K. Patterson, R. Deazley & V. Stobo “Diligent Search in Context and Practice” (Digitising the Edwin Morgan Scrapbooks) – 2016 Carrying out a diligent search is a requirement of both the EU Orphan Works Directive[1] and the UK Intellectual Property Office’s Orphan Works Licensing Scheme (OWLS). Diligent search is a time-consuming exercise for any digitisation project… Read more » about K. Patterson, R. Deazley & V. Stobo – Diligent Search in Context and Practice” (2016)
Mass Digitization
C. Op Den Kamp – The Paper Print Collection: How Copyright Formalities and Historical Accidents Led to Film History (2017)
Claudy Op Den Kamp, 2017. The Paper Print Collection: How Copyright Formalities and Historical Accidents Led to Film History. UWA Law Review, 41 (2), 37-50.. Prior to the 1912 Townsend Amendment in US copyright law, motion pictures could not be registered as such for copyright protection. Seeking protection against competitors, filmmakers in the formative years of… Read more » about C. Op Den Kamp – The Paper Print Collection: How Copyright Formalities and Historical Accidents Led to Film History (2017)
M. Borghi, K. Erickson and M. Favale – With enough eyeballs all searches are diligent (2017)
Maurizio Borghi, Kris Erickson and Marcella Favale “With enough eyeballs all searches are diligent: Mobilizing the crowd in copyright clearance for mass digitization”. Journal of Intellectual Property, 9 (1) (2017), 135-166 Digitization of 20th Century cultural heritage is severely restricted due to the real or potential subsistence of copyright and related rights. Under the laws… Read more » about M. Borghi, K. Erickson and M. Favale – With enough eyeballs all searches are diligent (2017)
Why tech giants have little to lose (and lots to win) from new EU copyright law: an opinion by prof. Borghi published on The Conversation
The newly approved EU copyright directive has been largely described as an encroachment on bargaining power of US tech giants like Google and Facebook vis-à-vis European publishers and copyright holders. In an article published by The Conversation (here), prof. Borghi explains why, in reality, the directive will benefit Internet giants more than publishers, creators and European… Read more » about Why tech giants have little to lose (and lots to win) from new EU copyright law: an opinion by prof. Borghi published on The Conversation
A platform for diligent search of orphan works across Europe
The EnDOW project aimed at studying and facilitating Diligent Search to clear the rights of Orphan Works was concluded on the 31st of May 2018. Its final conference, held at the EUIPO in Alicante on the 15th of May 2018, brought together the results of the three-years research, as well as a discussion on the best… Read more » about A platform for diligent search of orphan works across Europe
