I received this in an email today from Phase 1. It is an urgent call from the APA for support against a bill that will impact our industry..

Please take part in stopping the Orphan works Bill. This can change the landscape of our business. Here is the link to find your Senator:
http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/ You can find the fax number on that website, it is too late to send emails. This is Urgent. See the following link to the APA website for more info and a copy / paste letter that you can send to your senator..

http://www.apanational.com/i4a/pages/In … ageID=3875

I am personally going send a fax to my senator in CA at
http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/cgi-b … p;state=ca
tomorrow. I do not want greedy corporations to get away with making it easier for commercial companies to steal other peoples photography and try to get away withOUT paying any usage fees.

Please do what you can, by forwarding this info onto other photographers that you know or by contacting your senator. THIS IS URGENT.

Links are screwed up....it would help if the OP gave some details about this "bill"..........

Duplicate of

Orphan Works Bill 2008-HR5889 - Discussion thread
Orphan Works Act : Write your senators!
Orphan Works Bill 2008 - HR5889 - text of bill
Extremely Urgent - message from APA to photogs
Another pro photog assn speaks on Orphan Works (NANPA)
Listen up Mayhem! Copyright Emergency
"Orphan Works Legislation, photo theft on
Urgent: APA Position on Orphan Works 2008

time warner is trying to steal your stuff (locked)
stolen work (“Time Warner passing a bill”, locked)
Letter to you from Michael Grecco, URGENT (locked)
Fwd: ASMP Urgent: contact your Congressperson (locked: has contact info for members of the committee)
Write you orphan rights protest letter now!!!!!! (locked)
Orphan Works Act 2008-Horrid potential new law (locked)
Senate Bill: Say goodbye to your copyrights (locked)
Orphan Works Act from an Artists Point of View (locked)
urgent!!!! this impacts photographers!! (APA  stance, locked)
urgent industry news! (APA  stance—dupe of previous--locked)
Orphaned Works law and what it means to you. (locked)
orphan works update (locked)

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Orphan artworks compromise proposed (Larry Lessig’s proposal)