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.
The Guild participated in the press conference which was held April 23rd in NY City on the steps of City Hall. The following were in attendance, showing their solidarity for fair contracts:
- Jonathan Tasini, National Writers Union
- David Goodman, Former Time Inc. free-lancer for Ski and Skiing Magazine
- Victor Perlman, Managing Director and General Counsel for American Society of Media Photographers, Inc.
- Staciellen Stevenson Heasley, General Counsel and Acting Executive Director of the Graphic Artists Guild
- Peter Gregoire, from the Editorial Photographers
- Michael Gross, Staff Attorney for the Authors Guild
- Betsy Wade, from the Society of American Travel Writers.
- Christine C. Quinn, Robert Jackson, & James Davis, Counselmembers for the City of New York
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.
Public hearings will be held in Washington, D.C., on Friday, April 11, 2003; on Tuesday, April 15, 2003; on Wednesday, April 30, 2003; and on Friday, May 2, 2003. The hearings will begin at 9:30 a.m. For locations, see the Federal Register notice announcing the hearings.
Public hearings will also be held in California in May at a time and location to announced later. Requests to testify at the Washington, D.C., hearings must be received by 5:00 p.m. EST on April 1, 2003. For further information on the hearings and on the requirements for the requests to testify, see the Copyright Office website at http://www.copyright.gov/1201/index.html#hearings
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.
Register online to Vote at this site:
https://ssl.capwiz.com/congressorg/nvra/
Voter Registration Deadlines can be found here:
http://www.fec.gov/pages/faqs.htm