the Orphan act - making it legal to steal your images!

This just in from Simon Ampel:
This is appalling, congress is attempting to pass this "Orphan Works act", that would make it so anybody who wants to use an image that you created would only have to attempt to find out who created it. (I.E. erase your signature in photoshop, and say they couldn't find out who the artist is) and then it's their's to use however they like. If you create images, you would have to register each and every one with one of several new registration companies to be protected. Go to the site below, and use it to send one of their prewritten letters to your congress peoples (takes 1.25 minutes). Then forward this to everyone it'd affect. This is for real, I've looked into it, If it goes through I'll take every piece of artwork that I've got on the web down. You can read the bill, and more about it here -> (http://www.sellyourtvconceptnow.com/orphan.html)
Thanks


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