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Orphan Works

Orphan works is a term used to describe items for whom no copyright owner can be traced. Copyright law states that permission must be given for reproduction, digitizing, etc., and there are concerns that such works will not be archived adequately unless an agreement on how to deal with such works can be reached.

See also the Hot Topics: Digitisation, Archiving and Preservation, Copyright

Except for links to ALPSP resources on this website, the links below are to external websites and will open a new window in the browser.


Articles & Reports
EU's Report on Digital Preservation, Orphan Works and out-of-print works
Following the EU's High Level Expert Group on Digital Libraries advisory report on copyright issues to the European Commission, presented in April 2007, they have now produced an updated report, European Digital Libraries guidelines on due diligence with respect to orphan works.
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JISC report on orphan works
2009 report from the JISC project investigating orphan works (see Projects below).
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UK IPO paper "Orphan Works - potential solutions"
The paper was published in September 2008 (but not available on their website): a response to the paper was posted by the British Copyright Council later in the year, "Orphan works and other orphan material: the BCC proposal"
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Position Statements
Access to Orphan Works: 2007 guide from IFLA and the IPA
Statement of principle for access to orphan works from IFLA and IPA.
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IFRRO Statement on Orphan Works
Website presenting position papers on the use of orphan works.
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LACA (CILIP) Position Statement on Orphan Works
Statement from the UK library community, released 19 December 2007.
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Projects
JISC orphan works initiative
2008-09 project to investigate the impact of orphan works on delivery of services by libraries.
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Websites
Gowers Review of IP - Orphan Works
From Chapter 4 of the 2006 UK report, the section on orphan works includes recommendations regarding how orphan works should be dealt with under UK legislation.
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Orphan Works (illustrations) database
MILE (Metadata Image Library Exploitation) has set up an 'Orphan Database' which acts as a repository for all Orphan Works and invites you to offer information about these works.
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US Copyright Office: orphan works
US site including 2006 study on orphan works and tracking the Shawn Bentley Orphan Works Act of 2008 through the Houses of Congress.
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