From The Chroncile
by —-Andrea L. Foster
May 15, 2008
Senate Committee Approves Orphan-Works Bill
The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved a bill today to make it easier for scholars, archivists, and others to use orphan works. These are books, films, and other creations whose owners cannot be identified. Those who redistribute the material risk incurring penalties for copyright infringement. The legislation, The Shawn Bentley Orphan Works Act, S.2913, would make it less costly for people to exploit orphan works.
A companion bill was approved by a panel of the U.S. House of Representatives last week.
Maybe now it is time for artists to ask why has the Graphic Artist's Guild told artists to not write letters?
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