i think any bill that is being discussed in one iteration or another represents "intent still in play". the orphan works idea is still onerous and is still being considered if the comment about 2008 session is true - in any event, you can be sure some who signed on to the first version are still seated in congress. i know many illustrators who have been making a living for a long time... so long that some of their early art has been misplaced from one move or another. several of these artists are concerned about the intent behind bill #1 and the potential for redrafts. in case of a congress that is democrat-controlled, there is a little less to worry about. if, however, it does return creative people should be alert.

to make it a little more real even for those who do not make a living with IP, the thinking behind the original legislation could conceivablly affect the journal you kept in college, but which you lost when you graduated.... someone might find it years later at a goodwill store, come across material in it of interest, take it to a producer friend who could help put something together that resembles your life (or your college creative writing) on the big screen without obligation to you in any way. Or how about those poems you thought might make great song lyrics that you lost a couple of decades ago?

no reason to be alarmed, of course, but informed, alert, and not naive...