Orphan Works Bill Emergency!

FROM THE ILLUSTRATORS’ PARTNERSHIP:

ORPHAN WORKS BILL HOTLINED

THIS MEANS IT COULD PASS THE SENATE THIS AFTERNOON
PLEASE CALL YOUR SENATORS IMMEDIATELY

ASK THEM TO PUT A “HOLD” ON THE BILL:
S2913 THE SHAWN BENTLEY ORPHAN WORKS ACT OF 2008

TELL THEM YOU OPPOSE THIS CONTROVERSIAL BILL
ASK THEM NOT TO PASS IT WITHOUT A FULL AND OPEN HEARING
WARN THEM THAT IT WILL DO GREAT HARM TO SMALL BUSINESSES

To find your Senators’ phone numbers go to the Illustrators’ Partnership Orphan Works site:

http://capwiz.com/illustratorspartnership/home/

At the top of the home page, click on “Elected Officials”
You’ll find a US map:
Click on your state,
Then “Senators,”
Then click on each Senator’s name,
Then click “Contact.”
This will give you their phone numbers.

Please phone and fax them both.
Please call everyone you know who is an interested party and tell them we must act immediately to prevent passage of this bill.