Great Analysis of Pending Orphan Works Legislation

Ok, I really try to avoid politics on the blog, mainly because I hate political blogs, but John Harrington has a great write-up over on Photo Business News & Forum regarding the Orphan Works Act of 2008. If you make any amount of money of photography, it is worth reading.  Orphaned works are definitely a dead spot on in the current copyright law, but John goes through the analysis of why the current legislation is bad.

Lawrence Lessig published a great counter-proposal last year on his blog. His proposal is more akin to what is done on patent maintenance. Let hope Senators Hatch and Leahy know how to use a browser and can read.