"That isn't the case now, and it isn't likely to be the case even if an orphan works bill passes."
"Nope. There is nothing on the table that suggests that the US will be pulling out of the Berne Convention, which is the international treaty which governs copyright provisions between countries. Marybeth Peters certainly isn't suggesting it."
"Nope. Under US copyright law..."
-- Cogress has passed laws that are illegal, they can and will make and pass laws that will destroy personal rights.
I think you misunderstand what this bill is proposing to do. It will make anything anyone makes (from your family photos you post on Photobucket, to the stories you post on Fictionpress.com) automatically an Orphaned Work that anyone can make money off of.
Essentially, it says, "You are NOT PROTECTED unless you register." No, registery is NOT required, but basically that copyright that applies "the instant I hit "post" on the form I'm typing this blog post in, the instant you step away from the canvas, the instant you hit "save" in Photoshop, that work is "in fixed form"..." will NOT be protected unless you pay to have it registered for protection.
All those laws and copyright statements you posted will be ignored under this bill.
So how do you PROTECT anything you ever draw, write, or post? By registering through PRIVATE COMPANIES and putting your works into their databanks. Now, it isn't "the moment you step away from the canvis," or "the moment you hit the post button," replace those words with, "the moment you pay to register..."
I think what Brad Holland and Mark Simon are trying to explain is this example: Say simply a photo of your newborn baby. Somebody can find that photo and use it in a magazine and make hundreds of dollars off of it. Upon searching the databases of the PRIVATE COMPANIES, that picture may not be found, and it is near-impossible to find the picture. Then, the person can register it, gain the copyrights, and there isn't a bloody thing you can do about it.
Why? "Well, your picture isn't protected under you, its protected by so-and-so who actually registered it."
I can't imagine anything I write or post on the Internet suddenly requiring registration for protection. www.fictionpress.com has 328,000+ stories and 707,000+ poetry and I can't imagine all of them suddenly losing their copyright. There must be millions upon millions of photos and written peices that could suddenly be up for grabs by anyone with a good eye.
And we're not even talking about people who want their stories published either. I can't imagine having literary agents suddenly needing to add "will help you register your work for protection!" to their advertisements, or worse, "promises not to register your work for our protection!"
Um... hard faith there
"Nope. There is nothing on the table that suggests that the US will be pulling out of the Berne Convention, which is the international treaty which governs copyright provisions between countries. Marybeth Peters certainly isn't suggesting it."
"Nope. Under US copyright law..."
-- Cogress has passed laws that are illegal, they can and will make and pass laws that will destroy personal rights.
I think you misunderstand what this bill is proposing to do. It will make anything anyone makes (from your family photos you post on Photobucket, to the stories you post on Fictionpress.com) automatically an Orphaned Work that anyone can make money off of.
Essentially, it says, "You are NOT PROTECTED unless you register." No, registery is NOT required, but basically that copyright that applies "the instant I hit "post" on the form I'm typing this blog post in, the instant you step away from the canvas, the instant you hit "save" in Photoshop, that work is "in fixed form"..." will NOT be protected unless you pay to have it registered for protection.
All those laws and copyright statements you posted will be ignored under this bill.
So how do you PROTECT anything you ever draw, write, or post? By registering through PRIVATE COMPANIES and putting your works into their databanks. Now, it isn't "the moment you step away from the canvis," or "the moment you hit the post button," replace those words with, "the moment you pay to register..."
I think what Brad Holland and Mark Simon are trying to explain is this example: Say simply a photo of your newborn baby. Somebody can find that photo and use it in a magazine and make hundreds of dollars off of it. Upon searching the databases of the PRIVATE COMPANIES, that picture may not be found, and it is near-impossible to find the picture. Then, the person can register it, gain the copyrights, and there isn't a bloody thing you can do about it.
Why? "Well, your picture isn't protected under you, its protected by so-and-so who actually registered it."
I can't imagine anything I write or post on the Internet suddenly requiring registration for protection. www.fictionpress.com has 328,000+ stories and 707,000+ poetry and I can't imagine all of them suddenly losing their copyright. There must be millions upon millions of photos and written peices that could suddenly be up for grabs by anyone with a good eye.
And we're not even talking about people who want their stories published either. I can't imagine having literary agents suddenly needing to add "will help you register your work for protection!" to their advertisements, or worse, "promises not to register your work for our protection!"
-- Colonel Marksman