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March 30, 2005
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Gratz Fixes "Orphans" Errata
Joe Gratz, via email: "The Copyright Office posted everyone's Orphan Works comments today, but they formatted the list such that the names and the comments don't line up. I fixed the list and posted the links here." Check out the list for the names of familiar people you may not have realized submitted comments -- like Legal Theory blogger Lawrence Solum. (Thanks, Joe!)
Update (March 31): Joseph Lorenzo Hall in the comments below: "The LoC has disabled access to the main comments site due to having incompletely redacted most of the documents (see this post)... but Joe's posting confirms a suspicion that they haven't actually removed the underlying files from their site (clicking through your links still gives us PDFs that are improperly redacted). I asked if Joe might consider taking his post down until they've redacted the documents (although I plan on calling them and figuring out (1) if they plan on redacting the documents and (2) why we can still get at the unredacted documents).
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1. Nathan Jones on March 30, 2005 9:09 PM writes...
I'll never be able to read 689 unique submissions, but I randomly opened a few. My favourite so far is from Kristie Hubler, who writes:
"If people have access to my work without paying for it, and using it just to make a buck, it would be as if I were being raped, or having a child I bore ripped out of my arms, never to be seen again."
This passionate description illustrates two things:
1. Not everyone read the Copyright Office's page on Orphan Works. The very first paragraph explains what orphan works are and should help Kristie understand that her comments are off topic (her works aren't orphan works).
2. Copyfighters not only have to battle large corporations who are trying to protect revenue streams, but also educate artists themselves - the people who would benefit from flexible copyright options and access to orphan works. If artists don't understand that no one is trying to take away their livelihood and incentive to create, then we haven't done our job.
Permalink to Comment2. joe on March 31, 2005 10:49 AM writes...
The LoC has disabled access to the main comments site due to having incompletely redacted most of the documents (see this post[1])... but Joe's posting confirms a suspicion that they haven't actually removed the underlying files from their site (clicking through your links still gives us PDFs that are improperly redacted).
[1] http://faktory.org/m/blog/archives/2005/03/30/improper-redaction-techniques/
I asked if Joe might consider taking his post down until they've redacted the documents (although I plan on calling them and figuring out 1) if they plan on redacting the documents and 2) why we can still get at the unredacted documents).
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