How do you solve the problem like Orphan Works?
November 16, 2012
[NOTE: THIS EVENT OCCURRED IN 2012]
On December 3, 2012, the ABA Committee on Copyright Policy will host a webinar on the topic of orphan works, entitled “The Orphan Works Problem: Recent Developments, Proposed Legislation, and Alternative Solutions.” The program will examine the history of the problem surrounding works whose copyright owners are unknown, including various attempts at enacting legislative solutions in the United States in the past and the current efforts by the United States Copyright Office and the European Commission to draft legislation and directives allowing for limited use of orphan works.
Speakers to include Karyn Temple Clagget from the U.S. Copyright Office, Marco Giorello from the European Commission, and Kevin Smith from Duke University Libraries.
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