Many will be pleased by this afternoon’s report by David Kravets in Wired’s Threat Level blog that lawmakers are too busy dealing with the nation’s economic woes to worry about some poor old orphan works.
According to Mr. Kravets sources, they won’t consider the measure until after the November elections.
You can exhale now.
About Coderights
There are some nasty little problems that coders face from time to time (whether individually, as a startup, or as a consultant): what can I do (or not do) legally?.
Since 2005, Coderights has been my attempt to wrestle with these issues. It's written by me, Michael Rice. I'm a third year law student at the Seattle University School of Law. Consequently, don't even think about relying on anything you read by me as legal advice.
If you have a comment, concern, or see something you want me to write up, let me know! I'm pretty easy to get a hold of. You can send me an email: michael@coderights.com or feel free to call me using Google Voice, (206)438-9007. Alternatively, you can follow me at twitter.com/michaelrice.