Fellow artists,
THE HOUSE ORPHAN WORKS BILL (H.R. 5889) IS MOVING IN THE HOUSE NOW 10.2.08 Phone, fax, email these Congressman immediately DELAHUNT Phone (202) 225 3111 Fax (202) 225-5658 CONYERS Phone: (202) 225-5126 Fax: (202) 225-0072 NADLER Phone: (202) 225-5635 Fax: (202) 225-6923 EXPRESS YOUR OUTRAGE AT THE WAY THIS IS BEING DONE We've been getting assurances all day that the bill was "dead for this year." TELL THEM NOT TO PASS THIS ANTI-COPYRIGHT LAW * UNDER COVER OF NIGHT TELL THEM THIS IS AN OUTRAGEOUS WAY TO RE-WRITE THE COPYRIGHT LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES - Brad Holland and Cynthia Turner, for the Board of the Illustrators' Partnership _______________________________________________________________
Over 75 organizations oppose this bill, representing over half a million creators. Illustrators, photographers, fine artists, songwriters, musicians, and countless licensing firms all believe this bill will harm their small businesses. U.S. Creators and the image-making public can email Congress through the Capwiz site:http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home/ 2 minutes is all it takes to tell the U.S. Congress to uphold copyright protection for the world's artists. INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS please fax these 4 U.S. State Agencies and appeal to your home representatives for intervention. http://www.illustratorspartnership.org/01_topics/article.php?searchterm=00267 CALL CONGRESS: 1-800-828-0498. Tell the U.S. Capitol Switchboard Operator "I would like to leave a message for Congressperson __________ that I oppose the Orphan Works Act." The switchboard operator will patch you through to the lawmaker's office and often take a message which also gets passed on to the lawmaker. Once you're put through tell your Representative the message again. |
| STOP THE U.S. ORPHAN WORKS ACT NOW. |
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Some good news!
Google Loses German Copyright Cases Over Image-Search Previews By Karin Matussek from http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=a_C1wVkCvPww
Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Google Inc., owner of the world's most popular Internet-search engine, lost two copyright lawsuits in Germany over displaying photos and artworks as thumbnails in a preview of search results.
Google's preview of a picture by German photographer Michael Bernhard violates his copyrights, the Regional Court of Hamburg ruled, his lawyer Matthies van Eendenburg said in an interview today. Thomas Horn, who holds the copyrights on some comics that were displayed in Google search results, won a second case, court spokeswoman Sabine Westphalen said in an e-mail.
``It doesn't matter that thumbnails are much smaller than original pictures and are displayed in a lower resolution,'' the court said in its ruling for Bernhard. ``By using photos in thumbnails, no new work is created,'' that may have justified displaying them without permission.
The conflict highlights disputes over how copyrighted works can be used without an owner's permission. Web sites such as Google have made it easier for consumers to share such material, prompting artists, publishers and sports leagues to step up efforts to protect their property.
Google's German spokesman Stefan Keuchel didn't immediately reply to a message left on his voice-mail requesting comment.
The rulings can be appealed.
German newspaper Computerbild earlier reported the ruling for Horn.
The cases are 308 O 42/06 and 308 O 248/07 at the Hamburg Regional Court.
To contact the reporter on this story: Karin Matussek in Berlin at kmatussek@bloomberg.net
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