Thank you, Robert Reich!
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The Truth About the Economy in 2 Minutes and 15 Seconds
28 June 11
Galatea, the Cooperative Fine Art Gallery
10 November 10
Let artists come together to form a cooperative gallery.
The result?
Galatea Fine Art
Galatea, a Cooperative Gallery from Don Schaefer on Vimeo.
Galatea, a cooperative gallery, located at 460B Harrison Ave, Boston, hosts an opening party the first Friday of every month. Have a look at our friends as they enjoy one such event.
UK Orphan Works Clause 43 Defeated!
9 April 10
Everyone cheer Stop43.org, EPUK, Pro-Imaging, AoP, Copyright Action, the authors of 21,000 letters and emails, and all who pitched in to support the movement to stop Clause 43, the “Orphan Works” clause, of the UK’s Digital Economy Bill.
One way to show your gratitude is to post a comment in this Mashable story. Mashable is one of the most highly visible sites on the WWW.
Although a great victory for content creators, and rightfully so, the protests are just beginning:
Stop 43 - Commercial UK Orphan Works Exploitation
24 March 10
CLAUSE 43 CAN BE STOPPED!
Help our friends in the UK!
Clause 43 of the proposed Digital Economy Bill will wreck havoc on the livelihoods of many creative small businesses – illustrators, photographers, graphic artists, painters, etc. The movement to Stop 43 has gathered great strength, but time is short. Read about the campaign, post it to everyone you know, place their campaign badge on your site or on your signature. If this bill passes with Clause 43, you can bet it will encourage U.S. commercial sharks to take your work away from you.
What’s Yours in Now Ours
Until now, if someone found one of your photographs and wanted to use it commercially, they couldn’t without first asking you. Clause 43 changes all that by allowing the use of “Orphan Works” – photographs, illustrations and other artworks whose owners cannot be found.
Clause 43 says that if someone finds your photograph, wants to use it and decides that they can’t trace you, they can do whatever they like with it after paying an arbitrary fee to a UK Government-appointed “licensing body”. You’ll never know unless you happen to find it being used in this way, in which case you might be able to claim some money.
Go to Stop43.org find out how you can help!