...er cannot be located. I am pleased to present our "Report on Orphan Works" in response to your request. The response from the public to this study was... ...t the use of orphan works. As you know, the roundtable discussions we held in Washington, D.C. and California were well-attended, and the participants... ...hts Library of Congress Washington, DC 20540 Dear Register Peters, Several groups have expressed interest in the Copyright Office issuing a notice of ... ...nnot be located. I write to support such an undertaking by your office. As established by Section 104 of the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act o... ...nstances were collected in comments filed by trade associations and other groups. Thus, there is good evidence that the orphan works problem is rea... ...s, such as photographs. Some commenters proposed that user registries be established in which a user would file a notice that he intends to use a wo... ...f time. After 1982, the CCE was discontinued, and all registrations from 1978 to the present are recorded in an automated catalog. This catalog al... ...izations contain extensive contact information for owners of copyright in musical works, and also have staff available to assist with inquiries); BM... ...ribution granted by section 108 do not apply to certain classes of works: musical, pictorial, graphic or sculptural works, or motion pictures or oth...

...m used to describe the situation where the owner of a copyrighted work cannot be identified and located by someone who wishes to make use of the work in a manner that requires permission of the copyright owner. Even where the user has made a reasonably diligent effort to find the owner, if the owner is not found, the user faces uncertainty – she cannot determine whether or...

... and copyright owner of the work if such attribution is possible and as is reasonably appropriate under the circumstances. The idea is that the user, in the course of using a work for which he has not received explicit permission, should make it as clear as possible to the public that the work is the product of another author, and that the copyright in the work is owned by...