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http://zine.openrightsgroup.org/hargreaves/orphan-works:-the-cultural-heritage-perspective Excerpt: “A study which has just been conducted by the European Commission funded ARROW project, has reviewed 10 journal titles published each decade between 1890 and 2010. The findings reveal that 31% of all these titles are orphan works. ”

http://www.lib.umich.edu/marketing-and-communications/news/mlibrary-launches-project-identify-orphan-works The University of Michigan Library’s Copyright Office is launching the first serious effort to identify orphan works among the in-copyright holdings of the HathiTrust Digital Library, which is funding the project. The vast majority of HathiTrust’s holdings are in-copyright (73%). An unknown percentage of these are so-called “orphans,” that is, in-copyright works whose owners … „UMich launches project to identify orphan works“ weiterlesen

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/kateday/100046278/works-of-art-mustnt-be-left-to-rot-in-copyright-no-mans-land

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http://blog.librarylaw.com/librarylaw/2009/11/gbs-a-legislative-solution.html Highly recommended!

http://www.archivists.org/standards/OWBP-V4.pdf

http://wellcomelibrary.blogspot.com/2009/06/orphan-works.html

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10216485-38.html See also: http://editorialconsultant.wordpress.com

published on Salon Jewish Studies Blog ( http://board-js.blogspot.com/2009/03/orphan-works-and-public-domain.html ) Peter Brantley (Executive Director for the Digital Library Federation) on The orphan monopoly: “There are a large number of ways that books might fall into orphan status. A quick consultation of Peter Hirtle’s copyright table at Cornell Univ. allows us to see how easy this is. … „Orphan works and the public domain“ weiterlesen

http://oncopyright.copyright.com/2008/03/17/orphan-works-are-back-on-congress%E2%80%99s-radar-screen http://judiciary.house.gov/oversight.aspx?ID=427 http://digital-scholarship.org/digitalkoans/2008/03/19/berman-may-introduce-orphan-works-legislation

http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/digital_libraries/index_en.htm

http://www.libraryjournal.com/info/CA6494533.html#news2

The University of Texas at Austin’s Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center and the Reading University Library have created Firms Out of Business (FOB), an online database containing the names and addresses of copyright holders or contact persons for out-of-business printing and publishing firms, magazines, literary agencies and similar organizations that have archives housed in libraries … „Helpful databases for “Orphan Works”“ weiterlesen

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/31/business/31scene.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Excerpt: When some librarians at Carnegie Mellon University tried to request permissions to digitize a collection of out-of-print books, they were unable to find more than 20 percent of the rights holders, despite persistent efforts. Failing to locate rights holders can be costly since copyright infringement may be subject to statutory damages of up … „Orphan works“ weiterlesen

http://blog.librarylaw.com/librarylaw/2007/01/bad_news_for_or.html

http://www.boingboing.net/2006/05/23/orphan_works_bill_in.html Texas Rep Lamar Smith has introduced a bill to clear the way for the re-use of “orphan works” whose authors are unknown or unlocatable. […] “For example, a local civic association may want to include old photographs from the local library archive in their monthly newsletter, but there are no identifying marks on the … „US: Orphan works bill introduced“ weiterlesen

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/14/magazine/14publishing.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin In the world of books, the indefinite extension of copyright has had a perverse effect. It has created a vast collection of works that have been abandoned by publishers, a continent of books left permanently in the dark. In most cases, the original publisher simply doesn’t find it profitable to keep these books in … „Orphan Works“ weiterlesen

4. Is the issue of orphan material economically important and relevant in practice? If yes, what technical, organisational and legal mechanisms could be used to facilitate wider use of this material? Orphan works pose a huge problem for all sorts of people including publishers, broadcasters and authors. TNA has experience of running digitisation projects where … „UK National Archives: Statement on Orphan Works“ weiterlesen

http://europa.eu.int/information_society/activities/digital_libraries/doc/communication/results_of_online_consultation_en.pdf 4.4) Is the issue of orphan material economically important and relevant in practice? If yes, what technical, organisational and legal mechanisms could be used to facilitate wider use of this material? – Several replies indicate that the issue of orphan material is a real problem that may be exacerbated by the convergence of digital … „Orphan Works in Europe – Results of the Online Consultation“ weiterlesen

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/bparchive?year=2006&post=2006-02-01,7 After conducting hearings on ths issue of “orphan works” (copyrighted works that are lost to further use because their copyright holders can no longer be traced), the Copyright Office has just issued a report on the hearings, and their recommendations. It’s at http://www.copyright.gov/orphan I’ve only had time to read the executive summary and skim … „Orphan Works: Use allowed?“ weiterlesen

Read a short introduction by Peter Hirtle: http://www.rlg.org/en/page.php?Page_ID=20571#article3 SAA Statement: http://www.copyright.gov/orphan/comments/OW0620-SAA.pdf

I love archival materials. It is one of the main reasons I wanted to be a historian. But, there are many legal problems associated with their use. My inquiry into copyright began because I wanted to know more about fair use and copyright, but I soon found that that was not where the problem was … „US: Orphan Works“ weiterlesen