Copyright Wars on the Web!

We fully support the copyright protections offered by the laws of the United States and Internationally.  The concept of copyright has survived challenges for more than a hundred years, and is generally based upon common sense approaches to creative expression.

However, in recent years, a number of groups have forced new laws, as well as are using the courts, to create a climate of absolute fear regarding copyrights.

When it was introduced, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act was supposed to be the Copyright Act Ver. 2.0, but instead it represents the most predatory approach to shutting down creative expression in the explosion of the Web!

We strongly urge you to write to your congress person and ask them to amend the DMCA to exempt Non-commercial uses, to continue the expansion of human creativity and knowledge that the web represents.

We believe that in most cases, non-commercial use (where no income is derived, no products or services or political positions or personalities endorsed, where no damages in excess of $250 can be established) that web images may be used by others (except where such use violates trademarks, or other law).  We believe that a 12 year old should be able to use a picture of their favorite band on their personal website, and not risk a jail term for that use!

Let's either fix this law, or get rid of it!

In an era of increasing uncertainty about our homeland security, our personal financial security, and the security of our computing infrastructure, we all have better things to do than worry about a borrowed bullet graphic used in a PowerPoint presentation, or a picture of an Angel on some grandmother's Yahoo website!

Thank you for your attention..