Orphaned Art Bill

First order of business: To all artists,

And to all those who appreciate the arts and support artists may they be graphic designers, painters, photographers, sketchers, knitters, scuptors, what have you.
And to all those who care about copyright laws, your work being stolen or your creative rights, please go to this link and read this article:


Mind Your Business: You Will Lose All The Rights to Your Own Art

I highly recommend listening to the phone call interview with Brad Holland at the end of the article. It’s about 45 minutes (or so long), but well worth it. Holland explains exactly what this bill is trying to do and the loopholes that it is quietly slipping through. This bill is a REAL possibility, unfortunately, and as Simon says, this bill is counting on apathy from the art community. We cannot allow this bill to pass, so get out of your studio, put on some sunscreen and shades and get the word out.

Help protect international copyright laws and let us make the US obey them. Or the world of art as we know it will parish. In VERY short, this bill privatizes creativity–I didn’t think it was possible, either, but it is in this country, apparently. Oh, and everyone outside the US–your art is at risk as well. If this bill passes, there will be: No more googling your favourite artist. No more finding out the lastest in the contemporary art world. No more, no more, no more. No more posting your art ANYWHERE in ANY WAY. No more sharing.

PLEASE go to that link, I beg you and get on that mailing list so that we can stop these people from ruining the art world as we know it.

Thank you.