Dave Moilanen

blamo, 2 months ago

i read that a while back tis diabolical …..................

flipteez, 2 months ago

Screwed again!
Appauling

Dave Moilanen in reply to blamo’s comment, 2 months ago

Hi Blamo. The world is going down the toilet and somebody already flushed the handle.

Dave Moilanen in reply to flipteez’s comment, 2 months ago

It’s getting my fur ruffled up Flip.

Helen Bascom KMA, 2 months ago

Everyone please stop by the forum and participate in the discussion. There are some people who think this law may be a good idea.

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Leena Hedman, 2 months ago

Wow…. thank you for informing us, Bro. If it passes, it sure will be very difficult for an artist to make a living.

Lumineux, 2 months ago

Have been following this too Dave, it is truly frightening!

mlgkats, 2 months ago

thanks dave i read it , just something to mess with people again as always

Dave Moilanen in reply to Helen Bascom KMA’s comment, 2 months ago

Time to rally the troops Helen!

Dave Moilanen in reply to Leena Hedman’s comment, 2 months ago

It’s a crazy world Sis.

Dave Moilanen in reply to Lumineux’s comment, 2 months ago

Thanks Marion. All it takes is someone to set the lead….

Dave Moilanen in reply to mlgkats’s comment, 2 months ago

Thanks Mel.

mlgkats, 2 months ago

your welcome

Lumineux, 2 months ago

That’s one tough fight I hope you guys can win, as sure as all heck what’s the bet, if this passes in the USA it won’t be long before the rest of the western world follows suit.

Madeline M. A..., 2 months ago

Yes I read it a few weeks ago Dave. This is just bloody nuts !

Dave Moilanen in reply to Lumineux’s comment, 2 months ago

Hi Marion. My fur is all ruffled up now. I’m ready to rumble. I can just see the globalization of the copyrights by the corporate greed. Not a very nice vision either.

Dave Moilanen in reply to Madeline M. Allen’s comment, 2 months ago

It’s crazy Maddy. Just another way for us little folks to get screwed.

red addiction, 2 months ago

I just signed the petition.

Dave Moilanen in reply to red addiction’s comment, 2 months ago

Thanks Marlo!

Helen Bascom KMA, 2 months ago

I signed the petition. Join me in saying NO to this legislation

GoPetition – Signature Confirmation
Congratulations. You have successfully signed the petition:
Say “NO!” to the Orphan Works Act.

You are signer #3399

CLICK HERE TO SAY NO TO THE ORPHAN WORKS BILL

Madeline M. A..., 2 months ago

I went to the online petition and signed Dave. This is just flippen nuts! I can think a lot of choice words to use, But I’ll be a Lady on here !!! I’m sure you know what they all are !!! Thanks Buddy !xo

digitalmidge, 2 months ago

David, thanks for keeping this info in the fore. I think it’s so important as well…

Dave Moilanen in reply to Helen Bascom KMA’s comment, 2 months ago

Thanks Helen. I signed awhile back. Now we just need others to sign and make a stand.

Dave Moilanen in reply to Madeline M. Allen’s comment, 2 months ago

I’m with you Maddy! ;-)

Dave Moilanen in reply to digitalmidge’s comment, 2 months ago

Thanks Zoe! Helen has been doing an awesome job keeping us in the loop about this. She is our never ending fighter for our rights.

Helen Bascom KMA, 2 months ago

Hey Dave and others! I’m taking a beating in the forum, but I can handle it. :-) I’m putting together a comprehensive article which will cover whether your work is published when it comes to copyright registration and application of statutory damages for infringement. I am waiting on the official word from the Copyright Office. But here’s a hint, it looks like if your work is posted to a web gallery (such as this one) your work has been published. Information Only Link

Why is this important? If your work is published, you may not be able to register your copyright in a collection of works, depending on the date of publication. Registration of a large collection of work saves you lots of money!!!

Also, published work may be subject to fair use which prevents you from filing a viable claim for infringement.

So stay tuned. I hope to complete the article in about 3 days. I will post in the writing section on my page and I will post it in a blog.

In the meantime, I will keep spreading the word.

Dave Moilanen in reply to Helen Bascom KMA’s comment, 2 months ago

You’re awesome Helen! We all would be lost without you. Thank you so much for all that you do for us. I for one truely appreciate everything you have done for us.

Patricia L. Ba..., 2 months ago

Thanks, Dave and Helen. I set aside this afternoon for checking out this subject.

Dave Moilanen in reply to Patricia L. Ballard’s comment, 2 months ago

Thanks for taking the time and looking into this Pat. When you find out who is supporting this bill (Microsoft, Google, and even Hollywood for that fact) it gives you a good idea why they want this passed.

DefyingGravity, 2 months ago

Thank you so much Helen! You are an angel. We need the goods on the current situation and the prospective one. There definitely COULD be merits to a registered copyright, if it was handled with great respect to creators. There seems to be some notion that anyone can make art, so there is little value put on it. If anyone can make art, why do they want to use someone elses, that is my question.

But there is tremendous investment of energy, knowledge, training and skill in every single piece of art. And the act of publishing and marketing is an intense and costly endeavor in terms of both money and personal resources. That needs to be respected and recompensed. I don’t see other professions offering to work for free!

The synchronous combination of inspiration, talent, technical ability, motivation, ambition, timing, the alignment of the planets, etc to produce a piece of art happen only once. If missed, that image is forever lost. To bring all of these things together is nothing short of a miracle. For those who bring all of these things together and gift the world with the results, there should be respect and compensation given gladly.

If we acknowledge the wonder of our work and that of other artists, then the world at large will offer us that same wonder. Too often artist marginalize what they do and its contribution to humanity. If we will marginalize ourselves, we invite others to do the same. We need to stand proud and expect that from others. If we do this, the bill will see changes and our protections will improve.

So write letters, send emails, call and even visit your representative’s offices and sign petitions. Inform others, ask them to stand up and help present a united front to achieve the best protection we can get. If you see copyright infringement anywhere, speak up. If we don’t protect other people’s work, no one will protect ours!

Helen Bascom KMA, 2 months ago

The Orphan Works Bill is out of committee. Now is the time to zealously advocate for defeat of this bill. Please go to the Illustrators Partnership of America Legislative Action Center for more information and useful links to contact your Senators and Representatives.

This Bill will substantially limit your ability to recover financially if your work is infringed, even if your work was registered with the U.S. Copyright Office prior to infringement. So registration with the U.S. Copyright Office is a waste of your money if this Bill passes.

Important elements of the HOUSE BILL

Coerced Registration

• The Orphan Works Act would force artists to risk their lives’ work to subsidize the start-up ventures of private, profit making registries, using untested image recognition technology and untried business models. These models would inevitably favor the aggregation of images into corporate databases over the licensing of copyrights by the lone artists who create the art.

International Impact

• Because an unmarked picture cannot be sourced or dated, works by artists outside the U.S. will be as vulnerable to infringement in the U.S. as work by domestic artists.

• Presumably the Copyright Office and Congress expect non U.S. artists to register all their past and future art with the new hypothetical U.S. databases, or see their work exposed to commercial infringement under U.S. law.

• It is a violation of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works for any country to impose registration on a rights holder as as a condition of protecting his copyright.

Please take this opportunity to protect your rights under the current copyright law by speaking out against this proposed legislation.