Legal art theft

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Artist theft soon-to-be legalized?
What is the meaning of this?

Do you really want to take away our rights as artists?

We REFUSE to pay to keep OUR art.
Our art should be protected under law.

This is cruel and unfair.
Please, for the sake of ALL the artists.
Do not pass this bill.

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  • Lan-sama
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    • No artist taxation without representation!
  • Camila Saal
  • Angel Dowden
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    • This is just horrid. I'm an artist myself and I'm horrified at this!
  • Tyler Gest
  • Emerson
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    • This is preposterous! It's injustice to artists!
  • Sammara McRee
  • Potcoava Madalina-Roxana
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    • Such a law is outrageous
  • Philip Kynock
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    • This will effect countless people's lifes.
  • Nicole Tutsch
  • Julien-Pier Bйlanger
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    • For the freedom of art and our own!!!!
  • Garrett Heil
  • Sharon O.
  • John Palmer
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    • This is just bad knews, especial for freelance artists
  • Emerene
  • Unicornmon
    • Comments
    • DO not pass this BILL!
  • Alex Hare
  • Guy Yonoshi Barnes
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    • Don't pass that bill! This bill will take away so many people's dreams and goals!
  • Margaret Tsunoda
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    • Why are you doing this!? It is NOT fair for the artists who show great skill in their works, but some low-life of a 'attention-getter' comes and steals to claim as their own! In doing so, the REAL artist's credibility is shattered! The art WE create are our own 'children,' for god's sake! It's like taking our children, and brainwashing them to make them your own!
  • Flor Annie Roche
  • Andy Lewis
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    • This is a violation of our freedom of expression
  • Leong Jie Shan
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  • wendy gollnick
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    • It's a really ludicrous idea, i doubt it would go ahead anyway, but signing this petition wont hurt..
  • harmoni
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    • This isn't right we as artists put alot of effort into the work we create! we should be entitled to keep our art and not have to pay to put it up or have it stolen ! this is horrible some artists are goign to stop posting anything they due because it might get stolen and there is nothing we can do about it
  • Kevin Einstein
  • Talena Pearson
  • Benjamin McKenzie
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    • I feel that this Orphan Law thing is a bunch of bullcrap! I'm somewhat of an artist myself, and I love drawing and painting, and the last thing I want to do is see legaliziation of some random butthole deciding to photoshop my work and steal it! This is just retarded!
  • Crystal Le Stage
  • Brian Mcdonald
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    • A person's rights to their own artistic work should not come with a price tag
  • Daryl Brue
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    • This bill needs to die.
  • Steven Hope
  • Joshua Ramsey
  • Erik Amill
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    • Honestly, this is the worst copyright-based idea since the DMCA and the CTEA of 1998. Do not let this pass.
  • Jeremy
  • Inochihime
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    • Oh, crap, are they crazy?! Theft is a crime, damn it!
  • E. Spears
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    • I have to agree with this petition. Allowing the orphan works law pass would jeopradize the work of arists around the world. We have a hard enough time already protecting our work that we put so much hard work into; but if this law is allowed to pass it will be like nothing we create is ours anymore. The whole point of creating art is making something that belongs to you, that comes from the heart and is supposed to be something that no one can take away. This law will do exactly that, and if that happens, artists will no longer feel the need to produce any work because of the fear of it being stolen. Although I understand the concern of identifying the owner of a work, this is not the solution to the issue. If anything, this would make it more difficult because so many people would be impersonating real artists, then what? Please do not pass this law, let us artists keep our work out of the hands of thieves.
  • Diana Wohler
  • DeAnna N. Caracol
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    • Your right to swing your fist ends where my nose begins ...
  • David RIvera
  • Camila Galena
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    • th government obviously wants my foot up their ass
  • Ryan Lapastora
  • Grace Gonzaga
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    • My artwork's my own and I like to share my work for everyone to see. But like I'm gonna be ending up paying to keep my own work or have it legally available for people to take
  • Yvonne
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    • dont they have something better to do then steal artists art!?
  • Ryndi Maltby
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    • This is outragous! I do not want to pay to have my artwork protected! Do not pass this bill!
  • Cheesey
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    • FIGHT THE POWAH!!
  • Sheri J. Groleau
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    • Why would you pass this Bill? For money? This will bring you nowhere! If we as artists and designers must PAY to have our work protected as it is already now, never again will there be the extent of creative expression in the world as there is now! The flow of uploaded art on the internet would cease to exist and as a result you would gain NOTHING. This Bill quenches the very want to make art for the simple fact that you fools are willing to allow some hack to take what never was theirs for the sake of the God-Forsaken dollar. Your pockets are already bulging with greed enough as it is. Let the rest of us live our lives in peace knowing our work is protected FREELY like our HUMAN RIGHTS.
  • Aleah Kay
  • Robert J. Scott
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    • This is clearly wrong.
  • Eden Martin
  • Madeline Rupert
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    • This is completely absurd.
  • Trista- Tabbyheart
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    • What idiots these people are to think that they can get away with this crap! Our art is our own to use as we please, and not have some person with or without art talent, come and steal our art, claim it as their own, get MY art registered, then I get FINED for someone ELSE registering MY OWN ART!!!!!! So I'm a thief....