ASMP CASE Act Central

by ASMP | May 15, 2019 | Advocacy, Small Claims Report

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Welcome to ASMP’s CASE Act Central – where you can find all you want to know about the CASE Act!

ASMP Advocacy Actions Taken to Date: More than 38,000 emails/tweets sent to Representatives and Senators

Thank You to All for Your Support. Your Voices are Being Heard.

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July 1, 2020 Update: We are within reach of the one vote of getting the CASE Act passed. To get the CASE Act passed by the Senate, we urgently need 5 minutes of your time to urge Senators that creators and small business owners like you need their support, and to encourage them to sign on as CASE Act co-sponsors.

We have 21 Senate co-sponsors to date! Let’s up this number and get the CASE Act passed this summer!

JULY CALLS TO ACTION

YES, Senator Wyden (D-OR) still has a hold on S 1273, and is blocking the Senate from passing S 1273. Please tell Senator Wyden to REMOVE HIS UNJUST HOLD NOW!

CASE Act-ion #1: Email Senator Wyden and tell him to SUPPORT CREATORS AND REMOVE HIS HOLD on S 1273 today! Note: You can send an email to Senator Wyden even if he is not your Senator by clicking on the button below.

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CASE Act-ion #2: URGE Your Senators to VOTE YES in support of the CASE Act!

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While we know that being a visual creator is your priority, our priority at ASMP is to make certain that obstacles to your creativity and livelihood are mitigated or completely removed. As you know, ASMP has been on the front line of advocating for the rights of photographers for nearly 75 years, and we aren’t about to stop now, BUT we need your voice!

ASMP’s efforts in support of the CASE Act began more than four years ago at a hearing before House Judiciary Committee members in Los Angeles where Tom Kennedy stated that copyright laws had to be revised to accommodate the rights of small creators in this infringement-prone digital age. The efforts of Kennedy, Klipper, and our colleagues at the Copyright Alliance, Authors Guild, PPA, and NPPA, among other visual groups and supporters of copyright reform, have reached a four-year pinnacle of achievement in Washington, DC with the introduction of the CASE Act bill in the House and the Senate on May 1, 2019, after an earlier introduction of the CASE Act in 2017. See Advocacy Campaign News Updates.

To get the House and Senate to enact the CASE Act, we have a lot of work yet to do to ensure this bill becomes a law. And you know that in a democracy, the only thing that creates change is standing up and raising one’s voice. While we have Tom Kennedy and Mike Klipper attending weekly meetings on the Hill, publishing an op-ed in The Hill, and had former National Board Chair, Jenna Close, testify at a Congressional hearing on behalf of creators, members of Congress still want to hear the voices of their member constituents. And so we encourage you to take two minutes out of your busy week to participate in an ASMP CASE Act-ion campaign to email, tweet, post, call and/or share to register your voice in support of the CASE Act!

Below, you will find information for staying informed about the CASE Act and a list of ways in which you – and your friends, families, colleagues, and clients – can take action in support of the CASE Act!