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  • This is wrong I got copyrights that should protect artist but the government is ignoring the little guy and giving money away to others Thomas Jefferson work would have been stolen Disney would not have gotten where he got no wonder our country is messed up . I got copyrights they don't mean anything .

    I wrote two book neither one of which I have ever gotten paid for this maybe why I am barred from amazon because of the google lawsuit I click on it and get a blank screen .

  • holy cow

  • Crap

  • We should first consider that almost all the stuffs we use at home are being run by corporate people. We should think before we act.

  • this does not make sense if this does get released that means no one will have copyrights for the law so people can just make up law and rights.......

  • great look what me and millions of other kids in the world are growing up into

  • Wow... America has lost its balls. They will practically do anything they can to make us pay for everything... why don't we start paying to breath? I mean we are paying for water aren't we? Might as well. We all have to pay the moment we're born.

  • Even noncommercial material needs protection- for example, this proposal would make the GNU/GPL unenforcible!

  • THIS IS AMERICAN DEMOCRACY!

  • Artists have to contend with greedy corporations and self-minded theives who hide behind altruistic bullshit in order to try and make a profit off shit that doesn't belong to them. I don't owe the "artistic community" shit. And anyway, the real artistic community is out creating new works, not regurgitating stuff that someone else did because they lacked the imagination or the talent.

    Thanks for posting this video. Unfortunately, the war goes on.

  • Business interests are unconstitutional.

  • Property rights don't exist

  • @mrhnm Rule of law? It's plutocracy. Rule by the wealthy [corporations].

  • @ToxicOdiousOne It is the rule of law it just that law is fucked up, but it is still law. And this is all due to the mixed economy.

  • BULLSHIT 4:07

  • I was told about this 3 years ago then, the emails stop coming if anyone knows what happened with this possible law, let me know.

    Thank you.

  • So it's been 2 years now . . . Did the bill pass or no?

  • where the **** are the ratings for this video

  • @frankite316 I think youtube changed it to the "like" and "dislike" buttons. =_=

  • fuck this bill 

  • There is no way in hell i am paying for rights to my drawings on DeviantArt. Anyone with me?

  • 65 thumbs down means 65 buisnesses

  • did this bill pass???

  • Will this affect the rest of the world? because if thats the case we are all stuffed. I HATE THASE PIGGY BASRTSTARDS ALWAYS TRYING TO TAKE THE BREAD AWAY FROM PEOPLES MOUTHS. hOW MUCH MORE MONEY DO THEY WANT. I HOPE THEY FUCKING DROWN IN IT AND ONEDAY THEY WILL WAKE UP TO A WORLD WHERE NO ONE OWNS ANYTHING AND EVRYONE IS LIVING IN SLUMS JUST LIKE INDIA AND THE WHOLE WORLD WILL BE OUT TO SLIT THIER FAT OVERFED NECKS.

  • @DementedDolphin What these companies and lawmakers don't remember is that they're merely pigs at the trough. The citizens are the hand that feeds them, they fuck with us we can always poison their slop, in a manner of speaking. In the case of the companies, we stop buying their product (whatever form it may take). In the case of lawmakers, we challenge the law (US at least) and we can take it to a court with more authority than theirs.

  • @silencesoloud12 but the court and all that is on their side and we can't not boycott everything because we need their stuff, unless we all do are part, just a few people boycotting is never going to work

  • ????? What kind of person thought of this??? I repel this!!! I like making stuff!!!

  • I pray one day we take our country back and let the peoples vote count and stop the corruption in the big house.

  • It's hard enough for artists of all types to make anything off their work but this sounds like a knife in the back of all creative people This country is screwing us all so hard any way they can the rights of the people are being trampled and our tax money is probably being used against us on this without our consent the government supports big business on our backs. I agree with the comments below the administration we have now is on a huge power grab. Control Banks, auto, health , our rights

  • @Tigersharkvideo Your right. their multi-million dollar ranches are not enough.

  • Well, for sure, this is like communism... Obama is taking all out rights away, just another ass politician...

  • This happened before Obama was in office.

    Look it up.

