Legislation
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The Legislative Building in Olympia, Washington.
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Water color of a double decker bus at the legislative grounds in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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From the traveling exhibit Mother.Culture. / Currently showing in Sacramento’s Phantom Gallery through January 2008. / Contact Rachel Valley to make an appointment for a private showing. Mother.Culture Page Women’s breasts are protected by the law of the land in many countries. It is even legal for a woman to be top free in some states in the U.S. My question is how did something so basic become so complicated it garnered legislation? I appreciate that it is in place regardless.
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Something every artist should know about!
by Erin JayCongress is likely going to be considering new Orphan Works legislation in the upcoming session...
Congress is likely going to be considering new Orphan Works legislation in the upcoming session This legislation would require all creative works to be registered, for a fee, with private copyright registration companies. If a work is unregistered or cannot be located with a good faith search, it becomes an ‘orphan work’ and thereby become free for both non-profit and commercial uses. What does this mean for us? Well, if current statements are true and the proposed legislation bears a strong resemblance to the version of the bill put before Congress 2 sessions ago it means that a lot of online artists are going to be boned royally if this passes. Here’s a breakdown of why this legislation, if allowed to go through, is incredibly bad for artists, writers, and musicians, especially those of us who post work online: -It makes no distinction between the work of international artists and the work of American artists. Which means all of you lovely people in Australia and the UK have just lost your copyright in the United States unless you’re willing to pay a fee (and don’t get me started on exchange rates) to at least one, and more likely several, American companies. This is the same reason I detest the current internet gambling laws in the US; American legislation should only affect American citizens. When you start trampling on the intellectual property rights of the citizens of other countries, you are violating international law. And guess what? By allowing American companies to ignore the intellectual property rights of foreign nationals, we allow them to do the same to us under provisions in the international copyright law. -It places an onerous financial obligation on not just working artists, but anyone who shares an image or a piece of writing online. As artists we already have significant expenses related to the creation of our respective works. What this legislation does, in essence, is force artists to pay a fee to a privately owned company for the ‘privilege’ of creating our work and retaining the right to use it as we deem fit. Using myself as an example: Between my fractals, writing, photography, painting, and other pursuits, I create approximately 100 new pieces of art a year. If there is only one registration company, and their fee is a supposedly reasonable $5 per work, that means I’m paying $500 a year to be allowed to retain my copyright. If there are 3 companies, I’ll have to pay $1500. This gets even worse if you consider casual posting. Assume the average family takes 300 photos a year, between birthdays, vacations, and other everyday things. If you don’t register your private family photos with these companies (to the tune of well over $1500), you could find little Jimmy’s birthday photos plastered on a billboard without your consent. Which brings me to my next point… -If your work is deemed to be an orphan work, you have little hope of regaining your copyright or of receiving full compensation for its use. If you take someone to court for improper use of your work, the onus is on you as the creator to prove that the work is yours, and if the courts decide in your favor, there is no allowance in the legislation for the recovery of legal fees. Not only that, but the legislation does not require that a company cease commercial use of your work, even if a court rules in your favor! The only requirement is that the violator of your copyright pays you ‘fair value’ of your work. You lose your right to damages, and you lose your right to tell them to stop. -Anyone can register an image without proof that they actually hold copyright. Which means that Billy Joe Artthief from down the street can register your works and steal your copyright. Once again, if you sue and manage to win your copyright back, you are not entitled to damages. -The technology being proposed for use of enforcement of the law has a woefully high failure rate. On March 13, 2008, PicScout, the creators of one of the software applications used in the registries, stated to the House IP subcommittee: “Our technology can match images, or partial information of an image, with 99% success.” Please turn that around, and notice that 1% failure rate. That means for every million works that actually are registered, 10,000 of them are going to not be found in a search and deemed to be an orphan work anyway, in spite of being properly registered. This is just the tip of the iceberg, folks—the problems with this legislation are