“This week, at the urging of prominent legal scholars, academic-library organizations, technology companies such as Google and Microsoft, and many other interested parties, the U.S. Copyright Office is holding a series of hearings to determine whether copyright law should change to allow for more liberal use of orphan works” — that is, works whose copyright holders cannot be tracked down with reasonable diligence. The Chronicle of Higher Education has a good roundup on an issue last seen in these columns Apr. 14. (Scott Carlson, “Whose Work Is It, Anyway?” Jul. 29)(via Arts & Letters Daily).
More on orphan copyright
“This week, at the urging of prominent legal scholars, academic-library organizations, technology companies such as Google and Microsoft, and many other interested parties, the U.S. Copyright Office is holding a series of hearings to determine whether copyright law should change to allow for more liberal use of orphan works” — that is, works whose copyright […]
Comments are closed.