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I wish this was extended to all stuff under copyright - I think this could do great things in eliminating the abandoned works problem (in my opinion the largest
by Aloha 9y ago
I wish this was extended to all stuff under copyright - I think this could do great things in eliminating the abandoned works problem (in my opinion the largest issue of our current copyright regime).
- walterbell 9y agoAnyone know what happened to the 2015 Orphan Works proposal by the US Copyright Office? https://www.copyright.gov/orphan/reports/orphan-works2015.pdf https://www.copyright.gov/orphan/reports/orphan-works2015.pd...
- ghaff 9y agoBasically, a lot of opposition--and not by the people you might assume. Disney doesn't care; they're not going to let their copyrights lapse by accident. But a number of organizations that represent individual content creators, such as photographers, are concerned that upon lapse of copyright, large companies will make a minimal effort to contact the copyright holder or estate, call it a day, and then profit from the work.