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Article: Association of Medical Illustrators Denounces 'Orphan Works' Bills Before Congress
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- June 3, 2008
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To: MEDICAL EDITORS
Contact: Michael Belknap, M.S., of Association of Medical
Illustrators, +1-507-288-3354, Cell: +1-505-358-6045,
gmedica@infonet.isl.net
LAWRENCE, Kan., June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The Association of Medical
Illustrators (AMI) (http://www.ami.org), an international
organization representing highly trained professional medical
illustrators and animators, is slamming proposed legislation known
as "The Orphan Works Act of 2008" (H.R. 5889/S. 2913), pending in
the House and Senate. An "orphan work" is a creative work, visual or
otherwise, whose copyright status and ownership cannot be readily
found. Proponents want to use works declared "orphans" without
infringement liability.
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