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Orphan Works Roundtable and Webcast by Illustrators' Partnership of America August 2, 2008 You are cordially invited to attend THE ORPHAN WORKS ROUNDTABLE AND WEBCAST CONDUCTED BY THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION How Will the Orphan Works Bill Economically Impact Small Entities? Friday, August 8, 2008 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon Salmagundi Club 47 Fifth Avenue (between 11th & 12th Streets) New York, NY 10003 212-255-7740 http://www.salmagundi.org Free Admission Please attend this important industry event. Let government officials hear directly from those of us who will be harmed if this bill passes. Until now, the Orphan Works bill has been driven by anti-copyright forces and special interest groups. This will be our first opportunity to be heard in a government sponsored forum devoted to the business interests of copyright holders. The Roundtable will be chaired by Tom Sullivan, Director of the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration (SBA). It will give artists from the Northeast the chance to explain the impact of Orphan Works legislation on our careers and the art we create. • Will the cost of compliance create an unreasonable burden on artists, writers and musicians? • Will the failure to register work lead to the loss of copyrights? • Why should artists be forced to supply their business data to commercial databases? • Will the bill create a new business model favoring large corporations at the expense of individual artists? • Will this change the nature of competition for all of us? Eighteen distinguished panelists, all from the creative community, will represent the copyright interests of illustrators, photographers, fine artists, art licensors, writers, musicians, and the collateral businesses that serve and are dependent on creators. Congress established the Office of Advocacy under Pub. L. 94-305 to represent the views of small entities before Federal agencies and Congress. Advocacy is an independent office within the Small Business Administration. This event will be webcast. PLEASE RSVP to illustratorspartnership@cnymail.com and include the names of those attending. You may review the agenda, the panelists and their biographies on the IPA blog: http://ipaorphanworks.blogspot.com/2008/08/80808-sba-hearing-on-orphan-works.html Site copyright © 2003 Illustrators’ Partnership of America. 845 Moraine Street, Marshfield, MA 02050 781-837-9152 All rights reserved.