the Orphan Act

[Kire]

Yay, new law proposed says that if you make something, someone else can sell it with no penalty.

http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=p...rticle_no=3605

I don't think it'll pass, but in the meantime, everyone is losing their **** over it. Join in the fun!

[Valkysas]

Re: the Orphen Act

working link please?

or explanation?

[Kefka Jr.]

Re: the Orphen Act

How does a law like that even get proposed??

[Kire]

Re: the Orphen Act

blah, fixed.

"Currently, you don't have to register your artwork to own the copyright. You own a copyright as soon as you create something. International law also supports this. Right now, registration allows you to sue for damages, in addition to fair value." This'll basically change that.

EDIT: this is weird...the link works like, half the time. If you keep clicking it eventually works.

[Sivart the Sloth Trencher]

Re: the Orphen Act

I get two different errors/broken links, Kire.

[hitogoroshi]

Re: the Orphen Act

Wow, that is weird.

I got it to work by taking out the "&page1", so I edited Kires post to have that change. Then I clicked it again and it didn't work. Then I clicked it again and it did.

Perhaps the site is just running low on bandwidth? oO

[EDIT - yeapp. the site is just getting too many hits. Thats a good thing I suppose.]

[DarkwingChuck]

Re: the Orphen Act

Warning: mysql_pconnect(): User dan has already more than 'max_user_connections' active connections in /web/awn.com/docs/vmag/article.txt on line 25
Unable to connect to SQL Server

Way to go, dan.

[American Hero]

Re: the Orphan Act

That's sooooo dan.

[hitogoroshi]

Re: the Orphan Act

I emailed Norm Coleman about it. I'm still young enough to believe that actually matters. xD

[Goyle]

Re: the Orphan Act

Hooray for corporate greed.

I think this actually upsets me enough to write a letter to my designated representatives.

Bunch of Goddamn horse****.

[Stormy]

Re: the Orphan Act

BASS-TARDS!

[Karr Lord of Chaos]

Re: the Orphan Act

wont pass, just far too much opposition to such a bill. i wish green would eat these people alive.

[DK]

Re: the Orphan Act

I assumed this was more like to protect companies that actually have the capacity to actually publish stuff from being sued by johnny nobody for "ripping off" of their generic anime cat person when they put out some stupid book to appeal to 13 year olds.

[Libby]

Re: the Orphan Act

That just doesn't seem right. It's ridiculous that the rights of artists arn't respected. -.- It's all about the bloody money.

[The Toecutter]

Re: the Orphan Act

You'll probably never see the reverse happen: corporations who sit on patents to keep from the market products that are vital to our future will never have their 'rights' nullified(eg. Chevron and the NiMH electric vehicle battery).

It's always about taking from the bottom to give to the top, who already own more than the bottom do anyway...

I used to think we lived in the United States of America. If this actually does pass(unlikely it may be), it will add to the increasing volumes of evidence that we don't.