Time For Another Round of "Comments That I Think Are Ridiculous"!

Hey readers (all two of you),
It has recently come to my attention that there are many people out there who think that the Orphan Art Bill is all fine and dandy and ONLY affects works whose authors a] have been dead for 170 years and/or b] cannot be located.
Allow me to clear something up for those who believe that that is all this bill does and believe that it is harmless.

If this bill passes, there will be registries where artists will have to register their work. Ahem, excuse me, pay to register their work and have it copyrighted. There has been no definite information given as to how many registries there will be, but it has been proposed that there will be many and they will be online, instead of one big base. Now, with that history, here is an illustration:

Say artist Jane produced 1,000 sketches, 120 preliminary planning cartoons and 8 paintings. If she wants those ideas and those pieces of her art to remain in her control and copyrighted, she will have to register every single piece. And let's say it's $5.00 to register each piece. That's $5,640 a year to have YOUR OWN WORK OWNED BY YOU . Now, if she accidentally drops that sketch carrying all her art supplies to the studio and someone working for, oh say, Camel cigarettes finds that sketch, they must then go to registries (let's say...5) and do a reasonable search (mind you, there may be many, many, many registries...so what constitutes a reasonable search, you ask? Yeah...I'm asking, too) and if they cannot find the owner, JACKPOT! It's theirs to advertise with and you have no say and no ownership of your work.

This bill does NOT protect only old works and it doesn't protect work made outside of the USA.

Also, if Jane realises what has happened, to get any retribution, she must find exactly WHO took her work and how many times and where in the whole WORLD it was used.

I don't know about you, but to me, it's pretty damn clear that this bill has some nice loopholes...don't you think?

That is why this bill is so important and if it passes...say goodbye to art as you know it.

So, comments that I think are ridiculous: Comments made by those who have NOT done their research and believe this bill is not a serious threat.