tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19026679759701278362024-02-20T00:04:46.173-05:00ILLUSTRATORS' PARTNERSHIP ORPHAN WORKS BLOG<b>Updates for visual artists:</b><br>On copyright reform<br> On Orphan Works legislation<br>On securing Illustrators' orphaned reprographic royaltiesIllustrators' Partnership of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03444709819428474209noreply@blogger.comBlogger140125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902667975970127836.post-56869073063629838692019-04-14T16:51:00.000-04:002019-04-14T16:51:33.117-04:00Reprographic Royalties Part 2: Filing a Claim for UK Royalties Once you have joined the Artists Rights Society (ARS) as an Illustrator Member, you'll be eligible to file claims for international reprographic royalties.Because each country has different filing requirements, the most sensible step will be for American illustrators to begin compiling a catalog of their published works. The catalog need not be complete nor created all-at-once, but can be Illustrators' Partnership of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03444709819428474209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902667975970127836.post-48389061420934994622019-04-10T20:04:00.001-04:002019-04-14T16:54:35.752-04:00Reprographic Royalties Part 1: Artists Getting PaidIn January 2019, illustrators who have signed reprographic agreements with the Artists Rights Society (ARS) began receiving reprographic royalty checks. Last month, ARS sent out another round of checks to more new members. These payouts are a milestone: the first time American illustrators have ever received a share of these international reprographic royalties.
On March 25, Illustrators' Partnership of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03444709819428474209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902667975970127836.post-23621362193943217612017-04-24T21:45:00.001-04:002017-04-24T21:50:20.947-04:00Copyright Alert: H.R.1695Artists: Write Congress: Urge your Representative to Vote "Yes" on H.R. 1695, the "Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017."
Congress is considering a new bill to change the way the head of the Copyright Office is appointed. Under the new legislation - H.R. 1695 - the Register of Copyrights would be nominated by the President subject to confirmation by the Senate.
Illustrators' Partnership of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03444709819428474209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902667975970127836.post-63675063280129335252017-01-27T15:33:00.000-05:002017-01-28T15:37:23.391-05:00REMINDER: Protect Your Copyrights: Respond to this Library of Congress Survey The survey is short. Only a few words to say about yourself and 3 questions to answer. And if you don't have the time to write, you can copy and paste our suggestions.Please take a minute, go to this link and fill in the boxes.
A. In response to the 3 questions, here are some suggested answers.
B. In response to Item 4, you can upload Illustrators' Partnership of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03444709819428474209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902667975970127836.post-69816468958159460812017-01-16T20:01:00.001-05:002017-01-17T14:21:10.268-05:00Suggested Survey Responses to Librarian of Congress
Here is a sample response to the Library of Congress survey regarding a new Register of Copyrights. If you care about protecting your work, it's important that you respond to the survey by January 31. To do so, simply go to this link and answer in the boxes provided. Your opinions would be most valuable if stated in your own words, but please feel free to use our comments, either as Illustrators' Partnership of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03444709819428474209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902667975970127836.post-78493536076281811722017-01-16T19:30:00.000-05:002017-01-17T14:20:28.982-05:00Librarian of Congress Seeks Input on Register of CopyrightsSorry folks, another copyright deadline looms and those of us who care about protecting our work have until January 31 to respond to the survey posted here by Dr. Carla Hayden, the new Librarian of Congress.
The last we heard from Dr. Hayden, she had just unceremoniously sacked Maria Pallante, the Register of Copyrights. Now she "invites the public to provide input" to her on "the knowledge, Illustrators' Partnership of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03444709819428474209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902667975970127836.post-29905576123909558292016-10-27T19:12:00.000-04:002017-01-16T20:06:00.509-05:00About the Copyright Office Coup
"Days after U.S. Register of Copyrights Maria Pallante was moved out of her job...lawyers and lobbyists are still trying to figure out what happened, as well as what it means for the future," according to a Tuesday update by Robert Levine in Billboard.
It also suggests, as many here have speculated, that Pallante's "sudden removal [by Dr. Carla Hayden, newly-appointed Librarian of Illustrators' Partnership of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03444709819428474209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902667975970127836.post-70840758290705732192016-10-22T19:10:00.000-04:002017-01-16T19:11:45.075-05:00Head of US Copyright Office Removed Friday morning, the head of the US Copyright Office was removed in a surprise action by the newly-appointed Librarian of Congress.According to the entertainment industry newspaper Variety:
"Maria Pallante is out at [sic] the U.S. Register of Copyrights and is moving to a new post, a Friday announcement that was met with surprise by trade associations and other groups in Washington. The change Illustrators' Partnership of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03444709819428474209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902667975970127836.post-6750590368480408452015-12-28T18:41:00.000-05:002017-01-16T18:48:50.828-05:00Best Wishes for a Happy and Successful New Year At the end of an extraordinary year, we'd like to extend our best wishes to all of you for a happy and successful new year and to say thanks again to everyone who joined us last summer in writing the US Copyright Office.
Between the initial letters and the reply comments - nearly all of which opposed orphan works legislation - illustrators generated more than 10 times the total number of lettersIllustrators' Partnership of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03444709819428474209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902667975970127836.post-86864115146045205622015-10-16T12:54:00.000-04:002015-10-17T13:08:21.684-04:00Google Prevails in Copyright Lawsuit
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Twice, Orphan Works Acts have failed to pass Congress because of strong opposition from visual artists, spearheaded by the Illustrators Partnership.
