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POTUSOA!!! SOUNDS LIKE A HELL OF A DRUG!!! ~Goth
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POTUSOA??? OMG I hate you so much!!!
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Is going digital really worth the effort? (poll done out of anger)

93%
13 deviants said technically yes, but it's always good to know how work with a real brush sometimes
7%
1 deviant said Yes, it's much more convinient.
0%
No deviants said Of course! Oh, wait...you one of those purists arent you...figures.

All of our rights as artists are about to be lost!

Journal Entry: Sat Apr 12, 2008, 9:42 AM
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Thanks so much to :iconkatrueblu: for posting this!

This is a serious threat to anyone in the art field (i.e all of us)
This is a great dum-down by Goth that he posted on reddit:

For those who don't know what the OW bill is, in a nut shell it pretty much makes it legal to infringe upon any artists work that isn't registered($$) with regional copyright offices in the private sector. It removes the copyright that is automatically imposed on all works (your protection). Think of it this way, if you were to pitch an idea or logo to a company, they like it but you have not registered it and paid the fee for it, they can tell you "no thanks" then turn around and use it anyway. So you are mad and want to sue, but the COMPANY THAT STOLE THE WORK has decided that the most they can be sued for is $50... sound fair to you?

And it doesn't just stop there. You lose the rights to your doodles, sketchbook drawings, margin sketches...everything you've ever done in your life.

Here's the link to the podcast thing
[link]
listen to the whole thing if you can, it's got alot of important stuff on the bill!

and the 133 pg article on it
[link]

As an artist, no matter what it is you do, this is serious threat that can't be allowed to pass! Copy and paste this to get the word out because this affects ALL of us!!!

Genki

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=rinielenika:iconrinielenika: Apr 12, 2008, 9:50:47 AM
STTTOOOPPP SPPPREEAADDDIINNNGGG THHEEEE TELLEEPPHHOONNEEE T_____T

Holy cow. People are freaking out way too much. Does anyone have single handed proof that this is going somewhere?

And if so, that there is a legit LEGAL SITE STATING THIS BILL IS GOING THROUG THE SYSTEM....


It's ONLY A BILL right now. Do you remember from Schoolhouse Rock "I'm just a bill" song? There's so much more it has to go through, and legit people have to APPROVE of this craziness. If ONE PERSON DENIES it's back to block one. They can even revise it, so you might not have to spend the money, just watermark your work, or sign it... which everyone SHOULD do anyways.

ANYTHING could happen. Please don't freak out yet.... I'm going to be asking some government freaks what's going on, cause my grandmother works with Arizona Government. She's a highly intelligent woman and should know about this mayhem, and shed some more light on what the bloody-heck is going on.

*HUG*

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~katrueblu:iconkatrueblu: Apr 12, 2008, 9:51:49 AM
Thanks for posting this, guys. =)
*dodgy-sparrow:icondodgy-sparrow: Apr 12, 2008, 2:11:23 PM
[link]

petition against it :) signnn

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=GenkiGoth:iconGenkiGoth: Apr 12, 2008, 6:46:58 PM
I feel bad that I don't remember all of the details but we technically can't do anything until the bill actually goes through. There is going to be a hearing on the bill in front of 4 witnesses to try and pass this bill. So this can very well be something real in the next coming months. You're right, this may be too much stress about nothing, but when art is your livelihood and your bread and butter (at least, that's what we're going broke for, LMAO!) then it is something worry about, you know?

sorry about all the freaking out, i'm just scared is all, lol!

Genki
=rinielenika:iconrinielenika: Apr 12, 2008, 8:16:17 PM
oh no no I totally hear you. Hell it's my job's ass too. I dont want people claiming my kona-baby-bunny <3

I just still feel that until we can actually do something about it, it's not worth stressing..

I kinda of think of it like... black rights, and womens rights. They all fought for it when it just went too far. and they won. We can too, period.

CAUSE ARTISTS ARE THE WIN!!

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=dragonmun:icondragonmun: Apr 14, 2008, 12:45:57 PM
Damnit Bush.
v_v

I heard that he wanted to do away with the DMCA. I hate him for that.

You might want to put a notice to have everyone open the links in a new window. They take forever to load and caused my browser to crash.
^_^;

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Make Art Theft Legal! [link]
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Sivoa: Book of Alecto on Sale Now! [link]
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Art on Sivoa Art Contest Deadline 6/30/2008!!! [link]
=dragonmun:icondragonmun: Apr 14, 2008, 12:52:36 PM
Jebus... that's a dry read, but the first point that it immediately brings up is that this give permission to use an image only if the creator/copyright holder of the material is unable to be found.

Translation: We've got to go back to watermarking everything guys. Then at least we would be able to support ourselves in court.
>_<

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Make Art Theft Legal! [link]
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Sivoa: Book of Alecto on Sale Now! [link]
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Art on Sivoa Art Contest Deadline 6/30/2008!!! [link]
=dragonmun:icondragonmun: Apr 14, 2008, 11:10:33 PM
Let me add interferance to the [link] from above:
h-t-t-p://-w-w-w.copyright.gov /orphan/orphan-report.pdf

Find me a more official site than that. >_>

And god... that is a dry read. I hate legal mumbo-jumbo... but I read it... and the podcasts are pretty much spot on.

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Make Art Theft Legal! [link]
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Sivoa: Book of Alecto on Sale Now! [link]
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Art on Sivoa Art Contest Deadline 6/30/2008!!! [link]
=dragonmun:icondragonmun: Apr 15, 2008, 1:42:49 AM
Actually you can petition congressmen and legal representatives to vote against it.... and actually the more people that lobby against it, the more likely the chance that they will side with the populace (cause face it. They want to look "good").

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Make Art Theft Legal! [link]
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Sivoa: Book of Alecto on Sale Now! [link]
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Art on Sivoa Art Contest Deadline 6/30/2008!!! [link]