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"Google strongly believes that these orphan works are both worthwhile, useful and extrememly valuable. We expect that Google's use of these orphan works will likely be in the one million works range",

Alexander MacGillivray/ Attny Google (p.166, US Copyright Office, Orphan Works Roundtables)

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A Resource Page

Valuable resource page for anyone opposed to or curious about the Orphan Works Act.

Know Your Rights!

A copyright gives the creator the exclusive right to reproduce, distribute, perform, display or license his/her work. It also grants to the creator the exclusive right to produce or license derivatives of his/her work.

So Your Copyrights Have Been Violated, Now What?

A human's right to profit from his/her own work is something the authors of our Constitution felt very strongly about. That's why copyrights (a creators exclusive rights) are outlined in the Constitution itself. For those who slept through high school civics class this means any violation of copyrights is a federal offense and is the jurisdiction of the Federal Bureau of Investigations. If your Constitutional right to profit from your own labor has been violated contact them!

Take Action!

Contact your Congressmen. Please remember to customize the 'Editable text' section with your specific occupation. Be sure to fill in the info. at the bottom so that the letter will be sent.

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United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary Contact Information:

224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Democratic Phone: (202) 224-7703
Democratic Fax: (202) 224-9516
Republican Phone: (202) 224-5225
Republican Fax: (202) 224-9102

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For Our International Friends

Copy and paste text and all the appropriate contact information to voice your concerns and opinions. International Confederation, representing 31 countries, speaks out to condemn the U.S. Orphan Works Act.

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