Because of this, the Copyright Office has now issued a special call for letters regarding the Illustrators' Partnership of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03444709819428474209noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902667975970127836.post-64038160355312218342013-05-16T10:05:00.002-04:002013-05-17T10:44:42.497-04:00Letter to Congressional Creative Rights Congress
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Illustrators' Partnership of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03444709819428474209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902667975970127836.post-51735827326179593312011-11-28T18:09:00.005-05:002011-11-28T20:23:23.429-05:00ONE SMALL STEP FOR ARTISTSAt last it may be possible for some illustrators to start receiving reprographic royalties. The Illustrators Partnership has been pressing this issue for several years.
Last April we announced that the New York State Supreme Court, New York County, had dismissed all claims in a million dollar lawsuit brought by the Graphic Artists Guild (GAG) against the Illustrators Partnership and five Illustrators' Partnership of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03444709819428474209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902667975970127836.post-49851802959871401242011-04-27T22:40:00.000-04:002011-04-27T22:40:39.108-04:00Graphic Artists Guild Lawsuit Dismissed
Last week the New York State Supreme Court, New York County, dismissed all claims in a million dollar lawsuit brought by the Graphic Artists Guild (GAG) against the Illustrators' Partnership of America (IPA) and five named individuals.
In the lawsuit, GAG asserted claims for defamation and interference with contractual relations, alleging that IPA had interfered with a "business Illustrators' Partnership of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03444709819428474209noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902667975970127836.post-45815720623060095342011-03-23T14:23:00.000-04:002011-03-23T14:23:16.456-04:00Court Rejects Google Book SettlementYesterday, U.S. Circuit Judge Denny Chin rejected the Book Rights Registry settlement between Google and the US Authors Guild. The $125 million commercial agreement would have rewarded both parties for the largest mass infringement of authors' copyrights in history. Instead, the judge ruled it a business deal "too far."
"A Reversal of Copyright Law" is what we called this agreement in our Illustrators' Partnership of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03444709819428474209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902667975970127836.post-35300936387831700392010-04-10T13:58:00.011-04:002010-04-10T17:54:00.925-04:00Individual Rights Versus the Collective
For the last several days, we've been responding to queries about the announced "class-action" lawsuit by "visual arts" organizations against Google in the matter of the Google Book Search project. Some perspective:
The organizations suing Google are the same visual arts groups that lobbied for passage of the House version of the Orphan Works bill. That bill would have created commercialIllustrators' Partnership of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03444709819428474209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902667975970127836.post-7601423576981351892010-03-18T18:02:00.001-04:002010-03-19T00:56:15.655-04:00White House Seeks Artists' Comments to Improve Copyright ProtectionNew Copyright Czar begins Joint Strategic Plan to Protect Intellectual Property
Victoria Espinel is the first U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC), also known as the Copyright Czar. Congress created IPEC by an Act of Congress. Ms. Espinel serves within the Executive Office of the President to coordinate with all the federal agencies that fight the infringement of intellectualIllustrators' Partnership of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03444709819428474209noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902667975970127836.post-79197949549487609432009-10-22T09:26:00.000-04:002009-10-22T09:26:03.698-04:00Authors Groups Meet in OsloOSLO NORWAY Over 60 authors organizations met here this week to discuss strategies for defending authors' rights in the digitized world. Their call to action is reminiscent of the grassroots coalition that came together in the US last year to oppose the Orphan Works bill. In addition to concerns over anti-copyright legislation, authors around the world, including visual artists, face threats fromIllustrators' Partnership of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03444709819428474209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902667975970127836.post-24851442867363642002009-10-02T14:04:00.077-04:002010-04-10T15:09:23.400-04:00Orphan Works and the Google Settlement Part 3: Compelling ArgumentsCompelling Arguments
On September 10, 2009, Marybeth Peters, Register of the US Copyright Office, testified before Congress in opposition to the Google Book Search Settlement. Her arguments on behalf of creators rights are compelling and we support them. However, we note with some irony that they are nearly identical to the arguments we made in opposing the Orphan Works bill last year. We don't Illustrators' Partnership of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03444709819428474209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902667975970127836.post-67888464028391416632009-09-30T11:11:00.006-04:002010-04-10T14:03:54.384-04:00Orphan Works and the Google Book Settlement / Part IIA Reversal of Copyright Law
Last Friday we summarized the basic details of the Google Book Search Settlement. Like the visual arts "databases" we opposed last year, this agreement would allow both Google and a yet-to-be-created Book Rights Registry to commercially profit from an author's work whenever they say they can't locate the author.
Both schemes would force authors to opt out of Illustrators' Partnership of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03444709819428474209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902667975970127836.post-26735864200055248322009-09-25T01:52:00.003-04:002009-09-25T13:14:24.589-04:00Orphan Works and the Google Book Settlement / Part IWe’ve been asked for news about the Orphan Works bill. Last June Intellectual Property Watch warned that it would be back during the summer. And on June 11th, Senator Orrin Hatch confirmed his intent to reintroduce the bill. We immediately put out a notice to artists. But summer’s over and we’ve had no further news. So far, so good.
Of course Congress has had other priorities: the ongoing Illustrators' Partnership of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03444709819428474209noreply@blogger.com0