Bethesda, MD – The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for passing the Copyright Alternative in Small-claims Enforcement Act (the CASE Act), H.R. 2426, with an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 410-6. There is a...
Small Claims Report
CASE Act Press Update Week of 10.20.2019
by ASMP | Advocacy, Small Claims Report
Please find below links to this week's op-eds/articles written by artists and attorneys supporting the CASE Act. October 21, 2019: The Case for the CASE Act October 21, 2019: Protecting Art from Infringement October 22, 2019: For Marginalized Communities, the CASE Act...
For Marginalized Communities, the CASE Act Bridges Copyright’s Equity Gap
by ASMP | Advocacy, Small Claims Report
Cross-posted from morningconsult.com [by Lateef Mtima] When I was growing up in Harlem in the 1960s, I like many other children in America had heard of and yearned to visit the still somewhat new and apparently magical restaurant called McDonald’s. The TV commercials...
The Case for the CASE Act
by ASMP | Advocacy, Small Claims Report, Strictly Business Blog
Cross-posted from thehill.com [by Judy Perry Martinez] Congress has an opportunity to join together and pass legislation that will provide authors, artists and other creators with a meaningful way to protect their work. Both houses of Congress will soon be voting on...
Protecting Art from Infringement
by ASMP | Advocacy, Small Claims Report, Strictly Business Blog
[by Fantastic Negrito] Look around the world. We need artists more than ever. By our very nature, we create work for public benefit. We challenge conventional wisdom, we call BS when we see it, we introduce new ways of thinking and we help heal. We exist to...
URGENT CALL TO ACTION: House to Vote on CASE Act Tomorrow!
by ASMP | Advocacy, Small Claims Report
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