Addressing the Copyright Issues of Orphan Works and Mass Digitization: Analyses and Proposals

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Edmund Walsh

Series: Intellectual Property in the 21st Century
BISAC: LAW050010

Orphan works (whose owners are difficult or impossible to identify and/or locate) and mass digitization offer considerable opportunities for the diffusion of creativity and learning in the twenty-first century. Unfortunately, in too many instances the public is deprived of the full benefit of their use, not because rightsholders and users cannot agree to terms, but because a lack of information or inefficiencies in the licensing process prevent such negotiations from occurring in the first place. As countries around the world are increasingly recognizing, these obstacles to clearance are highly detrimental to a well-functioning copyright system. This book provides in-depth analyses and proposals for the separate but related issues of orphan works and mass digitization.
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface
pp. vii

Chapter 1
Orphan Works and Mass Digitization
(Kevin Amer and Chris Weston)
pp. 1-162

Chapter 2
Comments of the Library of Congress in response to the Copyright Office Notice of Inquiry on “Orphan Works and Mass Digitization”
(Library of Congress)
pp. 163-178

Chapter 3
Comments of the American Association of Law Libraries, the Medical Library Association and the Special Libraries Association in response to the Copyright Office Notice of Inquiry on “Orphan Works and Mass Digitization”
(Jean M. Wenger, Carla J. Funk, Douglas Newcomb)
pp. 179-184

Chapter 4
Comments of the Library Copyright Alliance in response to the Copyright Office Notice of Inquiry on “Orphan Works and Mass Digitization”
(Jonathan Band)
pp. 185-192

Index
pp. 193-199

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