Last month I was honored to be among the first participants in a whirlwind cross-country video “road trip” of creatives stretching from Portland Maine to the other Portland, some 2,500 miles away, in Oregon.

The Copyright Alliance is a non-profit organization that believes that copyright protection promotes creativity in any creative endeavor–writers to photographers, filmmakers to poets.  To raise awareness and–let’s be honest here–to get one heck of an ultimate road trip out of it to boot, executive director Patrick Ross is interviewing and videotaping creative types from coast to coast, then posting them on the Copyright Alliance site and on the Copyright Alliance YouTube channel.

Last month, Ross visited me in my Old Port studio where we talked about copyright issues, the value of personal projects and the need for continuing business education.   We had a good, albeit short visit as Ross had two other subjects to interview that day out of state.  I hope he enjoyed his brief visit to Portland, Maine–truly a place where creatives are an important part of the local culture and economy.

You can read the article and see additional videos from Maine and other states as they are posted on the Creators Across America section of the Creative Alliance website.   The work they do should be important to anyone who values the contributions of creative individuals.