Advocacy News

ICoD Publishes Professional Code of Conduct for Designers

ICoD’s Code was constructed to provide guidance to design associations intending to craft their own codes, and to educational institutions developing curricula....

07 October, 2020

Copyright Alliance Comments Spotlight Infringement by States

Copyright Alliance’s comments on sovereign immunity shed light on how pervasive copyright infringement by states and state agencies is....

05 September, 2020

What to Tell Your Senators About the CASE Act

Meetings between Senatorial staff and Guild members highlighted how important it is for Congress to hear from their constituents to get The CASE Act passed....

15 August, 2020

CASE Act Senatorial Campaign: Let’s Get the S. 1273 Passed This July!

July is our make-or-break month to get The CASE Act passed – please contact your Senators and ask them to co-sponor S. 1273!...

02 July, 2020

National Emergency Library Closes, But Open Library Continues to Infringe Copyrights

While the Internet Archive shut down it’s National Emergency Library, it continues to violate copyrights to the detriment of visual artists and authors....

20 June, 2020

A Pandemic is a Good Time to Pass the CASE Act

As creators are facing dire financial circumstances caused by the COVID crisis, the time has come to pass The CASE Act. ...

29 May, 2020

A $200-Million Publisher Can Embed Your Instagram Images – What You Can Do About It

A court opinion has made it clear that users can sidestep licensing images by using Instagram's embedding API, so associations have proposed a solution....

28 April, 2020

Plea to Congress to Support Individual Creators and Microbusinesses

The Guild has sent a letter to Congress asking for greater economic support for freelancers, sole proprietors, and micro-businesses of under 10 employees....

23 April, 2020

Supreme Court Rules No Protection from State Copyright Infringement

The Supreme Court ruled Congress didn’t have the authority to take away the states’ sovereign immunity from copyright infringement via the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act....

10 April, 2020

Guild Responds to Copyright Office Inquiry on Online Publication

The Graphic Artists Guild submitted comments to a Notice of Inquiry from the Copyright Office on online publication....

21 March, 2020