Either way, the thread title is misleading. I've read the article (seen this posted on another forum) and it really only applies to professional artists and amateur artists who sell or make money off their art. Under the proposed law, people will be able to buy art and, if it isn't registered in the copyright office or the copyright has expired, they can then upload it to the internet and give it away for free or even sell it themselves, thereby making said artists lose money. This completely sucks ass for professionals and people who sell their art.
Why this doesn't mean crap to the rest of us is because we already upload our art to the internet and give it away for free. So, we won't lose anything more than we do under the current law. When you upload art to the internet and give it away for free, you are (unfortunately) inviting anybody who downloads it to do whatever he/she wants with it. And sometimes people make money off your stuff without your knowledge (just ask Warrior about that.)
So, instead of getting a bunch of people worried about a proposed law that doesn't apply to 96% of us, I'm going to change the thread title to "This is News of a Threat to the Works of Professional Artists."
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