Comments | cleolinda: Sunday afternoon, Potterdämmerung approaching

cleolinda

Sunday afternoon, Potterdämmerung approaching

Apr 13, 2008 13:25

Re: The Orphan Works Act that a few people have commented or emailed me about: Actually, ursulav is saying that it's a dead issue: "Everything referenced is from the 2005-2006 legislative session. There is no current bill. Anything resembling such a bill died in committee years ago. This is not something you need to freak out about right now.... Relax. It ( Read more... )

tax panic, harry potter, cafepress, m15m

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evilbearhunter April 13 2008, 19:29:34 UTC

I'll buy it either way, but I vote direct download. I'd rather 1) not deal with shipping, 2) get it now, and 3) give you all of my money.

incogra April 13 2008, 19:35:46 UTC

Seconded.

lucky_guess April 13 2008, 20:58:47 UTC

Thirded. Although having the CD-rom as a possibility for gifts, etc., would be a nice option to have. Would it be possible to offer the CD-rom through you directly? It might cost very little to mail it within the US, and you might get more of a cut than if you offered it through cafepress.

soleta_nf April 14 2008, 02:03:27 UTC

Fourth-ted. And I presume we'd be able to burn our own CDs and thus create what we would have gotten from CD press. Am I wrong? If so, direct download all the way. Perhaps any art that is made for a cover could be downloaded as well?

particle_person April 13 2008, 19:37:34 UTC

Sounds good to me. Cafepress handles the direct download? And they don't take a cut?

cleolinda April 13 2008, 20:29:28 UTC

No, I'd just handle it myself. When you get a PayPal payment, they tell you that you've gotten it from such and such an email address. I'd just reply back with the download link, which I'd probably put on SendSpace and change out every now and then.

junebugged April 13 2008, 19:44:22 UTC

I would love to buy m15m and i will even happily pre-pay for a 15m of the upcoming Wolverine, because I am a freak for Liev/Hugh.

Oooh also Deception, because Hugh and Ewan in the same movie is almost as squee-worthy as Hugh and Liev.

So... yeah, I'll give you my money.

macbethchild April 13 2008, 19:48:25 UTC

Oh, screw it. I'll give you my money too. *grumblesnerfgrumble*

Seriously, though, I really love this idea. I know a few of my friends who will love it as well, and will let them know.

foresthouse April 13 2008, 19:58:36 UTC

Just for you, babe:

http://www.emrocks.com/GWLaw%20-%20EntLaw&IndepStudyFinalPaper.doc

I did my final project for my 2006 Advanced Entertainment Law class on none other than...the Orphan Works issue. So if you want to read about the issue as it stood in 2006 from a legal perspective (in an actual, researched-for-school, semester-long project), there you go. Feel free to link it if anyone is interested in the issue. :)

P.S. I got an A in the class, which was mostly graded on this project (at least 80% or more). My prof was really into this issue (he may have been involved in some of the discussions, if I recall correctly), so I am pretty sure if there were any glaring inaccuracies he would have alerted me to them.

cleolinda April 13 2008, 20:30:19 UTC

Oh, huzzah! You can actually tell us what the hell is going on!

foresthouse April 13 2008, 21:45:43 UTC

HEE, yes. Finally something I wrote in law school is useful!

Actually, I'm about to post about this myself. The dumb guy who started this frenzy got a ton of stuff wrong, including the definition of orphan works, for starters. *rolls eyes* So yeah, post to my journal coming soon.

foresthouse April 13 2008, 22:41:42 UTC

ETA: posted. :)