blue_barrette | (no subject)

Watanabe, please stop giving your characters hats. I can't draw them. Although, now that I think of it, Shchell is the only new character to be given a fun hat. So, in the end, it was my fault for drawing him instead of one of the others. Actually, now that I think about it, the fact that the new characters lack dorky hats makes me somehow... very sad.

While I'm posting art, does anyone know anything about this and whether artists should be worried about it? Apparently there's a piece of legislation going up before Congress that would more or less force everyone to copyright every work of art they have done or else they lose all right to it. I think it's definitely a piece of legislation that shouldn't pass, but I'm curious if it actually has a chance of passing. I really hope not, but I lack any sense of confidence in politicians.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

That Orphaned Works legislation is terrifying! I've heard (vaguelly) about attempts to get similar bills passed, but none so far-reaching as this. What a ridiculous proposition. :( I guess it's time to do some research. Thanks for linking that article.

Incidentally, I got onto deviantArt right after reading the article you linked. Looks like it's a pretty popular topic over there. There are even a few petitions floating around:

http://www.petitiononline.com/dAvsOW/petition.html

I guess it's time to spread the word.

I don't really know what's going on, and I'm far too lazy to read the legislation and such. I'm just waiting to see whether it's going to pass or not, and if it's going to pass if it's a bad thing or not, which I have been unable to conclusively find.

...oh well, someone will figure it out for me eventually =D