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CURRENT NEWS

Updated on May 6, 2008

ASPP EDUCATION CONFERENCE IN PHOENIX RESOUNDING SUCCESS!

Attendees all agreed that the information and networking opportunities were fantastic.  Full write up of sessions to be posted later on this site and published in The Picture Professional.  Thank you to all our sponsors who helped to make this our best conference ever. Our next conference will be in 2010 and location possibilities are Boston, NYC, Washington DC, Atlanta and Miami.  Let us know by email admin@aspp.com what your preference would be by numbering your choice 1 – 5.


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ORPHAN WORKS BILLS FILED IN HOUSE AND SENATE

Two bills relating to Orphan Works were filed on April 24 (H.R. 5889 and S. 2913).  ASMP, one of the major contributors to the dialogue over the past months, has an evaluation of the new bills at: http://www.asmp.org/news/spec2008/orphan_update.php  Other views are expressed at PDN at:  http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/newswire/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003794301 ; the Illustrators Partnership at http://www.illustratorspartnership.org/; and SAA at http://www.stockartistsalliance.org/orphan-works

PACA OFFERS NEW SERVICE “ORPHAN SEARCH”

This service will assist buyers in finding the creator of an image lacking copyright information.  Mail a copy of the Orphan Work to orphansearch@pacaoffice.org and your request is sent to over 200 PACA member stock agencies and affiliate associations around the world. Go to www.pacaoffice.org

   
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SAA LAUNCHES INDUSTRY WIDE METASURVEY

The Stock Artists Alliance PhotoMetadata Project has launched a comprehensive survey, funded by an award from the U.S. Library of Congress, of metadata practices by photographers and stock distributors.  For more information go to http://www.stockartistsalliance.org/photometadata-project

CEPIC STILL ACCEPTING REGISTRATIONS

It’s not too late to register for the CEPIC Congress in Malta June 4 – 8
http://www.cepic.org/

 

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