• About donS

    Don Schaefer is a MALC steering committee member who works with many artist-related issues. He is co-administrator of Pro-Imaging.org and Campaign Director for Artists-Bill-of-Rights.org.

    http://artists-bill-of-rights.org

    NOW! What you can do to stop MCC budget cuts!

    by  • April 11, 2013 • Calls to Action, Issues, Legislation

    IMPORTANT! The House Way and Means Committee released its budget on Wednesday and the result is not pretty for the arts, culture, and creative community. Ways and Means proposed a $8.2 million budget for the Massachusetts Cultural Council — a $1.5 million CUT to the Commonwealth’s investment in Massachusetts creative community. We need to...

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    Pt 2: Authors, the Penguin/Random House merger and YOU

    by  • April 10, 2013 • News, Of Note

    As promised, Pt 2 of comment on the merger of two publishing giants offers a different perspective than Pt 1. The following is opinion from American author Michael Levin: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p016tm5z (scroll to 06:15) You may not agree but, at least,  you’ll be informed. And why not have a look at Scott Turow’s April 7, 2013 Op-Ed:

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    Important Limited Edition Print Decision

    by  • March 31, 2013 • Issues, Legislation, News

    What if you want to create subsequent editions of work you printed previously as “Limited Edition”? U.S. District Court Judge Deborah Batts ruled on March 28 that you may proceed if the process you use is different from what you used to create the original edition. Judge Batts’ ruling dismissed Jonathan Sobel’s case against...

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