Small Business Administration (SBA) Roundtable on Orphan Works, August 8, 2008

Reposting this announcement of an Orphan Works Roundtable
and Webcast conducted by the Small Business Administration (SBA):

How Will the Orphan Works Bill Economically Impact Small Entities?

August 8, 2008, 10 a.m.—12noon
Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth Avenue (between 11th & 12th Streets), New York City
http://www.salmagundi.org
Free Admission

Please attend this important industry event. Let government officials hear directly from those of us who will be harmed if this bill passes.

Until now, the Orphan Works bill has been driven by anti-copyright forces and special interest groups. This will be our first opportunity to be heard in a government sponsored forum devoted to the business interests of copyright holders.

The Roundtable will be chaired by Tom Sullivan, Director of the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration (SBA). It will give artists from the Northeast the chance to explain the impact of Orphan Works legislation on our careers and the art we create.

* Will the cost of compliance create an unreasonable burden on artists, writers and musicians?
* Will the failure to register work lead to the loss of copyrights?
* Why should artists be forced to supply their business data to commercial databases?
* Will the bill create a new business model favoring large corporations at the expense of individual artists?
* Will this change the nature of competition for all of us?

Eighteen distinguished panelists from the creative community will represent the copyright interests of illustrators, photographers, fine artists, art licensors, writers, musicians, and the collateral businesses that serve and are dependent on creators.

Learn more at http://ipaorphanworks.blogspot.com/2008/08/80808-sba-hearing-on-orphan-works.html

The event will be webcast.

PLEASE RSVP to illustratorspartnership@cnymail.com and include the names of those attending.