Please take the time to read this article by Brad Holland of the Illustrators' Partnership of America. It addresses each of your points listed here and shows why this act IS a legitimate concern for artists (though not a maniacal machination). The article is well sourced and documented.
Orphan Works Act IS a problem
Please take the time to read this article by Brad Holland of the Illustrators' Partnership of America. It addresses each of your points listed here and shows why this act IS a legitimate concern for artists (though not a maniacal machination). The article is well sourced and documented.
-Houston Trueblood
http://www.illustratorspartnership.org/01_topics/article.php?searchterm=00264