U.S. Copyright Office – Orphan WorksWolves in Sheeps’ Clothing
Hmmm… Lately I have been working very hard to get the financial backing to take a few of my ideas and put them into motion. I have been working on some of these for years and others are the collective result of my life. I need to allocate some funds so I can hire the right people to complete the tasks at hand because I am too old to try and harvest favors from people. As a photographer I have been aware of intellectual property, and how much we as creative professionals are at risk. What we produce as work is often intangible and because of our constant use and near dependence on technology has us constantly in harms way. I have been following and trying to instill into my creative workflow copyright and intellectual property protection since the 2006 Orphan Works report by the US copyright office. What did I used to say? While I was holding on to film instead of going digital. ”if I cannot pick it up and throw it in the air? Then is it real? Am I doing anything at all? Survey says: Well, hell yes I am doing so much. But it is hard to quantify the worth of photography. Especially at a commercial, editorial or advertising level. Production is what it is and good production goes unnoticed. Like most things. Am I a producer? Yes I am. And like most things I do it extremely well. And like my camera I am selective at what or who I exercise that skill toward or for. I am picky. Hells bells? If I am going to be picky about something going to be my work. I am good at it and it is hard as hell and undervalued. When I discovered in school that the 1st photograph that captured the moment some one was shot ended a war. I was flabbergasted and excited. Diving into the works of Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, Margrette Bourke-White, Sabastian Salgado, & Henry Cartier-Bresson… Holy Shit!!! This is what I was to do. This is going to provide my foolish valiant heart with purpose. And with purpose then I can get on with my life and stop striving to find that opportunity to have a positive influence on the world. Hell I never wanted any fame, nor did I want money. After dumping a lifetimes worth of debt into Architecture school I discovered that money was not my goal. Nor was that goal purpose. What my life’s goal was and is still. That being quality of life. And purpose was part of the equation but not all of it. But God bless it! I was going to weave that part into my career because nothing boosts my spirits more than having a positive influence on my surroundings whatever, wherever or when ever that might be. Plus, at one time I loved people and all of our bizarre behavior, pageantry and tradition. Hell, I still do love people I am just mad at myself. This happens to me at times and drives me to my whits end. I try so hard to maintain self all the while working to encourage, facilitate and troubleshoot creatives and creative workflow in order to maintain a safe mutually respectful and beneficial environment that fosters community and interaction during the creative process. I have done this fools errand to my detriment. I often am driven by this bizarre sense of purpose to help the people around me and I often loose sight of my own personal and professional goals and obligations. I am gullible as hell, a complete sucker, when it comes to women and if I notice any living thing is in harms way I cannot help but rush to its aid. I am a fool if there ever has been one. But regardless of being aware of this clear and present weakness I maintain a certain immature naiveness to hold on to the morals that were instilled in me growing up in the midwest. Ever aware that if I were to simply to give up my ideals or morals, would be better off. But there is some part of me that believes that everyone I encounter is not out to take what ever they want and care not at all about the people around them. I found this little tid bit (See attachments) in my quest to understand why the people around me behave the way that they do. It’s funny. I have bee taking entrepreneurial classes from JVS Chicago. Thank you JVS by the way. As I strolled into my first JVS class I was sweating from riding my bike there in a rush and the professor or speaker Mike Cohen whitily commented that entrepreneurship was not a contact sport. I beg to differ. My work is important. Remember about the sense of purpose. My work is important as is my time. I attack my work with reckless rigor & a sort of removed selflessness (in order to remain objective.) I have often times in my career been subjected to character assassination. This shit happens all the time and I am a easy target because I am and always will be the usual suspect. But I refuse to give up. I refuse to stop trying to make sense out of the strange behavior around me. Life is a gift and as much as it is worth celebrating it is also worth protecting. And not just for here and now. It’s worth protecting for generations to come. People often say to me; why do you care? Just stop, quit, give up. I say; fuck that. I don’t live my life that way. I don’t quit. I am stubborn and a fucking giant and I refuse to give up. You give up. I don’t believe that learning, health, and life’s resources should exclusive, I don’t believe in the American medical system, I don’t believe it’s ok to pull the arts from the schools, I do believe that the arts should be financially supported and celebrated as much athletics, I do believe in open source software and the cause they they stand for, I do believe in the American Dream & independence, I don’t believe in the institutions of college or the ritual of marriage as they relate to American culture, I do believe in penguins, I am terrified by the modern urban woman, I miss my family, I do with out a doubt believe that all things are created equal, Benjamin Franklin and Leonardo Davinci are my mentors, Thomas Edison was a bitch, Why the fuck don’t we study Tesla’s work?, I know we have more than 5 senses, I need more education, ”new times roman” was an epiphany I experienced this week, I need to learn french, I love to cook and be in the kitchen with loved ones, I am an amazing environment engineer, I believe in cognition, I don’t believe in last chances, I do believe in love, and I need to be doing anything but this first thing in the morning… I am worried that the checks and balances set up to monitor and maintain the internet are in desperate need of attention…U.S. Copyright Office – Orphan Works U.S. Copyright Office – Orphan Works http://www.copyright.gov/docs/regstat031308.html
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