ILLUSTRATORS' PARTNERSHIP ORPHAN WORKS BLOG

Artists and photographers have been joined by writers, textile manufacturers and others in realizing the threat of the Orphan Works Act of 2...

“Current available picture matching technology is still in its infancy. If one of the motivations of [Orphan Works] legislation is to facili...

Legal analysts are debating Orphan Works legislation in terms of statute law, but many seem unfamiliar with how we actually license art in t...

by Honorable Howard L. Berman, Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on the Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property The following ...

The Orphan Works bill contains a terrible new provision that gives an infringer exclusive rights to the entirety of an orphaned work if the...

First the good news. It appears that the Orphan Works bill won’t let someone infringe your work just by saying he couldn’t find copyright in...

Review the Orphan Works Bill and try substituting “ thief ” or “ theft ” for “ infringer ” and “ infringement “ and it’s clear what a stu...