A Million People Against the Orphan Works Bill

This petition is sponsored by A Million People Against the Orphan Works Bill, a grassroots group founded by multimedia journalist Steve Lehman on Facebook and Flickr. Everyone is welcome to participate and it is not exclusive to these websites.

Update on Orphan Works Bill

FROM THE ILLUSTRATORS' PARTNERSHIP
Over 100,000 letters have gone out to Senators and Congressmen from our CapWiz site. Opposition to the Orphan Works Act continues to grow.

Here are some of organizations who oppose it:
http://illustratorspartnership.org/01_topics/article.php?searchterm=00273

And here are some of the position papers written by some of these groups:

NUJ condemns "free for all" US Orphan Works legislation
http://www.epuk.org/News/863/nuj-opposes-us-orphan-works

The American Association of Independent Music. A2IM Position on the Proposed Orphan Works Legislation in the United States
http://www.a2im.org/newsDetail.aspx?newsID=117

The Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators in Communications Orphan Works Update: The Orphan Works Debate in the US
http://www.capic.org/copyright.html

Advertising Photographers of America APA Position Paper on Orphan Works
http://www.apanational.com/files/public/APA__On_Orphan_Works.pdf

Don't Let Congress Orphan Your Work 2 minutes is all it takes to write Congress and fight for your copyright:
http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home/