The organization in the frontlines of this fight has made a point to answer every point in this blog:
FROM THE ILLUSTRATORS’ PARTNERSHIP:
We’ve seen “Six Misconceptions About Orphan Works” circulating on the Internet. It’s a well-reasoned piece, but has one problem. The author cites current copyright law to “debunk” concerns about an amendment that would change the law she cites.
How would the proposed amendment change the law? We’ll get to that and other questions in a minute. But first, let’s answer the broader charge that news of an Orphan Works bill is just “an internet myth.”
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THE ILLUSTRATORS’ PARTNERSHIP Reponds to this blog
FROM THE ILLUSTRATORS’ PARTNERSHIP:
We’ve seen “Six Misconceptions About Orphan Works” circulating on the Internet. It’s a well-reasoned piece, but has one problem. The author cites current copyright law to “debunk” concerns about an amendment that would change the law she cites.
How would the proposed amendment change the law? We’ll get to that and other questions in a minute. But first, let’s answer the broader charge that news of an Orphan Works bill is just “an internet myth.”
click for more
http://www.lostpencil.com/wordpress/?p=225
http://illustratorspartnership.org/