So much for copyright

[NTR]

http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&article_no=3605&page=1

Wow, wtf

[Avo]

Man, I hate money.

[Fungus Amungus]

Use a article that isn't biased please. I can make the Bill of Rights sound like a piece of shit if I word it just right.

[DaDigits]

If it is what that guy says it is then there is no way in hell it will pass because the RIAA and the MPAA have just as much money as the supporters of this bill have and they will pay off enough members of congress to stop the bill.

I would like to see an unbiased article and the bill it self.

[TFS]

Use a article that isn't biased please. I can make the Bill of Rights sound like a piece of shit if I word it just right.

I dare you. :)

[Fungus Amungus]

I dare you. :)

That actually sounds like a good challenge.

[Sketcher]

Yeah, I don't judge bills based off an editorial article. I'd rather read the actual bill and determine for myself if it's a good thing or not.

[_Joe]

Ha, good thing I'm not an artist...

[Dustbunny]

http://www.copyright.gov/orphan/
Some people would argue that this is biased...but I'd like to believe that it is between the two extremes and thus probably the most reliable.

Copyright registration is something that has been an issue for a very long time. The reports put for to the US Copyright Office suggest that by being unable to determine who the author of a work of art is, needlessely discourages people from building on the work, moreso since copyright is unlimited in time, unlike patents. This concern, legitimate or not, goes to the central intent of Congress with respect to Intellectual Property in America: make it thrive.
What pisses off most people is the suggestion that people not looking at their articles or images might make them "orphaned". To this I have two things to say: firstly, if you are creating an image for a known source, your name is on it...then you have nothing to worry about. (i.e. a columnist for the NY times). Secondly, since infringement suits require copyright registration ANYHOW, if you think that someone might infringe upon your work, register it. Simply hanging on to your creative work that nobody cares about for the sake of hanging on to it could be easily construed as waste, which is also frowned upon by courts.
Ultimately, the language of the bill will determine how the courts will rule, and even there, judge-made law will most likely interpret the law with a set of factors or elements to be considered. Too soon for a panic? I think so.

[shade]

Sounds like the stamp act.