  • @Tyco200 lol this was not obamas fault bush was the problem obama has to fix bushs mistakes

  • this is an old piece of legislation, that did not get voted on by congress, it died. so until it comes back to life, we are safe from it.

    the problem with this stuff is, so much art etc has been copied and pasted on the internet so it has no info as to who the author is. and other scenarios. corporations could just claim they can't find the owner.

    documentaries and nonprofit groups should be able to use historical documents like for education, but that is usually different.

  • This is fucking communism. This country is already socialist.

  • @rockmonkey11 - It's not Communism; It's Facism. There's no ownership in Communism, but they're both socialist systems.

  • @yadidimeanmaine That... Is... The... Smartest thing I ever heard. Thanks for telling me!

  • it's neither. it is pure corporate capitalist ELITISM. it's the elite wealthy corporations who want it because they want to take take take away from all the little nobody's. they don't care that people have to support themselves somehow. we can all die as far as they're concerned, or they never even think that far.

  • @theCosmicQueen Ok then.

  • People read the bill before jumping to conclusions: "The Orphan Works Act defines an "orphan work" as any copyrighted work whose author any infringer says he is unable to locate with what the infringer himself decides has been a "reasonably diligent search."

    This means that if and only if, said "infringer" cannot find the artist does something become 'orphaned' and up for grabs.

  • I looked this up on Google just now and here is what I found while skimming through:

    "A user(of an unclaimed work) must take all reasonable steps, employ all reasonable technology, and execute the applicable search practices to be submitted to the Copyright Office by authors, associations, and other experts. The user must meet other hurdles, including attaching an orphan symbol to the use, to increase transparency and the possibility that an owner may emerge."

  • this is crazy. having to pay to get the rights to something you created? I hope to god this doesn't happen in the UK?

  • Hmm.. how does this affect international works I wonder?

  • Sounds like the work of politician's who have no concept of small companies.

    Especially if you ever attempt to put a sign in their face about it.

  • Oh wow. Now they are trying to implant communnism in the U.S. You know what? That bill will probably pass. Then, BOOM. All the small artisits will get their creations STOLEN, and stuff like Disney, and big corporates like VIACOM will have the monopol and it's probably gonna be something will make the world stop turning... Heh.

  • Every creative artist in the country owes a STANDING SALUTE to BRAD HOLLAND, who has spearheaded the fight, at great personal expense, against the "Orphan Works" Bill.

  • I would not pay and if anyone tries to claim ownership over anything I create they will suffer dearly. Evil laws are meant to be broken.

  • @SubtleDemise Agreed

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  • This is just.... so....shameless.

  • 'an academic group of Marxists'?

    What a blatant misinterpretation of a political theory.

  • If the Orphan Works Bill gets passed, almost ALL youtube channels will be deleted for copyright. Under said circumstances YOU will NOT be able to use any website that supports free speech. THIS BILL IS AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS!! READ OVER THE BILL OF HUMAN RIGHTS CAREFULLY!

  • God, the US Congress basically fucks us up at every turn, doesn't it...

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  • thx this video... now what...the change somenthing?....no...so shut fuck up..

  • The most confusing sentence ever posted.

  • @therealweeklynews um isnt this bill to protect from piracy thata been happening over the internet first it was free downloadable songs now viral videos that are huge losses to original artist but anyways theirs always loopholes around these sort of thing like selling downloads but thats why their trying to get rid of cds

  • @therealweeklynews indeed.

    Most confusing sentence....

  • @therealweeklynews Not certain that was a sentance.

  • @therealweeklynews Agreed.

  • @kukuloco00 English. Learn it.

  • @kukuloco00 What?

  • I thought you people have an automatic copyright the second you draw sketch or create something. I know nothing...

  • Good thing I'm in england...

  • and the clock goes tic..tac..tic..tac..

  • WTF... This would be the most FUCKED UP thing that US Congress could possibly do this CENTURY.

  • RIDICULOUS!!!!!

  • 100% OUTRAGEOUS!

    The more they try to put down more control on us here the more likely we the people will fight back for our rights! this is just the very tip of the ice berg!

  • paying for ur rights?!

    OUTRAGEOUS!!!!!

