Artists! There's a good chance we're going to lose the rights to our work unless we stop legislation that's being proposed to congress. This has the potential to infect every country in the world. We need your help to stop this as soon as possible! Brad Holland is an expert in this new legislation and explains why artists worldwide will suffer if our current copyright law is replaced by the new proposals. Submit your letter here! copyright.gov/policy/visualworks/comment-form/ Sample letters from other artists: myemail.constantcontact.com/Artists-Alert--The-Return-of-Orphan-Works-Part-2---ARTISTS--LETTERS.html?soid=1102063090742&aid=DEeIBiwWgJ4 Illustrators’ Partnership Blog: ipaorphanworks.blogspot.com IPA Artists Alert conta.cc/1KvRTCR To sign-up for IPA Artists Alert visitor.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=001PKbLI8HmW-WMCfY7SNFNVhsoZYRpfhbjLUdt5qzjdVbgZEVxk61GVv658SQDIRO1S117wqC3hI_0EHHhO0GyOT6wmpxqkjOHqOKMU6i8S-pPXgAGQbNE40MvCfeS4ttDvTTSK4M8c-6nvHdflFDb3MRnSt6LNyfHQhCB5axh4VxhHVipS80C59J0_js16Nh_Fb21Y8eiZx2rSgp27rAtZOy4YgNIgk37 Copyright Office page where comments must be submitted online: copyright.gov/policy/visualworks/comment-form/ 4 articles written about this: Trojan Horse: Orphan Works and the War on Authors by Brad Holland www.jbiocommunication.org/free_issues/36-1/feature4.html Orphan Works Legislation—A Bad Deal for Artists by Bruce Lehman, Esq. www.jbiocommunication.org/free_issues/36-1/feature3.html Perfect and Strengthen Your Copyrights by Cynthia Turner www.jbiocommunication.org/free_issues/36-1/feature5.html Artists’ Rights are Human Rights By Chris Castle www.jbiocommunication.org/free_issues/36-1/feature1.html VIDEO: An Evening with Bruce Lehman Webcast presentation from Society of Illustrators (SI) New York - February 21, 2008 Sponsored by ASIP And SI Q & A about illustrators' reprographic rights and their right to remuneration. www.asip-repro.org/resources.html Orphan Works Roundtable Conducted by the Small Business Administration Salmagundi Art Club, New York, NY Initiated by the Illustrators’ Partnership of America, the Artists Rights Society and the Advertising Photographers of America, and conducted by Tom Sullivan, Director of the Office of Advocacy of the US Small Business Administration. This was the first effort to assess the economic impact of the Orphan Works Acts H.R. 5889 and S. 2913 on creators and small businesses. Seventeen distinguished panelists spoke, all freelance working artists and stakeholders who would be directly impacted by this proposed legislation. Six 3’x4’ exhibit panels demonstrated orphan work infringements. Presenter Bio Reactions Quote Video: vimeo.com/channels/artistsrights Presenters submitted written statements to IPA after the meeting. We compiled these into notebooks and distributed 14 notebooks of SBA Orphan Works Roundtable statements to key members of the Senate and House Judiciary Committees.

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