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Advocacy IssuesArtists Tax Deduction for Donated Artwork Under ConsiderationThe Artist-Museum Partnership Act Reintroduced
in Congress Support Your Right to Unionize - The Employee Free Choice ActContact your senators We've Moved!The Guild office in New York has moved to new office space. Our phone lines are now up and running. Please note that the phone and fax numbers remains the same as well as our web site address and office email addresses. However, our extensions have changed:
The "Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2005" HR 525 is a revision of HR 660 already passed by the House of Representatives. Click here for an objective summary of HR 525: thomas.loc.gov. The Guild does not currently support this bill. Find out why on our Advocacy Page. Dear Mark Excellent answers to real-life, every-day business issues. Click here. IRS 20 QUESTIONS Employee or Independent Contractor? How to know for sure. Stay Involved in Politics Elections may be over, but we continue to encourage everyone to get to know their representatives and the issues at hand and be a proactive part of driving our goventment's policies. Don't forget to get involved on your state and local level as well!
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U.S. HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES June 16, 2004 Dear Arts Advocates, At 6:10 p.m.June 16, 2004, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Arts Caucus Amendment to increase funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) by $10 million and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) by $3.5 million. The amendment passed by a vote of 241 to 185. By way of comparison, last year's votes were 225 to 200 with 35 Republicans voting FOR the Arts Caucus Amendment. This year, 48 Republicans voted for the amendment. The House also defeated an amendment by Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) which would have decreased NEA funding by $60 million, by a vote of 313 to 112, identical to last year's vote. The Congressional Arts Caucus Amendment was sponsored by Reps. Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Chris Shays (R-CT), Norm Dicks (D-WA), and Jim Leach (R-IA). The following Members made speeches in support of the amendment (you can find the full text of their speeches online, using the weblink below): Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) Rep. Cass Ballenger (R-NC) Rep. Rob Andrews (D-NJ) Rep. Jim Leach (R-IA) Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) Rep. Jack Quinn (R-NY) Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) Rep. Chris Shays (R-CT) Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL) Rep. Norm Dicks (D-WA) AmericansForTheArts.org Copyright Awareness Month During Copyright Awareness Month, copyright experts and educators throughout the country will seek to teach people about the basic purpose of copyright as articulated in our Constitution-- to promote the advancement of the arts by providing creators with the exclusive rights to their works for limited terms. A public that has a basic understanding of copyright law and its relationship to the arts -- including its fair use exceptions -- is far more likely to respect and comply with the law, than one that functions on misinformation. Read More... Designer Salaries Survey available online The AIGA|Aquent Survey of Design Salaries 2004 edition is now online. (We use the information from this survey as part of the PEGs salary information.) www.designsalaries.com Foreign Reprographic Royalties Gets into the details of this complicated topic. Jonathan Comb's IFFRO article. Guild Elections! Congratulations go out to our new officers! New President, Molly Knappen; Vice President, Scott Bakal; Advocacy Chair, Lisa Shaftel; Communications Chair, Sara Love; Executive Committee At Large Seat, Susan Mathews; and Executive Committee At Large Seat, John Schmelzer. Their terms begin January 1st. Many thanks to all who ran for office and those who cast their votes. |
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| Guild Amicus Summary The Guild joined in the efforts of three artist rights cases: Publica VS. Decarlo, Amicus on Imageline, and Grokster Amica Brief. Click here to view the summaries. Channel 13 Collective Bargaining We have just concluded collective bargaining negotiations to protect artists working for Channel 13 in NYC. Brian Whitehall, a Channel 13 Guild member, has gone above and beyond to help shape this contract process. Thanks Brian! Special thanks also go out to Staciellen Heasley for her great contract and legal-ese translations. Everyone involved fought hard and your work is appreciated! Hire a Union Artist Campaign The "Hire A Union Artist Campaign" is close to launch! Unions contract out design, layout and illustration work every year. Guild members should be doing it! Other unions do not realize they can hire union artists. The "Hire A Union Artist Campaign" is designed to raise awareness of the Guild among other unions, encourage unions to hire Guild artists and provide a Guild only job board where we can all go to find project opportunities. James Schauweker The Guild is sad to report the loss of longtime member and volunteer, James Schauweker. Click here for more. Guild President Letter To AOL Time Warner President Lloyd Dangle responds to work-for-hire contracts being forced on journalists at Ski and Skiing Magazine. Click here to read the letter. Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Won Photographer Jerry Greenberg and the ASMP win the appeal of copyright infringement lawsuit against "National Geographic." The US District Court awards the photographer maximum statutory damages of $100,000. Decision of appeal of the Tasini (National Writers Union) v. The New York Times copyright infringement victory cited as legal precedent by Court. http://www.asmp.org/news/spec2003/greenberg.shtml From the HOW Design Conference... Lauri Baram shares the insight she has gleaned from this year's trip to the Conference. Click here to share in her wisdom. Copyright Office to Hold Hearings The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress will be holding public hearings in its rulemaking on the possible exemptions to the prohibition against circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works. In accordance with the Copyright Act, as amended by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Office is conducting its triennial rulemaking proceeding pursuant to 17 U.S.C. section 1201 to determine whether there are particular "classes of works" as to which users are, or are likely to be, adversely affected in their ability to make noninfringing uses if they are prohibited from circumventing such technological measures. Register to Vote! The Graphic Artists Guild wants all of our members to be active participants in determining the direction and future of the municipalities where we live. This, first and foremost, includes voting in all local, state and national elections. Voting is not only your individual voice in the political arena, but also a way to express the collective power we have discovered in the Graphic Artists Guild. Take a moment to register to vote now, or, if you are already registered, to remind and encourage your colleagues to register and to vote. Listed below are resources to help facilitate your participation in this important responsibility. |
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