Orphan Works - Orphan Film, Gnomes (Paperback)

Chapters: Orphan Film, Gnomes. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 19. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Copyright Patent Trademark Industrial design rights Utility model Geographical indication Trade secret Authors' rights Related rights Moral rights An orphan work is a copyrighted work for which the copyright owner cannot be identified and contacted. In some cases the name of the creator or copyright owner may be known but other than the name no information can be established. Other reasons for a work to be orphan include that the copyright owner is unaware of their ownership or that the copyright owner has died and it is not possible to establish to whom ownership of the copyright has passed. Despite a recognition that a vast number of orphan works exist in the collections of libraries, archives and museums precise figures are not readily available. In April 2009 a study estimated there to be around 25 million orphan works in the collections of public sector organisations in the UK. Examples of orphan works include photographs which do not note the photographer, such as photos from scientific expeditions and historical images, old folk music recordings, little known novels and other literature. Orphan works are not available for use by filmmakers, archivists, writers, musicians, and broadcasters. Because the copyright owner can not be identified and located historical and cultural records such as period film footage, photographs, and sound recordings can not be incorporated in contemporary works. Public libraries, educational institutions and museums, who digitise old manuscripts, books, sound recordings and film, may choose to not digitise orphan works, or make orphan works available to the public, for fear that a re-appearing copyright owner may sue them for damages. According to...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=154747