  • Who the fuck came up with that?

  • yup, america is really crashing downhill faster and faster^^

  • why is there a picture of burj in this?

  • This is just freaking crazy. For the government to go THIS FAR for money! I myself am writer and an artist and I don't want some creep stealing my stuff that I spent hours on myself.

  • those fucking bastards thats bullshit what their doing to america

  • Dang it my moused sliped and I rated this video 1 star. sorry I was trying to push pause

  • Oh my god..... I thought this was what america was trying to prevent. I'm about ready to leave America.

  • I dont want to offend you in any way, but i am pretty sure that it would be the same situation wherever you go. Unless you go to some remote location.

  • support

  • How can i be sure this is for real,i havent heard any of this being Officially stated anywere!

    If it is for real,then its F*CKING OUTRAGEOUS

    im not paying anyone to own my own rights to my own art!

  • one reason is taxes they want to pull so much money out of are ass. why do u think prostitutes go to jail beacuse for now they can not "tax" are body for sex

  • Why does America always have to do retarded things like this ALL THE TIME?????

  • It's probably because a shitload of American politicians (not all of them though) are mentally retarded...

  • Theres no way this would pass, its just stupid.

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  • well alright then...ive decided...im moving to australia....

  • What the hell! >O

  • the government wants you to die.

  • US's government is asinine.

    They spend too much money on people who don't feel like working

    Now this?

    Even worse, I live in the US. You can take our sprites, not our spirits! Until they pass a law for that too.

  • Guys, dont you get whats going on. The preoblem has made minor damage for a while so everyone things "oh its no big deal" but then out of the blue it starts causing problems and its too late!

    The government doesn't care about us because apparently only the big companies funding them mater. Anyone in a position of power i guarantee you got there by large companies.

    Ever sense the founding fathers died the governments basically been truing into "who gives a crap about a piece of p"

  • Continued: Our rights have been disppering for awhile and my next vote will be for the little guy, because we shouldn't be suporting thoughs stronger then us, we should suport thoughs who are one of us.

  • I though monopolizing was outlawed. But that's what this does.

  • So much for land of opportunity....

  • Lol youtube is getting rid of in indipeint channels and now the goverment is going to get rid of indipeint musians and artists

  • if this passes we need to reform this goverment because in the declatation it says that if a goverment becomes too courpet then its the people's right to abolish it, if this passes this put all big componies infront of the people, courpt, so we need too go too a new goverment we have right to our work and that is a right not a resposiblity to buy it, a right.

  • Oh my god... why the FUCK would they do this?! I feel sick, just thinking about if they pass this bill, I could see ANY of MY creations being used somewhere by someone I didn't give permission to, and I wouldn't be able to do shit about it...

  • This is why I don't like capitalism!

  • This is not capitalism, it is government intervention. It sounds more like facism because the government is in bed with the corperations. This is not fair competition and hurts the little guy. Just wanted to clairify.

  • this country is turning towards fascism and this a is a perfect example

  • Turning to Fascism? where the hell have you been for the past decade? This country is fascist, has been for decades. One good example; take a look of how the insurance industry manipulated "through lobbyists" the drinking laws. So now one has to be 21 to drink, but only 18 to get killed in the armed forces. That's just one tiny example of how Corporations lobbyists have been able to change gov. policies to their benefit and our loss of rights!

  • These greedy fuckers have nothing better to do then think about how to make more money from the general public. Paying Tax is bad enough, now this crap.

  • We can work so hard to make something up just for people that have no talent take it away then why do it all? The reason why we still do it is to fight for our right to be ours. Now the people say that we can't do any thing at all, they might be right but we can still spread it out to other people for it will not be one voice but millions of voices to fight for our right, to get it to stupid companies that think they can do what ever they want.

  • hey it's the Viacom guy!

  • has it been passed yet?

  • yeah i would like to know if it was passed or rejected to...

  • Check out the BBC's website for a story about Danielle and Jeff Smith. A family photo the St. Louis couple took and posted was filched and used as a restaurant billboard in Europe. They probably don't even know they can sue.

  • Fuck this shit, fuck this law, fuck this bill.

