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The Copyright Problems of ‘Orphan Works’ for University Lecturers and Researchers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 September 2010

Malcolm Kendall
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Abstract

Malcolm Kendall offers guidance on how to establish whether a work is in fact an orphan work and examines efforts being made here and overseas in devising systems to make the search easier.

Keywords

copyrightacademic libraries
Type
Copyright
Information
Legal Information Management , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , September 2010 , pp. 158 - 161
Copyright
Copyright © The British and Irish Association of Law Librarians 2010

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Footnotes

1 Gowers, A, Gowers Review of Intellectual Property, Crown Copyright, December 2006. http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/other/0118404830/0118404830.pdf

2 The Publishers Association, Orphan Works. The PA Position, The Publishers Association, October 2007. Downloadable from the Publishers Association Website: http://www.publishers.org.uk then following links: About publishing; FAQs; Copyright; and then: “How do I get copyright for a dead author/defunct publisher for copyright permissions?”

3 Padfield, T, Copyright for Archivists and Records Managers, 4th ed, London, Facet Publishing, March 2010, ISBN 978-1-85604-705-0.

4 Harry Ransom Center and University of Reading, FOB (Firms Out of Business): http://tyler.hrc.utexas.edu/fob_about.cfm

5 Harry Ransom Center and University of Reading, WATCH (Writers, Artists and Their Copyright Holders) http://research.hrc.utexas.edu/watch/about.cfm

6 Joint Guidelines on Copyright and Academic Research, The British Academy and the Publishers Association, April 2008. Downloadable from the Publishers Association Website: http://www.publishers.org.uk then following links: Copyright & Piracy; Guidelines

7 Padfield, T, Copyright for Archivists and Records Managers, 3th ed, London, Facet Publishing, 2007, p. 90

8 Saunders, S, Who Controls Image Licensing? – Debates around the UK Digital Economy Bill, New Media Knowledge, 5 May 2010. http://www.nmk.co.uk/article/2010/5/5/who-controls-image-licensing-%E2%80%93-debates-around-the-uk-digital-economy-bill

9 Juden, S, How to unlock Orphan Works: Further debates around the UK Digital Economy Bill, New Media Knowledge, 14 June 2010. http://www.nmk.co.uk/articles/1307

10 Brindley, L et al, Unlock collections for digital access to all, The Times, 3 February 2010, p.25. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/letters/article7012499.ece

11 Duffy, M et al, Orphan Works, The Times, 8 February 2010, p.25. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/letters/article7018399.ece

12 Why ARROW matters to publishers, The Publishers Association, May 2010. http://www.pls.org.uk/Pages/ARROW%20document.pdf

13 Publishers Licensing Society, ARROW and publisher-sourced bibliographic data. http://www.pls.org.uk/Pages/dataforarrow.aspx