Something For Your Government
Apr. 11th, 2008 10:41 pmIf the Orphaned Works Bill passes, then it's safe to say that it will have a chilling effect on anyone doing any sort of art -- visual, musical, or literary -- in this country.
Yeah, apparently this bill was proposed two years ago and has not been introduced since. You might want to keep it in mind, though; if we've learned anything, this sort of thing has a habit of coming back and eventually getting passed when nobody's looking.
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