  • two words to describe this Bill, bull shit...

  • whar is about this shit anyway?

  • Typical corporate greedy greedy idiots....how dare they even consider owning something they didn't create! Who the living hell do they think we are?????

  • Surely this only applies to the Sates? If I create something in the UK, it would still belong to me as I created it outside the U.S, and the UK isn't run under the Bill of Rights?

  • That's it. I am going to move to Narnia.

  • tell the lion i said hi!

  • Wouldnt the orphan bill also be a form of communism because say people put a pic of themselves on myspace, facebook or something like that well without a copywright BOOM its not there picture its shared by the goverment to the HUGE companies so the goverment is now controlling what we do to me that says communism whats it say to you?

  • It is a form of communism

  • In comunisam you don't have rights.

  • the point of communism is this: EVERYONE IS THE SAME, YOUR SALARY YOUR RIGHTS EVERYTHING, well that dosent sound so bad.. well lets say u study for like 10 years more in college following some dream you have, and this kid drops outta highschool, you and him gain the same.. see where im getting at? its pointless O.o

  • Yeah.

  • If this passes HELLO ANOTHER DEPRESSION its taking everything away THATS BS

  • do they understand how bad this will spike the whole country? the multimedia market will crash and the econemy will take a huge blow!

  • After watching this, I started rackings my head saying "Oh god.. oh go-o-od.." So, me being and artist, anything I do can pretty much be taken, but then someone else who is one of "the big guys" can pay the fee and basically say THEY made it? Why do I have the feeling that my, and a lot of others, careers in art, entertainment, and so on will be killed? I think I'm gunna turn out to be an undiscovered artist..

  • the only reason we cant do anything about this is cuz if we do they will "take care of us" we cant do anything about it

  • free country right, what's next take our freedom of speech o wait they have we have to pay to keep wat we wrote in our head i think isn't that in the cons. freedom of speech if it was wouldn't that be unconstitutional?

  • BUUUUUULLLLLLLSHIT!!!!!

  • I can't believe that anyone not being bribed by some multi-gagillion dollar corporation would go for that. In fact, I don't think anyone without sponsors like that would agree with that.

  • what the fuck! I happen to like my sketchbook! damn. my drawings are mine. I drew them and their fucking mine!

  • thats SOOOOOOOO stupid(the idea not the vid) i mean i'm a kid! u cant expect me 2 pay money evry time i write a story or piece of music in scool! all these companies r makin america look bad! i no its a gr8 place cuz i'v bin ther, but now its fallin in2 ruin cuz ppl r too damn selfish!

  • So many things this country has done in recent years has made me disillusioned and even embarrassed to call myself a citizen. A lot of the things this country was founded on have been skewed or completely thrown out the window. Money = corporations = power = political influence. There is no more room for individualism outside the quest for wealth and power of some kind. I'm sorry if this offends Americans with a misplaced sense of blind patriotism and unabashed elitism.

  • This is complete bullshit!! Man, how can this be happening in America of all places!!

  • this will truly be a slave nation physically then.

  • I hope that doesn't pass in America, because the British government are sheeps to America and will probably enforce it over here if it passes.

  • hey hey hey, i love intellectual property protection as the next guy, but what's the room in this system for my Forgetting.Sarah.Marshall.HD.X­vid-DVD-Rip.avi torrents

  • Jesus Christ, I can't believe I'm only just hearing about this now, over a year later!

  • me 2

  • I cant believe I am either.

  • I am moving to Europe if i hear on more bad thing about America. Lol

  • I just read up on it further, it is nowhere as bad as it sounds.

  • The hell, that is stupid. I'm guessing this is only in America? Hoping it doesn't jump over to Australia.

  • second that.

  • what the fuck

    this means everything i drew isnt my art???

    im lost holyshit

  • Just stick a watermark on your work and sign it. Seems a bit fake and stupid to me though.

  • Ohhh, God, please don't tell me this was passed.

    Because that means all those car pictures I just drew arent mine!

  • did it passs?

  • probably because we steal movies and shit on the internet... poetic justice?

