Post by BIGFANBOY on May 8, 2008 23:08:56 GMT -5
For those of you who know about this piece of legislation, I apologize for those that don’t, it will effectively take your copyright away, all visual artists will be affected by this so we must all take action now. Follow the links below they will allow you to let your senators and congressmen know how you feel, there is also information on what the bill is about there.
As you know by now, the House IP Subcommittee unanimously approved H.R. 5889 yesterday, and it has moved to the House Judiciary Committee.
Today S. 2913 is in markup in the Senate IP Subcommittee.
We have established House & Senate Judiciary IP Committee alerts on the Capwiz site for action now.
Urge EVERYONE to write again today. It is automatically configured: If your Senator or Representative is a member of the Judiciary Committees, the message automatically goes to that member. If you are not a constituent of a Senator or House Judiciary Committee Member a different request goes to your representatives, urging them to contact their colleagues on the Judiciary Committees on your behalf.
So everyone writes. You do not need to identify your members by district. Spread the word.
The capwiz effort is working. As of this moment, 19,401 messages have been sent. 1,990 have been sent today, since midnight. The rate seems to be accelerating. Let's ramp it up. Please get the message out to your members, to our international colleagues, on blogs, etc. Through every channel you can think of. Always ask them to pass it on.
This link capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home/ will allow you to be heard.
More links and info, provided by the Illustrators Partnership, are included below.
It is vitally important to be heard. It is your future.
As you know by now, the House IP Subcommittee unanimously approved H.R. 5889 yesterday, and it has moved to the House Judiciary Committee.
Today S. 2913 is in markup in the Senate IP Subcommittee.
We have established House & Senate Judiciary IP Committee alerts on the Capwiz site for action now.
Urge EVERYONE to write again today. It is automatically configured: If your Senator or Representative is a member of the Judiciary Committees, the message automatically goes to that member. If you are not a constituent of a Senator or House Judiciary Committee Member a different request goes to your representatives, urging them to contact their colleagues on the Judiciary Committees on your behalf.
So everyone writes. You do not need to identify your members by district. Spread the word.
The capwiz effort is working. As of this moment, 19,401 messages have been sent. 1,990 have been sent today, since midnight. The rate seems to be accelerating. Let's ramp it up. Please get the message out to your members, to our international colleagues, on blogs, etc. Through every channel you can think of. Always ask them to pass it on.
This link capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home/ will allow you to be heard.
More links and info, provided by the Illustrators Partnership, are included below.
It is vitally important to be heard. It is your future.