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COPYRIGHT ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES "CREATORS ACROSS AMERICA" CAMPAIGN AND INFORMATION RESOURCE WASHINGTON--Copyright is at work in all 50 states, from graphic arts to filmmaking to songwriting, showcased in a new web feature, Creators Across America, on the Copyright Alliance web site, the organization announced today.
The site, www.copyrightalliance.org/creators, provides a snapshot of the creative diversity in all 50 states and tells the stories of individuals who depend on copyright protection to earn a living through a collection of statistics, videos and blogs. The announcement also marks the third anniversary of the launch of the Copyright Alliance as a platform for creators across all copyright-dependent disciplines.
"The importance of copyright often is discussed in an academic way, with little true understanding of the creators who stand everyday on the protections copyright provides," said Lucinda Dugger, Director of Outreach for the Copyright Alliance. "The Creators Across America campaign and web site personalizes the issue, giving creators a platform to tell their stories and convey the importance of copyright to their daily lives."
The site launches with video of creators including a computer animator in California, a board game designer in Colorado and a writer in Kentucky, among others. Over time it will be populated with the stories of creators from all 50 states.
"This effort puts a face on the employment and economic data the Copyright Alliance has collected for years, bringing the importance of copyright to life in a very real and compelling way," said Patrick Ross, Copyright Alliance Executive Director. "We hope it will be a useful tool for anyone who wants to better understand creativity in America and why copyright is key to its ongoing success." ABOUT THE COPYRIGHT ALLIANCE
The Copyright Alliance is a non-profit, non-partisan educational organization dedicated to the value of copyright as an agent for creativity, jobs and growth. For more information, please visithttp://www.copyrightalliance.org/.
Members of the Copyright Alliance include: Advertising Photographers of America; American Federation of Musicians; American Federation of Television & Radio Artists; American Intellectual Property Law Association; American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers; American Society of Media Photographers; Association of American Publishers; Association of Independent Music Publishers; AT&T; Broadcast Music, Inc.; Business Software Alliance; CBS Corporation;Church Music Publishers Association; Directors Guild of America; Entertainment Software Association; Graphic Artists Guild; Langley Productions; Magazine Publishers of America; Motion Picture Association of America; National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR); National Association of Broadcasters; National Collegiate Athletic Association; National Music Publishers' Association; National Basketball Association Properties, Inc.; NBC Universal; News Corporation;Newspaper Association of America; Picture Archive Council of America; PPL and VPL; Professional Photographers of America; Professional School Photographers Association; Recording Industry Association of America; Reed Elsevier; SESAC; Software & Information Industry Association; Sony Pictures Entertainment; Time Warner; Universal Music Group; Viacom; The Walt Disney Company; and Writers Guild of America, West.
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2 comments:
Hi Janice,
Thanks for the shout-out for our new Creators Across America series! We have eight videos posted so far, which can be seen in aggregate at our YouTube site, http://www.youtube.com/user/CopyrightAlliance . Romance author Julie Lence is one of the interview subjects.
We hope artists and creators will enjoy the site, and we'd love to have artists suggest themselves for interviews if in the DC area or perhaps submit their own videos! We're at info@copyrightalliance.org .
Hi Patrick,
I more than happy to help get the word out.
I wish you luck with the new video series.
Janice~
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