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    If what the writer says is true, this is outrageous and if there ever was a reason to write to your congressman, this is it. As the article says, this just looks like a wheeze to allow registries to make money out of artists (who already represent one of the poorest sectors given their talent / income ratio) and to allow large organisations to use existing art for their own purposes without having to pay for it. Shameful.

    On the other hand, I expect that there is a lot of old art out there which can't be put on the web for fear of copyright violation. There is another article about it here. It looks like this bill has been kicking around for a while.

    Also a good article here, explaining the bill.

    A rebuttal article saying that the whole Orphaned Art thing is a storm in a teacup here.

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