The “Orphan Works” bill appears to have died in Congressional committee this week when its sponsor, Texas Republican Representative Lamar Smith, withdrew the bill from consideration Wednesday at the committee’s final mark-up session for this term.
The National Press Photographers Association and other media groups have opposed the bill, believing that it would undermine legal options for protecting copyrights. The changes were proposed in an Orphan Works report issued last year by the U.S. Copyright Office.
Read the National Press Photographers Association story here.