UPDATE: Orphan Works Meeting

FROM THE ILLUSTRATORS’ PARTNERSHIP

January 29, 2007

Twenty visual arts groups met in Washington Monday to discuss a unified orphan works strategy.

The interest groups included freelance artists and photographers, graphic designers, picture agencies and the estates of deceased fine artists.

Since we expect the Orphan Works bill to be resurrected soon, with strong congressional support at its back, the groups have agreed that we must work together to counter its negative provisions by supplying Congress with positive alternate suggestions to improve it.

No timetable has yet been announced for the bill’s introduction, but the groups will meet again shortly by conference call to discuss this details of this positive strategy.

—The Board of the Illustrators’ Partnership

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

by Gayle Hegland at Thu Feb 01 18:58:55 UTC 2007 (ed. Mar 12 2008) Montana, United States | Bookmark this | Digg this |

For more information, or if you have not signed it already and wish to add your name to the related “orphan works” Pro-Copyright Petition go to this LS thread .

Thanks!

by Gayle Hegland | 01 Feb 2007 20:02 | Montana, United States |

one last bump

by Gayle Hegland | 02 Feb 2007 06:02 | Montana, United States |