If you like in the U.S, please read his article in full before attempting to faint [link]ageone&article_no=3605

It is about the Orphan Works legislation.

There isnt much i can say about it since it was all stated in the article; I will do some more researches on it and post more.

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Just now i was contacted by a friend of mine concerned about this issue and i realize one thing: unsolicited opinion is more dangerous than guns and tornado. Truth to be told when i heard of the bill from one of my watchee journal; i was quite upset and decide to spread the word on the issue. After some 'reasonably diligent searches' i came to a conclusion that... i wont be needing my torch and pitchfork anymore since there isnt any witch to burn. Sensationalism get us one again! Despite the number of outraging artist creaming for justice in the end their source of opinion will be traced back to Mark Simon article on Animation world magazine and the interview with Brad Holland. My though about them aside since i cant really afford another investigation on their credibility; no matter how great they are those are still only their take on the issue and yet since the article is posted people have been follow each other like sheep and plagiarize each other on the issue of theft and registration:

-The bill will automatic orphanized all of your work and make them vulnerable to theft...
-You will have to register every piece of work you ever produce to be protected and it will cost a lot of money.
-People will be able to register your work and sue you if you use it.
( I am guilty as charged)

There are some other argument on the unreliability of the search program and someone brought up an interesting idea of making the orphaned work open to public domain. I think that is a good idea... problem? We dont know! We dont know if they are open to public domain or someone can pick it up; register and claim it for themselves!? We dont know because the 2008 bill is not here; or there; or anywhere to be found as it is still being drafted! If the 2006 bill remain unchanged then there is something i can say straight off the bat: It doesnt work that way!'

-Your work are still subject to Copyright law and will belong to you as soon as you created it. ( no (c) is needed)
-You are entitled to a 'reasonable amount of compensation( this is arguable) if someone use your work without your consent. However given that they comply to the search regulation and your work can be counted as an orphan you wont be able to change the concept or create derivatives of the work anymore and you cant take legal action against them if they remove your work from use.
-You dont 'have' to register your work to be protected.

I found those quite reasonable since it will free up more opportunity for broken works to be complete and serve their purpose instead of wither away. Others artist may not agree... fine! They will have their say as long as it is not another quote from IPA banner or some dramatization of the bleak future the bill will cause. Since i started writing this journal my opinion on the bill and this whole ordeals has changed quite a bit thanks to some helpful comment from other users (not agree with all of them) so yeah i still believe that working together to reach an agreement is better than destructive warfare.

Imagine what will your congressman will think after reading a bunch of letter along of the line of 'Me no like bill; Simon said bill bad! Make me pay big money! Please no pass bill to me :wink:'? He will be convinced of course! there are so many people against it so it has to be bad! So he go off to teach Lamar Smith a lesson. But then he find out that 'It doesnt work that way!' and since no one give him anything more useful than it will 'destroy our livelihood' and 'imagine the money poor artist have to spent' or ' corporate have money to play'... he will eventually be convinced by the other party and your though will never be heard. Another rule that you think is ridiculous will be passes and you have a perfect opportunity to stop it but didnt because you choose blissful ignorant and believe in what others told you as always!!? ( that is over-dramatized as a congressman should do their own research before hand)

The point is after attempt to communicate with some people who argues against the bill; i find out that some of them were misrepresented with how the bill work while some others dont actually against the bill but actually thinking there are better ways to use the orphaned work(a.k.a improve the existing bill) but only reacted due to the 'facts' presented to them... Instead of following suit and commit to a cause that another person write down to you present what you actually thing of the problem. It work better for the consensus! Dont try to give them what they want! tell them what you want! That how law should be passed: as something people want not what they herd is correct.

I'm indifferent whether the bill is passed or not neither does i support or against the bill i just cant stand hearing similar argument and clicking link that lead to the same page over and over again.

Side note:It is still under debate in Europe and Canada has use the compulsory licensing scheme to deal with this problem. Apparently there is a similar regulation for U.K call the IPmanifesto for freeing up library material for research (need more reading).

Now if only i can give the same level of attention to my essay.... that would be great!