Orphan Works: A License To Infringe

The proposed Senate Bill 2913 and House of Representatives Bill 5889 (The Orphan Works Act of 2008) allows for use of works for which the copyright holder can't be found and limits liability for those users who perform and document "a qualifying search, in good faith, for the owner of the infringed copyright."

Uh, sounds similar? Coincidentally we have a very similar case with ZKM/Globorama

It is an arrogant legislation that legalises theft and will affect artists and other creators of intellectual property everywhere, reducing your intellectual property rights and defying international understandings such as the Berne Convention.
This will put will put thousands of artists in small businesses out of business.

No matter if you live and work in the US, please read, think it over
http://stevemarselphotoblog.typepad.com/steve_marsel_photo_blog/
read the recent post as well

and take action:
http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home/

and sign the petition online:
http://www.petitiononline.com/Stop2913/petition.html

to protect your livelyhoods!

Yours,
Tamas
http://www.worldpanoramastock.com/