I didn’t sign up for the ASAI (American Society of Architectural Illustrators) to be spam mailed. However, when I got my first email from them today, I thought something must have been wrong. I checked my email begrudgingly, and went to the link they provided.
Much to my complete and utter amazement, legislators are trying to pass a bill called the ‘Orphan Works Bill’ that will tear down the walls of copyrighted works. For those that don’t understand how copyrights work, basically any form of artwork that you create is automatically copyrighted under law. This protects an artist to a degree from having their work stolen and resold. In a loose sense, it is a ‘lesser’ form of patent - one that doesn’t require tons of paperwork, time, and legal fees.
The bill that is proposed will require artists to mark all their works from now on - which essentially means adding watermarks to everything you see on the Internet. It’s possibly one of the most obnoxious bills I’ve seen on paper, and it must be stopped unless you like looking at watermarked images, having someone steal the music that you may have created, jacking your writings, or simply don’t mind if someone (or anyone for that matter) grabs your photographs.
If you have a moment, please take a look at the link below and petition the government to stop this bill from getting passed:
http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home/
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