I know it’s been a really long time since I posted any news here, and for that I apologize. It’s just tough to make news posts when there’s absolutely no news. I’m kind of sitting in the doldrums right now. However, there’s one tiny little thing that raised some concern for me a few days ago. Have you read this article by Mark Simon? It’s entitled, “Mind Your Business: You Will Lose All The Rights to Your Own Art.” It’s a masterful piece of fear mongering, and when I first read it I recognized it as such. However, I still thought the base element of it was true; that is, that Congress was planning to pass a bill regarding “orphaned works” of art that would force artists, photographers, etc. to register every single piece of work they create or risk having someone come along and snatch it up to use it without permission–legally. However! Meredith L. Patterson has written an article which essentially proves all that stuff to be false. Look here if you’re interested. It basically says that Mark Simon’s rant is completely unfounded and blown way out of proportion, then provides supporting links showing such, which is comforting. I wasn’t really looking forward to individually registering 300 George comics with a private copyright office. So if you’re one of the people who has…expressed concern over Simon’s article recently, have no fear! Your art is safe. For now.