No, this is not yet more panicked flailing about ONOES MAI COPYRITES WHY U STEEL DEM!!?!?!!

It is, in fact, a link to a more reasonable and logical article on the subject:

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I'm neither please nor displeased by the raising of this orphaned works thing again, nor am I going to go into detail about whether I support or trash it. But please read the above before freaking out any further, guys XD I hold artists' rights as dear to my heart as you all do and I know you mean well, but the drama surrounding this thing has gotten utterly out of hand.

Take a step back, seek out the original documentation on this thing, and see what you make of it yourself. Relying on severely biased sources to understand the concept is not a great idea, and so far I have seen very few that are not kneejerk reactions.