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OK, inlägget nedanför det jag skriver här är från USA, men om det går igenom, och man planerar tillämpa det så skulle man kunna hugga vilket spel som helst, försöka leta upp den som gjort det. Ge upp och själv ge ut det under parollen att copyright för upphovsmän kränker rätten till "free speech" och att kulturen borde spridas till så många som möjligt. USA är för härligt.
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>From Illustrators' Partnership of America
The U.S. Copyright Office is seeking to examine the issues raised by
orphaned works, that is, copyrighted works whose owners
are "difficult" or impossible to locate. The "Orphan Work" study was
announced January 27th, requesting written comments by March 25 from
all parties who would be affected by a change in the law. Since the
rights of all artists are at stake, the Illustrators' Partnership is
submitting the following letter to the Copyright Office. We invite
your organization's leadership to read it, consider it, and if you
choose, join us in signing it to go on record with the U.S. Copyright
Office as an Arts Organization that supports upholding copyright
protection.
The Orphan Work study has been prompted in part by lawsuits filed by
Lawrence Lessig, the Founder of Creative Commons and a leading
spokesman for the "Free Culture" movement. The stated mission of
Creative Commons is to roll back copyright law to allow "open access
to the information commons." It's allied to another group called PK
(for Public Knowledge). PK receives funding from the MacArthur
Foundation, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, and Andy Warhol
Foundation, among others. (
www.publicknowledge.org) The suits are
planned and executed as "phases" by the Stanford Law School Center
for Internet and Society. Lawrence Lessig is Founder and Director of
that organization as well.
It's the contention of this well-funded movement that copyright
protection for creative work restrains creativity and free speech.
They've embarked on a many-faceted effort to limit or roll back
copyrights throughout the world.
Kahle v. Ashcroft is one of a series of lawsuits designed to force
protected creative work into the public domain. Two commercial
archives have asked the U.S. District Court for the Northern District
of California to declare unconstitutional statutes that guarantee the
term of copyright protection. The plaintiffs argue that four
copyright laws, including the 1976 Copyright Act, are collectively
keeping people from gaining access to these orphaned works. The case
was dismissed on November 19, 2004, but attorney Lawrence Lessig says
the decision will be appealed. He says they had always planned to
fight the decisive battle in the appellate courts.
The following letter is long because we've tried to address the
specific issues raised by these Federal challenges, but we hope
you'll take the time to read it and we invite you to share it with
your members. Individual artists may sign the Illustrators'
Partnership submission to the Copyright Office as well.
Artists must sign their full names and country. They may also add an
expertise: commercial or editorial illustrator, cartoonist,
architectural illustrator, dimensional illustrator, medical
illustrator, natural science illustrator, painter, artist's
representative, etc. and add any professional affiliation(s).
Many artists from ASFA have already signed. Several groups have
signed on as groups: The Association of Medical Illustrators , The
Artists Rights Society (U.S.), The Society of Children's Book Writers
and Illustrators, Association of Illustrators (UK), and the Arts
Council (New York City). These groups are also sending the letter to
their members for individual signatures. CAPIC (Canada) is presenting
the letter to their board. So is the Swedish Illustrators
Association, The Assocation Europeene des Illustrateurs Médicaux
et
Scientifiques and the Society of Illustrators Los Angeles, Society of
Illustrators NY, The National Cartoonists Society, Volunteer Lawyers
for the Arts NY, and The American Society of Architectural
Illustrators, among others. You can view the names of artists here:
http://illustratorspartnership.org/ubb/ultimatebb.php?
ubb=get_topic;f=23;t=000005
Organizations and their members must please reply by e-mail with Add
My Name in the subject line no later than March 23 to
info@illustratorspartnership.org.
This letter may be forwarded in its entirety to any interested
parties.
With Kind Regards,
Brad Holland and Cynthia Turner
Illustrators' Partnership of America
For more information about The U.S. Copyright Office on the Notice of
Inquiry: Orphan Works:
http://www.copyright.gov/fedreg/2005/70fr3739.html
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