An orphan works affirmative defense

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The article I’ve written with Bridget Dooling on orphan copyrights is finally out from the Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review. You can get it here (PDF). In the article we define the orphan works problem and show how it interferes with the use of creative works. We also describe the causes and costs of the problem, critique four of the leading proposed solutions, and propose a new and practical solution of our own. The Copyright Office came out with its orphan works report earlier this month, and the solution they recommended is very similar to ours. Still, Congress has to act before the problem is solved and we hope our paper will be useful in the debate. We would certainly appreciate any comments you might have.

Feb 26, 2006 | Comments | Tags: , ,

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