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Report on Orphan Works

By: Library of Congress

...ort of the Register of Copyrights · January 2006 Report on Orphan Works w Library of Congress U. S. Copyright Office 101 Independence Avenue SE Was... ...he Register of Copyrights · January 2006 Report on Orphan Works w Library of Congress U. S. Copyright Office 101 Independence Avenue SE Washington,... ...Register of Copyrights · January 2006 Report on Orphan Works w Library of Congress U. S. Copyright Office 101 Independence Avenue SE Washington, DC... ...ce Avenue SE Washington, DC 20559-6000 Report on Orphan Works A Report of the Register of Copyrights · January 2006 w The Register of Copyright... ...N INTELLIGENCE AND COUNTERTERRORISM Marybeth Peters Register of Copyrights Library of Congress Washington, DC 20540 Dear Register Peters, Several grou... ...opyright law creates a limitation on exclusive rights for reproductions by libraries and archives of works during the last 20 years of any term of cop... ...re that older works are commercialized or made available to the public via libraries and archives to the greatest extent possible. I note that other c... ...tellectual Property Law Clinic, Kernochan Center for Law, Media and Arts, National Humanities Alliance); • illustrators (e.g., Graphic Artists Guil... ... of Independent Video and Filmmakers, Film Arts Foundation, IFP-New York, National Alliance for Media, Arts and Culture, National Video Resources); ...

...This Report addresses the issue of “orphan works,” a term 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 copy...

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