  • moveing ther wont stop it fhem.. for long ...muhahahaha

    ..corp take over of canada is runnig to the time table .

    and will be in place soon ..and YES they can ..and will

    take that as well and more ..a lot more 900trillon piffft

    peanuts ..oww yes they can...and Have.??..yes he can

    ..and has fooled you all ...yes he can and yes were .fuc

  • Thank god im canadien

  • man i agree i dont want this law to pass =(

  • from the things i read on the internet i belive its a big fat no that this bill has not been passed. ever artist organization is protesting and stopping it and besides if it was passed ud have to have ur whole how have a giant c with a circle around it on it

  • What the fuck is America doing? THIS SHIT is fucking RIDICULOUS! Man I want to jizz all over the faces of these mother fuckers

  • this is the biggest crock of bullshit ive ever heard of. Im moving to CANADA

  • FUCK DAT !

  • was that bill passed??!??

  • please tell me this bill was not passed

  • This is communism combined with capitalism "Small companies will be hurt" and the big ones will benefit., just like everywhere else. google plans to use this bill if it passes... If this passes google can in fact rule the internet. So far google has bought

    youtube

    blogger

    jaiku

    feedburner

    DoubleClick

    all of these are broadcast and i wouldn't be surprised if the rumors about them buying twitter are true

  • damn not twitter too.

  • mtv bought quizilla and thats why it sucks

  • I can put my thoughts into this without making a huge block of words, and make it simple enough for a man with an IQ of 70 to understand perfectly:

    Fuck that shit man.

  • This isn't fair. This law is total bullcrap

  • If this doeshappen then with in the frst few hours piracy will be legal seeng as the item will not be registered and baisicly will be public property. There's will be no infringing you could make linkin park your own. You can make as many copies as you want.

    Baisicly it shuts of the copyright grid for a while. It relaunches for exclusivity to rich people. During that "while" alot of tings could indeed be pirated, therewill be no law protection.

    I hope they didthin

  • 1 word for this bullshit, ANARCHY.

  • Only thing I hate more than this is Patenting.

    I plan to amass a huge fortune, and patent swallowing ones saliva.

    HEY YOU!

    You swallowed!!! LAWSUIT!!!

    Then people would be quick to eradicate patenting. >_>

  • Er, I think patents only apply to inventions you design. Patents actually help to keep an inventor's ideas from being stolen and claimed by someone else.

  • Maybe, but often times people patent something really simple, that everyone in the world would have thought of about, then he asks tons of money for others to use it.

  • We can quantify the deaths caused by both communism and fascism, but we will never know how many deaths have been the result of capitalism; of nothing more noble than a rich man wanting to be even richer, and sacrificing the health and lives of millions of workers to achieve this. Dont even try to count how many people capitalism has killed, because not only will you not know where to begin, but also it will never end"

  • Capital, communism and fascism kill no-one. A fascist dictator killing millions doesn't mean that fascism is killing them. People dying in a capitalist system doesn't mean that capitalism is killing them.

  • holy fuck i think the government is smoking crack damn there laws are so fucking retarded

  • Has this bill passed? I sure hope not.

  • Metal Gear solid 2 explained this perfectly, you no longer can say what you want, claim rights to anything, without being one of the high powers.

  • and guns of the patriots explains the near future of the world.

  • I know right, itresting how Hideo Kojima was able to predict the future with MGS games.

  • support

  • pay for your rights wow thats kinda wrong

  • Wow. Our freedoms in America are depleting. The FCC is depleting our freedom of speech, and now were being depleted of our freedom of expression, that what we create is ours.

  • i thought it wasn't that bad then i thought of all the bands i like that started in someones bacment

  • In laymen terms, this is retarded. Just typing my words here on You Tube have to be registered with commercial copywright agencies, just in case it was infringed etc.

  • they really suck

  • while I may not have much right for Munchy and the Game and Watch doll as they are fan characters, and I can't legally make money off of them... for now. I would at least want someone to have to ask me to use them! These guys that made the law don't understand the true value of art! Who's going to buy the copyright to things like the Mona Lisa, or the Scream? Some bum off the street!? Because it looks like that could happen!

  • What retard thought of that???

  • The Fountainhead, anyone?