http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=Columns&article_no=3605
http://www.sellyourtvconceptnow.com/orphan.html

Is there anyone here that draws, does photography or any art related activities?
Then this is something you should be as pissed as I am.

This can't be happening.THEY ARE LEGALIZING THEFT.
The only thing we can do is raise up and stop this.
Or the next thing they'll do is legalize murder.

As an artist, all I can say is ouch... that's just cold.
It's a hobby I have had since childhood, and now I suddenly have to devote my spare time to something else, lest I be sued? That's insane.

After spending almost TEN YEARS trying to stop Internet piracy with half-baked legislation and endless lawsuits, corporations now want to engage in it themselves. This will kill the creative arts industries quicker than any P2P network ever could. As someone who makes music, I'm appalled that such hypocrisy is tolerated simply because there's cash on the table. I have friends who are in bands and I've already emailed those articles to them.

Capitalism in action, eh?

Actually, as the author of the first article indicates, it's not only the cash that makes something like this possible. It's mostly the apathy of the many. Just like the crazy stunts that the RIAA pulls, this deal could be stopped by millions of people standing up for their ill-perceived rights instead of couch-potatoeingly letting them go down the drain. Even so, this is even more blatant than I'd expected. I wonder when its equivalent will be proposed on this side of the pond..