Diligent search of the copyright owners is the pre-requisite for any legitimate use of orphan works by cultural heritage institutions. Under the current legislation, diligent search is a complex and time consuming exercise, that discourages many European institutions from embarking in digitization of recent cultural heritage. The EnDOW project established in 2015 addresses the problem of… Read more » about EnDOW Diligent Search platform launched
Mass Digitization
Event report: New Approaches to the Orphan Works Problem
Friday 23 June 2017 Crowdsourcing is one of the great innovations of the 21st century, but can it help address the issue of diligent search in the use of orphan works? … Read the full report by Hayleigh Bosher on the IPKat (with contributions from PhD researchers Emile Douilhet, Dukki Hong and Matej Gera) >> Programme
New Approaches to the Orphan Works Problem
Symposium 2017
Matthew David – Sharing: Crime Against Capitalism
Research seminar – Wednesday 17 May, 16.00, room F111. Sharing: Crime Against Capitalism is Matthew David’s forthcoming new book.
The Paper Print Collection: How Copyright Formalities and Historical Accidents Led to Film History
Article of Claudy Op den Kamp published in the University of Western Australia Law Review