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October 3, 2008


No Firm Word On Orphan Works Act And The Threat Of Its Resurrection

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After last night's panicked e-mailing around the Internet that the House was pushing a version of the newly Senate-passed Orphan Works bill through to a vote, I'm not seeing anything this morning to indicate what happened or what may happen beyond this story e-mailed to me that fears and paranoia are running high. The idea is that the unpopular copyright bill will be passed while the nation is distracted by vice-presidential debates or the ongoing credit market crisis.

if this bill passes, I'll be able to do a reasonable search for the owner of the art above -- whatever that means -- and then run it like it was my own
 
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