This little paragraph is in part considering my opinion XD
Jian, most you know who this is ( i mean the authors of this blog) has showed me an interesting yet frustrating and disturbing article. Plagiarism according to dictionary.com is “the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one’s own original work”. This bill being debated in congress will actually legalized plagiarism (sort of speaking) , this bill will not only apply to art work, but also other things such as writing, photography and any creation that an individual might do. To prevent this plagiarism, you would have to pay a an amount of money in order to copyright it (although some copyright programs are free but that can be overshadow by other companies)
A picture that you put of your friends or any creative works that you have made could easily be taken away from you and the companies will take your work or your photos of friends an use it for their own benefit. Any product of your mind can be taken and sold without your consent.
here is the article
http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=Columns&article_no=3605&page=1
this is the bill explanation
http://www.copyright.gov/orphan/
if you still want more information you could check it out in facebook and search for the group
“Protect our Rights, Facebook aganist orphaned works bill”
and you could also search for it ok Wikipedia.com or on Congresspedia.com