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In my latest post brought to you all the way from sunny Rhodes I discuss some initial findings from research for my#citylis dissertation which examines the problem of Orphan Works
“Somewhere at Google there is a database containing 25 million books and nobody is allowed to read them.”
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The new Polish Copyright Act [link in Polish] enters into force on 20th November 2015 bringing library services in Poland into the twenty-first century. Major new provisions enabling digitization for socially beneficial purposes, such as education and preservation of cultural heritage, are the centrepiece for libraries of the new law.
Is a universal library finally within reach?
I had not intended to write about the case decided last month involving the claim by Warner/Chappell Music that they owned the copyright in the song “Happy Birthday To You.” I figured that it would be so widely covered that I would have little to contribute. Obviously I have changed my mind, and it is … Continue reading Happy Birthday and extended collective licensing →
Society of American Archivists
Society of American Archivists
Understanding how the Copyright Office's report on orphan works and mass digitization affects artists.
Over the last decade, the problem of orphan works — i.e., copyrighted works whose owners cannot be located by a reasonably diligent search — has come sharply in
Because of the strange distortions of copyright protection, there are twice as many newly published books available on Amazon from 1850 as there are from 1950
This paper surveys a range of proposed orphan works solutions. The goal is to acquaint the reader with the wide variety of solution types, and to identify the p
The lengthening of the duration of copyright protection and the elimination of copyright registration formalities have contributed to the rise of so-called orph