{"id":4941,"date":"2015-07-22T11:10:53","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T15:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/?p=4941"},"modified":"2015-07-22T13:34:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-22T17:34:00","slug":"reminder-critical-call-to-action-copyright-office-letters-due-july-23rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/opinions\/reminder-critical-call-to-action-copyright-office-letters-due-july-23rd\/","title":{"rendered":"Reminder: Critical Call to Action! Copyright Office Letters Due July 23rd!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Copyright Office is proposing a new\u00a0Copyright Act!<\/span><\/h4>\n

As we mentioned in several blog posts, the Copyright Office plans to draft a new\u00a0Copyright Act that would drastically change the current copyright protection of one’s intellectual property. This new act would make it very difficult to realistically protect one’s art and intellectual property.<\/p>\n

[blockquote align=”none” cite=” ~ Mark Getty*, \u201dBlood and Oil,\u201d The Economist (March 4, 2000), p. 68″]Intellectual Property is the oil of the 21st century. Look at the richest men a hundred years ago; they all made their money extracting natural resources or moving them around. All of today\u2019s richest men have made their money out of intellectual property.[\/blockquote]<\/p>\n

*\u00a0Quote from\u00a0Mark Getty, the grandson of oilman J. Paul Getty and co-founder of Getty Investments LLC and Getty Images, \u00a0one of the largest private owners of photographic and moving images.\u00a0<\/i>http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

Write the Copyright Office TODAY!<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

The Copyright Office has asked for input from the visual arts community.<\/strong><\/p>\n

LETTERS ARE DUE ON OR BEFORE\u00a0THURSDAY, JULY 23rd!<\/span><\/h4>\n

It is critical they hear from our community and our supporters.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Send your letter electronically as a PDF or word document via this link:
\nhttp:\/\/copyright.gov\/policy\/visualworks\/comment-form\/<\/a><\/p>\n

(Note: If you are a non-U.S. artist, be sure to click\u00a0the “state”\u00a0dropdown field in the online form, scroll to the bottom and select “Non-U.S.A. Location\u00a0“. If you continue to have trouble, email:\u00a0Catherine Rowland,\u00a0<\/b>crowland@loc.gov<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

Letters should be addressed to:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Maria Pallante
\nRegister of Copyrights
\nU.S. Copyright Office
\n101 Independence Ave. S.E.
\nWashington, DC 20559-6000<\/p>\n

and begin:<\/p>\n

RE: Notice of Inquiry,\u00a0Copyright Office, Library of Congress Copyright Protection\u00a0for Certain Visual Works (Docket No. 2015-01)<\/p>\n

Dear Ms. Pallante & U.S. Copyright Office Staff:<\/p>\n

There are five questions the Office\u00a0is asking of\u00a0both artists and buyers, in addition to comments you may have on mass digitization by licensed institutions and their recommendations\u00a0to commercialize orphan works. Please read: http:\/\/copyright.gov\/fedreg\/2015\/80fr23054.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

The questions are:<\/p>\n

1. What are the most significant challenges related to monetizing and\/or licensing photographs, graphic artworks, and\/or illustrations?<\/p>\n

2. What are the most significant enforcement challenges for photographers, graphic artists, and\/or illustrators?<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0What are the most significant registration challenges for photographers, graphic artists, and\/or illustrators?<\/p>\n

4. What are the most significant challenges or frustrations for those who wish to make legal use of photographs, graphic art works, and\/or illustrations?<\/p>\n

5. What other issues or challenges should the Office be aware of regarding photographs, graphic artworks, and\/or illustrations under the Copyright Act?<\/p>\n

and you may want to add<\/strong> –\u00a0What are the most significant challenges artists would face if these new copyright proposals become law?<\/p>\n

Here is a link to a past MALC \u00a0blog post that will further explain the issues and the history of this ongoing battle and\u00a0has sample letters:
\nhttp:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/news\/part-2-artists-letters-to-the-copyright-office\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Another blog post with some additional history on this battle in 2006 and 2008:
\nhttp:\/\/artlicensingshow.com\/your-copyrights-could-be-undergoing-drastic-changes\/<\/a><\/p>\n

PLEASE take the time to do this letter and encourage others to do the same.<\/p>\n

On behalf of the MALC Steering Committee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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