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  • From: tom poe <tompoe AT amihost.com>
  • To: Open Studios <Open_Studios AT yahoogroups.com>
  • Cc: Community Studios <community_studios AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Community_studios] [Fwd: Comment on Orphan Works from Tom Poe of Reno, NV]
  • Date: 03 Mar 2005 09:48:32 -0800

Here's a copy of what was sent to our Copyright Office on behalf of Open
Studios. I encourage everyone to send your $.02 cents worth as well.
The info (OrphanWorks) and link is on:
http://www.ibiblio.org/studioforrecording/php/homepage.php
Tom

-----Forwarded Message-----

> From: tompoe AT studioforrecording.org
> To: orphanworks AT loc.gov, tompoe AT studioforrecording.org
> Subject: Comment on Orphan Works from Tom Poe of Reno, NV
> Date: 03 Mar 2005 09:00:12 -0800
>
> To: Jule L. Sigall
> Associate Register for Policy & International Affairs
>
> Date: 03/03/2005
>
> From: Tom Poe
> Title: Director
> Org: Open Studios
> Address1: P.O. Box 7202
> City: Reno
> State: NV
> Zip: 89510
> Email: tompoe AT studioforrecording.org
> Phone: 775-337-2107
>
> Comment:
> Some time back, a fellow named, Olu, from Ghana, West Africa, requested
> help to further his music career. He had songs he wanted put to music.
> Each song would need to be "vetted" for originality, then set to music,
> and, of course, the music would need to be "vetted" for originality. Olu
> had no money. In fact, Olu often had to choose between paying for a meal
> or paying to read his email from a cybercafe, somewhere in Africa.
>
> In our work, which is to assist communities to build and operate
> community-based recording studios, we find this scenario played out within
> inner-city neighborhoods. The problem is there, and it is out of reach for
> almost everyone. The cost of identifying and arranging to pay unknown
> copyright holders is overwhelming.
>
> Technology is available to solve this problem, to make the search for
> "vetting" of potentially copyrighted conflicts simple. The copyright
> office has an obligation to the Olu(s) of the world, and we look forward to
> seeing how that obligation is handled.
> Respectfully,
> Tom Poe
> Open Studios
> Reno, NV, USA
> www.ibiblio.org/studioforrecording/
> ----
>

> To: Jule L. Sigall
> Associate Register for Policy & International Affairs
>
> Date: 03/03/2005
>
> From: Tom Poe
> Title: Director
> Org: Open Studios
> Address1: P.O. Box 7202
> City: Reno
> State: NV
> Zip: 89510
> Email: tompoe AT studioforrecording.org
> Phone: 775-337-2107
>
> Comment:
> Some time back, a fellow named, Olu, from Ghana, West Africa, requested
> help to further his music career. He had songs he wanted put to music.
> Each song would need to be "vetted" for originality, then set to music,
> and, of course, the music would need to be "vetted" for originality. Olu
> had no money. In fact, Olu often had to choose between paying for a meal
> or paying to read his email from a cybercafe, somewhere in Africa.
>
> In our work, which is to assist communities to build and operate
> community-based recording studios, we find this scenario played out within
> inner-city neighborhoods. The problem is there, and it is out of reach for
> almost everyone. The cost of identifying and arranging to pay unknown
> copyright holders is overwhelming.
>
> Technology is available to solve this problem, to make the search for
> "vetting" of potentially copyrighted conflicts simple. The copyright
> office has an obligation to the Olu(s) of the world, and we look forward to
> seeing how that obligation is handled.
> Respectfully,
> Tom Poe
> Open Studios
> Reno, NV, USA
> www.ibiblio.org/studioforrecording/






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