myriad. But what it all boils down to is that IT IS LEGALIZING THE THEFT OF YOUR WORK! This is the reason why international copyright law expressly forbids coerced registration as a condition of maintaining copyright. So please, if you live in the US, get in contact with your local US representative and let them know why they need to vote against this legislation. It doesn’t need to be as long or as detailed as what I just wrote, but it does need to be heartfelt. Let our government know that we do not want them legalizing the theft of our creations! More links: Mind Your Business: You Will Lose All The Rights to Your Own Art an editorial about the proposed legislation. Makes many of the same points I just did, plus several more. The ASMP page monitoring the status of the current Orphan Works legislation. The thread in the RedBubble General Discussion Forum Helen Bascom’s journal article with commentary and a sample letter to your legislator EDIT: There are two online petitions now circulating to petition against the Orphan Works legislation. Please click the links below if you wish to sign them. Deviants Against the ‘Orphaned Works’ Bill Say ‘NO!’ to the Orphan Works Act
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On the 12th June, Briain’s Shadow Home Secretary blasted the government and its controversial ‘42 Days’ law – the right to detain without charge people suspected of terrorism, a law which was by many accounts “bullied” through parliament by the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Now I have no better solution for what to do in these uncertain times, but I utterly applaud Davis’ convictions in resigning from his position, and forcing a by-election in his electorate. The words of his speech are inspirational, and not wholly transferred onto this shirt. Highlights: This Sunday is the anniversary of Magna Carta, a document that guarantees the fundamental element of British freedom, habeas corpus. The right not to be imprisoned by the state without charge or reason. But yesterday this house allowed the state to lock up potentially innocent citizens for up to six weeks without charge. Because the generic security arguments relied on will never go away – technology, developing complexity and so on – we will next see 56 days, now it’s 70 days, 90 days. 42 days is just one, perhaps the most salient example, of the insidious, surreptitious and relentless erosion of fundamental British freedoms. We will have, shortly, the most intrusive identity card system in the world, a CCTV camera for every 14 citizens, a DNA database bigger than any dictator should have with thousands of innocent children and millions of innocent citizens on it. consider one of the most fundamental issues of our day: the ever intrusive power of the state into our lives, the loss of privacy, the loss of freedom and the steady attrition undermining the rule of law.
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Acrylic on 24 X 36 Canvas
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Legislative Grounds on a cloudy day!
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Over top of the Road that goes under the Legislative grounds.
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Legislative Grounds Edmonton.
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Legislative Grounds Edmonton
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A shelf of vintage Canadian law books from the early 1900s, all copyright removed.
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A row of well-aged vintage Canadian Law Journal books from the late 1800s, all copyright removed.
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A double-decker bus passes the Legislative Council Building, Hong Kong.
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The dome and famous Golden Boy on top of the Manitoba Legislative Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Treated with fractalius filter by Redfield.
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Alberta Legislative Building Cold Sunny afternoon 3 bracketted shots Lumix FZ18 with Photomatix HDR
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A “pit bull” wearing a pink collar looking down main street of a small town. She is feared and discriminated against because of what she looks like. She is a victim of the media which portrays her as a vicious killer even though she was the one thrown from a car on a freeway when she was 5 months old.
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I had just gotten my new camera, a Canon 40D, in October when I could not wait for my CF card to arrive by mail and had to rush out and buy one at the store. Along my way I ran across this homeless man and his dog. I took over 500 pictures of the two. The thought of the event still brings tears to my eyes. I have not been able to locate the two since that day, but I keep searching. Here’s what happened: I spotted this homeless man with his dog, he was ever so gentle and loving with man’s best friend. Chris told me his dog Brandy was all he had in the world. His last dog was taken away from him by the police and put to sleep, because he did not have tags or a licence. How can anyone take the only thing that a homeless person has? Chris and Brandy both have such beautifully soulful eyes. Through all the pictures I took, this man was smiling. I kept wondering what made him so happy? Maybe it boils down to having the one you love with you, his dog.
