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There Is No "Next Great Copyright Act", Remain Calm

Posted by samzenpus on from the don't-believe-everything-you-hear dept.

Lirodon writes: A YouTube video has gone viral, particularly around the art community (and the subsection of the art community populated by the same type of people who tend to spread these around to begin with), making bold claims that a revision to U.S. copyright law is being considered, with a particular focus on orphan works. Among other things, this video claims that it would require all works to be registered with a for-profit registry to be protected, that unregistered works would be "orphaned" and be usable by "good faith infringers" and allow others to make derivative works that they would own entirely. Thankfully, this is all just hyperbole proliferated by a misinterpretation of a report on orphan works by the U.S. Copyright Office, as Graphic Policy explains.

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  1. Re:Shocking. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    The solution to the copyright/patent mess is to terminate it.

    Start by ripping and sharing all the physical media you own.
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