Thread by @MicaDuranArtist

Representing the world's medical and scientific experts with hand-drawn illustration for 20+ years.

...and pleading for visual artists' IP protection and policy.
#copyright #copyrightregistration #IP #smallclaims #CASEAct @CopyrightOffice @SenThomTillis #DMCA

The 7 (seven) published images on the advertisement above cost more than $400 in #copyrightregistration fees. The injustice to visual commercial artists by the @CopyrightOffice continues. We are denied the ability to register more than ONE published work per registration.

Photographers can register 750! If photographers and musicians can register an entire album of work (and receive individual protection to each of the works on the CD), why are visual artists not allowed the same option?

Artists that can not afford to register their works are insulted by the upcoming USCO #smallclaims court — where they will take your “large-claim” and make it a “small-claim” for the “small artists” that can’t afford an attorney.

They COULD have afforded an attorney on contingency, if only they had registered their work BEFORE it was infringed. There is a simple solution… the Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property [@SenThomTillis] can simply abolish the burden of TIMELY registration.

That’s all that’s needed for the “poor small artists” to afford a competent attorney to represent them in federal court. In front of a real judge.

Or better yet, strike entirely the requirement of registration before bringing an infringement claim. The validity of a copyright can be argued in the court during litigation. There is no need for copyright examiners. Leave the small-claims tribunal for #DMCA violations only.