Friday, June 26, 2009
June 26, 2009
This is so cool. I've never used Slide before. Now I can show you some of my spiralbound books I made using my new Bind-It-All bookbinding machine from Zutter.
Monday, April 6, 2009
After a really bad 2008, I'm finally back on track with my life. I've started up my etsy.com store/gallery again, janelanglois.etsy.com. I've put some artwork in the store, not much, but something.
And I've opened a new store, refinery.etsy.com to "destash" some of my collections of stuff. I moved twice in 2008, and even though my apartment is bigger, I still have too much stuff!
And I've opened a new store, refinery.etsy.com to "destash" some of my collections of stuff. I moved twice in 2008, and even though my apartment is bigger, I still have too much stuff!
Friday, April 25, 2008
Copyright Laws and Orphaned Works
I’m freaking pissed!
READ THIS! I’ve pasted portions of an article by Mark Simon, April 10, 2008.
He wrote: “Forward this article to every creator you know and urge them to take a moment to protect their very livelihood. I am giving everyone the right to reprint this article in any form to help spread the word to protect our creative rights.”
"An Orphaned Work is any creative work of art where the artist or copyright owner has released their copyright, whether on purpose, by passage of time, or by lack of proper registration. In the same way that an orphaned child loses the protection of his or her parents, your creative work can become an orphan for others to use without your permission."
"If the Orphan Works legislation passes, you and I and all creatives will lose virtually all the rights to not only our future work but to everything we've created over the past 34 years, unless we register it with the new, untested and privately run (by the friends and cronies of the U.S. government) registries. Even then, there is no guarantee that someone wishing to steal your personal creations won't successfully call your work an orphan work, and then legally use it for free."
“What makes me so MAD about this new legislation is that it legalized THEFT! The only people who benefit from this are those who want to make use of our creative works without paying for them and large companies who will run the new private copyright registries.”
“Two proponents of this new legislation are Corbis and Getty Images. They are large stock photo and stock art companies. They sell art and photos inexpensively and are trying to build giant royalty-free databases. Do you see how they could benefit from considering most works of art in the world orphans?”
"You could see photos you take of your family and kids, or of a family vacation, used in a magazine or newspaper without your permission or payment to you. You would have to pay to register your photos, all of them, in every new registry in order to protect them. Say the average person takes 300 photos per year (I take a lot more than that). If a registry only charges $5 per image, that is a whopping $1,500 to protect your photos that are protected automatically under the current laws. If there are three registries, protecting your images could cost an amazing $4,500. Not to mention the time it would take to register every photo you take. Plus, you will also have to place your copyright sign on every photo.”
“That's not including all your art, sketches, paintings, 3D models, animations, etc. Do you really have all that extra time and money? Plus, even if you do register, the people stealing your work can still claim it was orphaned and, unless you fight them, they win. Even if you win, you may not make back your legal fees.”
“It gets even better. Anyone can submit images, including your images. They would then be excused from any liability for infringement (also known as THEFT) unless the legitimate rights owner (you) responds within a certain period of time to grant or deny permission to use your work.”
“The only people who will benefit from the copyright law change are those who can't create work on their own or companies who stand to make a lot of money from using our works of art. They make contributions to congressmen, which is why they get what they want. We need to stand up and be heard. Every one of you needs to write your senators and representatives. We have to protect our livelihoods. It's that serious.”
CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATOR:Go to http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml to quickly find the phone number, address and e-mail of every U.S. senator, U.S. representative, governor and state legislator.
To read the full article click on the link http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&article_no=3605&page=1
READ THIS! I’ve pasted portions of an article by Mark Simon, April 10, 2008.
He wrote: “Forward this article to every creator you know and urge them to take a moment to protect their very livelihood. I am giving everyone the right to reprint this article in any form to help spread the word to protect our creative rights.”
"An Orphaned Work is any creative work of art where the artist or copyright owner has released their copyright, whether on purpose, by passage of time, or by lack of proper registration. In the same way that an orphaned child loses the protection of his or her parents, your creative work can become an orphan for others to use without your permission."
"If the Orphan Works legislation passes, you and I and all creatives will lose virtually all the rights to not only our future work but to everything we've created over the past 34 years, unless we register it with the new, untested and privately run (by the friends and cronies of the U.S. government) registries. Even then, there is no guarantee that someone wishing to steal your personal creations won't successfully call your work an orphan work, and then legally use it for free."
“What makes me so MAD about this new legislation is that it legalized THEFT! The only people who benefit from this are those who want to make use of our creative works without paying for them and large companies who will run the new private copyright registries.”
“Two proponents of this new legislation are Corbis and Getty Images. They are large stock photo and stock art companies. They sell art and photos inexpensively and are trying to build giant royalty-free databases. Do you see how they could benefit from considering most works of art in the world orphans?”
"You could see photos you take of your family and kids, or of a family vacation, used in a magazine or newspaper without your permission or payment to you. You would have to pay to register your photos, all of them, in every new registry in order to protect them. Say the average person takes 300 photos per year (I take a lot more than that). If a registry only charges $5 per image, that is a whopping $1,500 to protect your photos that are protected automatically under the current laws. If there are three registries, protecting your images could cost an amazing $4,500. Not to mention the time it would take to register every photo you take. Plus, you will also have to place your copyright sign on every photo.”
“That's not including all your art, sketches, paintings, 3D models, animations, etc. Do you really have all that extra time and money? Plus, even if you do register, the people stealing your work can still claim it was orphaned and, unless you fight them, they win. Even if you win, you may not make back your legal fees.”
“It gets even better. Anyone can submit images, including your images. They would then be excused from any liability for infringement (also known as THEFT) unless the legitimate rights owner (you) responds within a certain period of time to grant or deny permission to use your work.”
“The only people who will benefit from the copyright law change are those who can't create work on their own or companies who stand to make a lot of money from using our works of art. They make contributions to congressmen, which is why they get what they want. We need to stand up and be heard. Every one of you needs to write your senators and representatives. We have to protect our livelihoods. It's that serious.”
CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATOR:Go to http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml to quickly find the phone number, address and e-mail of every U.S. senator, U.S. representative, governor and state legislator.
To read the full article click on the link http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&article_no=3605&page=1
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
I love robots.....
I saw some of Gordon Bennett's robots while I was visiting my nephew in Brooklyn. I fell in love with them, here is his website. http://www.bennettrobotworks.com/
I want one.....
I want one.....
Friday, February 15, 2008
I've been out of sorts.....
It has been a bad start of a new year. First, my husband and I split up and I moved from my house that I love into an apartment. I got an apartment that is really cute and I like it, so that's a good thing. Then my husband (he's only 47) had a heart attack while he was out of state. So I traveled 2 hours back and forth while he was in the hospital there. Then he moved in with me for awhile so I could take care of him. He pulled through very well, 2 stints and minimal damage.
Anyway, it feels good to get back to....somewhat.....normal again.
Anyway, it feels good to get back to....somewhat.....normal again.
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