As we move into the period of another ending year, major holidays loom. One is Thanksgiving, a time when we gather with family and friends to share and give thanks for the abundance in our lives. While the origin of the holiday may belie the harsher realities...
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ASMP Files Response to USCO NOI on Behalf of Members and Other Visual Artists
by Thomas Kennedy | Advocacy, Small Claims Report
In the past few months, our advocacy counsel Mike Klipper and I have been working to advance ASMP’s priorities for 2019, before Congress and the U.S. Copyright Office (USCO). We met in December with representatives of other groups championing the interests of visual...
Happy New Year from ASMP
by Thomas Kennedy | Strictly Business Blog
Happy New Year to all of you and I hope you have enjoyed a restful, joyous holiday season. I start 2019 grateful for your support of ASMP and eager to continue to move forward together. The New Year's period has always been for me a time for reflection and the...
Executive Director Update on ASMP Legislative Agenda for 2019
by Thomas Kennedy | Advocacy, Copyright Reform, Small Claims Report
Over the past week, our Copyright Counsel Mike Klipper and I have been busy in Washington D.C. laying the groundwork for our federal legislative agenda in 2019. This week’s activities followed closely on the heels of a very successful hearing on September 27, 2018, on...
Giving Thanks in 2018
by Thomas Kennedy | Message from Executive Director, Strictly Business Blog
I want to wish everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. I hope you all have time to step away from the challenges and stresses of daily work to spend quality time with family and friends, sharing blessings, joys, and laughter. It is also a time to reconsider how we...
Leading for the Greater Good
by Thomas Kennedy | Message from Executive Director, Strictly Business Blog
Last week, I was out of the country attending the annual World Congress for the International Federation of Reprographic Rights Organizations (IFRRO) in Athens, Greece. While there, I learned of two terrible things happening in the United States - 1) the murder of...