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this is about as close as I’ve ever gotten to the statue…..I was near a bus stop right by the legislative building when I took this today.
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another view of the goldenboy
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in 1832….well a few things. Courtesy of Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1832 February 9 – The Florida Legislative Council grants a city charter for Jacksonville, Florida. February 12 – Ecuador annexes the Galapagos Islands. February 12 – Cholera breaks out in London, claiming at least 3,000 victims. It spreads to France and North America later this year. March 24 – In Hiram, Ohio a group of men beat, tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith, Jr.. Hambacher Fest. April 6 – USA: The Black Hawk War begins. May 7 – The Treaty of London creates an independent Kingdom of Greece. Otto of Wittelsbach, Prince of Bavaria is chosen King. Thus begins the History of modern Greece. May 11 – Greece is recognized as a sovereign nation; the Treaty of Constantinople ends the Greek War of Independence in July. May 10 – The Egyptians, aided by Maronites, seize Acre from the Ottoman Empire after a 7-month siege. May 30 / o Germany: Hambacher Fest, a demonstration for civil liberties and national unity ends with no result. / o Canada: The Rideau Canal in eastern Ontario is first opened. June 5 – France: June Rebellion, Anti-monarchist riots briefly break out in Paris. June 6 – The barricades fall and the Student Uprisings of 1832 end. June 7 – The Reform Act 1832 becomes law in Britain. [edit] July – December July 4 – The University of Durham is founded by an act of Parliament and given royal assent by King William IV. September – Belvedere College, Dublin, is founded by the order of the Jesuit Society of Ireland. October 19 – Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity is founded at Hamilton College. November 14 – Charles Carroll, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence dies at his home in Maryland at age 95. December 3 – U.S. presidential election, 1832: Andrew Jackson is re-elected president. December 4 – Battle of Antwerp: The last remaining Dutch enforcement, the citadel, is under French attack. December 21 – Battle of Konya: The Egyptians defeat the main Ottoman army in central Anatolia. December 23 – The Battle of Antwerp ends with the Netherlands losing the city. [edit] Undated George Catlin starts to live among the Sioux in the Dakota Territory. William Howley Archbishop of Canterbury has his coach attacked by an angry mob on his first official visit to Canterbury.
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Nikon D5000 Camera. Lens: AF-S Nikkor 18-105mm HDR Image, 3 bracketed Shots -2, 0, +2, ISO 200,Tripod Photomatix. Tweaked in Elements 2. Alberta Legislature Building front entrance taken at 10.30 pm on June 23. There are long summer days now in Edmonton, the sunset was at 10.10 pm. This image was taken with my new Nikon D5000. I looked at a lot of DSLRs and thought I would buy a Canon, maybe a Rebel or a 40D (we have a Canon 20D with a great 24-105 lens I can use at work), the landscapes and portraits were fantastic, but the Nikon could take better indoor sport shots and I expect a good camera to handle that. Also the graphic menu on the 5000 is what I need to learn more about light control and using a DSLR. The picture of the aperture changing with the different F number, works best for me. Thanks to Jason for lending me his Canon 40D, Rubicon for her Nikon D300.
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Alberta Legislature Building East entrance taken at 11.00 pm on June 23 Nikon D5000 Camera. Lens: AF-S Nikkor 18-105mm HDR. 3 bracketed images -2, 0, +2 , ISO 200, Tripod. Photomatix. Tweaked in Elements 2,
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Parliament House. / Adelaide – South Australia. Click image to view larger. Canon 50D / 17 – 85mm
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Kahuna Luna on his first birthday, February 14, 2009. Puppy dog Luna (Moon), is in his forever home in Colorado Springs. To read his heart breaking story, the Los Lunas, New Mexico article can be found at http://www.news-bulletin.com/news/78402-03-09-08.html
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