Won't anyone think of the orphaned art?!!
I really don't get people some times. Especially the wank-a-palooza that is DA at the moment. The wank is all centered around a bill that was introduced to congress about orphaned works, aka works not actively covered by copyright, back in 2006. An article at Animation World News that was written by Mark Simon, a producer/director, went out and said that artists will lose all their rights to their works with this bill.
If like me and you're still confused about what exactly the bill covers and why it was even introduced in the first place after reading said article, visiting this link, that gives a good explanation of what the bill is all about, will help as well as give a much different view of the bill and how it actually would work. And Snover over at Y!Gallery (another gallery site that is probably splooging out the ears as bad as DA) has posted an entry to debunk Mark Simon's article, like the fact orphaned works =/= public domain. You know, things even producer/directors should know before they go spouting off on half-baked conceptions.
Of course finding concrete facts is not something the denizens of DA are known for and it doesn't take long for everyone and their mudkip to be wanking about it all over the site. There's even an online petition for it. I think I'm going to stay away from DA for awhile until the splooge dies down.
I know copyright is something I do worry about as it is something I will have to deal with if I ever enter the publishing world with anything I write, but I don't think people should be scaring people about losing their copyright without the hard facts to back it up. All it does is create unnecessary drama and spread ignorance about copyrights and IPs.
P.S. I know I haven't done what I said I would in my last post. Sorry, I will try to be unlazy and write those entries soon.
If like me and you're still confused about what exactly the bill covers and why it was even introduced in the first place after reading said article, visiting this link, that gives a good explanation of what the bill is all about, will help as well as give a much different view of the bill and how it actually would work. And Snover over at Y!Gallery (another gallery site that is probably splooging out the ears as bad as DA) has posted an entry to debunk Mark Simon's article, like the fact orphaned works =/= public domain. You know, things even producer/directors should know before they go spouting off on half-baked conceptions.
Of course finding concrete facts is not something the denizens of DA are known for and it doesn't take long for everyone and their mudkip to be wanking about it all over the site. There's even an online petition for it. I think I'm going to stay away from DA for awhile until the splooge dies down.
I know copyright is something I do worry about as it is something I will have to deal with if I ever enter the publishing world with anything I write, but I don't think people should be scaring people about losing their copyright without the hard facts to back it up. All it does is create unnecessary drama and spread ignorance about copyrights and IPs.
P.S. I know I haven't done what I said I would in my last post. Sorry, I will try to be unlazy and write those entries soon.
