Proposal for Copyright Warning and Public Awareness Campaign
If this bill is passed, copyright will no longer be considered the exclusive right of the creator. Therefore, Congress should direct the Copyright Office to commence an awareness campaign to be conducted in all media, explaining to all copyright holders the new terms of copyright protection. Public warnings should state at least the following:

“Due to a change in US copyright law, citizens should now be aware that any creative expression they put into tangible form – from professional artwork to family photos – will be subject to infringement, including infringement for commercial uses, by anyone in the United States who is unable to locate them by what the infringer determines – and a court agrees – to be a reasonably diligent search.

“To preserve your right to sue infringers in federal court, you are advised to take active steps to assert authorship of every work you create.

“These steps will include inserting meta-data in each work, marking each work with a copyright symbol and contact information and registering each work in commercial databases where infringers can search for your work.

“Ignorance of copyright law will be be no excuse against an infringer who has done a “reasonably diligent search” according to guidelines established by Congress.”

This should be the minimum warning information and it should be issued to the public on an on-going basis to alert successive generations of the legal obligations they will have to observe as the price of creating art of any kind. We also ask Congress to direct the Copyright Office to establish and maintain local law clinics where creators and other citizens can seek clarification about their obligations under Orphan Works law.

Don’t Let Congress Orphan Your Work

You can urge Congress to oppose these bills by linking here to a special letter.
Tell Your Senators and Representatives to Oppose the Orphan Works Act at:
http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/issues/alert/?alertid=11442621

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I think this is very, very important but how many threads on this issue do we need? Wouldn’t it be better if there was one thread where people could concentrate on rather than four or five?

no, but thanks for the bump and for sending your letter in anyway.

PS BUT DID NOTICE YOUR NAME IS NOT ON PETITION

From: illustratorspartnership@cnymail.com
Subject: Visual Artists Go to Washington
Date: June 10, 2008 5:19:51 PM MDT (CA)
To: IPA.IV

FROM THE ILLUSTRATORS’ PARTNERSHIP

Visual Artists Go to Washington, Independent Record Labels Oppose Orphan Works Act

Last week over two dozen visual artists, representing illustrators, photographers, fine artists and the arts licensing trades went to Capital Hill to explain to legislators how the Orphan Works Act will harm creators and the hundreds of thousands of art-related small businesses that serve and are dependent on them. At the same time, independent music labels have joined the opposition to orphan works legislation as it currently exists.

The Illustrators’ Partnership has stressed that Orphan Works legislation should be limited to true orphaned work and not act as an unwarranted compulsory license imposed on commercial markets. IPA, the Advertising Photographers of America and the Artists Rights Society have joined to offer amendments to that effect.

Excerpted from the Washington Internet Daily/Monday June 09, 2008:

The visual-arts community hit the Hill last week to protest what it portrays as a hijacking of the orphan-works issue as it was presented in a 2005 Copyright Office report…

The Copyright Office ran a bait-and-switch from its 2005 notice of intent, which focused on facilitating libraries’, museums’ and other nonprofits’ efforts to digitize collections to improve access to them, [Illustrators’ Partnership co-founder Brad] Holland said. Artists want the issue narrowed back to that focus, scrapping commercial use, he said…Copyright Office roundtables on orphan works never addressed alternates to registries, an “untested, untried, unaccountable market system” favoring Google, Getty, Corbis and other commercial aggregators, Holland said. [Cynthia] Turner [also of the Partnership] said artists would incur high costs registering works, and they hesitate to hand over high-res, commercial versions to Google or others.

In the same article, Washington Internet Daily also reports that the leading group of independent music labels has broken with the corporate music trade associations. The American Association of Independent Music has published a position paper opposing the current orphan works bills. The article quotes a music industry executive: “I can tell you that nobody in the music business” sought the bill.

… the executive said the bill is “de facto… establishing a new compulsory license” by putting unregistered artists at a legal disadvantage in court. The law can’t explicitly require registration or it will violate the Berne Convention, TRIPS and other treaties the U.S. has signed, the executive said. Book publishers and music executives in the U.K. think the U.S. will be in trouble, the executive said, citing a recent visit: “I can tell you there are European commissioners that are looking at this right now.”

-Excerpts from “Orphan-Works Bills Scorned by Visual Arts, Indie Labels” by Greg Piper, Washington Internet Daily June 09, 2008

Also see http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/27803/visual-artists-and-indie-record-labels-voice-concern-over-orphan-works-bills/

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From: illustratorspartnership@cnymail.com
Subject: Orphan Works Opposition
Date: June 14, 2008 1:51:33 PM MDT (CA)
To: IPA.IV

FROM THE ILLUSTRATORS’ PARTNERSHIP

Over 100,000 letters have gone out to Senators and Congressmen from our CapWiz site.
Opposition to the Orphan Works Act continues to grow.
Here are some of organizations which oppose it:

http://illustratorspartnership.org/01_topics/article.php?searchterm=00273

And here are some of the excellent position papers written by some of these groups:

NUJ condemns “free for all” US Orphan Works legislation
http://www.epuk.org/News/863/nuj-opposes-us-orphan-works

The American Association of Independent Music
A2IM Position on the Proposed Orphan Works Legislation in the United States
http://www.a2im.org/newsDetail.aspx?newsID=117

Association of Medical Illustrators Denounces ‘Orphan Works’ Bills Before Congress
http://www.examiner.com/p-175592~Association_of_Medical_Illustrators_Denounces__Orphan_Works__Bills_Before_Congress.html

Two Cartoon-Group Presidents Slam Possible ‘Orphan Works’ Legislation
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003802183

The Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators in Communications
Orphan Works Update: The Orphan Works Debate in the US
http://www.capic.org/copyright.html

Advertising Photographers of America
APA Position Paper on Orphan Works
http://www.apanational.com/files/public/APA__On_Orphan_Works.pdf

Don’t Let Congress Orphan Your Work
2 minutes is all it takes to write Congress and fight for your copyright:
http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home/

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