Read it and Liked it
I have seen a lot of talk about the Orphan Works bill, and I am trying to get a good idea of what people actually know about it, and how much research most people do on a subject like this.
For anyone interested the text of the current bill can be found here:
http://www.orphanworks.net/S2913OWActof2008.pdf
or here for the house version:
http://www.orphanworks.net/HR5889OWActof2008.pdf
and the ASMP take on the whole thing can be found here:
http://www.asmp.org …pec2008/orphan_update.php
I admit that I only read the House version of the bill, but I didn't think it was too bad, or that different from the way things work currently except that there are some exemptions from payment for academic or religious use.
Sorry, I know there are quite a few Orphan Works threads around already, but I thought a concise poll would still be fitting.
