RE: Chronicle article: Whose Work Is It, Anyway?

["Lorre Smith" <LSmith@uamail.albany.edu>]

Just a suggestion:

This message and others concerned more with copyright issues might attract
better discussion on the CNI-Copyright list or the Digital-Copyright list,
both of which have more focus on copyright issues rather than license
issues wrt electronic resrouces.

http://www.cni.org/Hforums/cni-copyright/
http://www.umuc.edu/distance/odell/cip/listserv.html

Lorre

Ms. Lorre Smith
Librarian for Digital Library Initiatives
University at Albany
LI 304 University Library
1400 Washington Ave.
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518 442-3586 voice
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> -----Original Message-----
> [mailto:owner-liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu]On Behalf Of Hamaker, Chuck
> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 8:08 PM
> To: liblicense-l@lists.yale.edu
> Subject: Chronicle article: Whose Work Is It, Anyway?
> 
> 
> An article from The Chronicle of Higher Education 
> >From the issue dated July 29, 2005 
> 
> http://chronicle.com/prm/weekly/v51/i47/47a03301.htm
> 
> Whose Work Is It, Anyway?
> 
> The use of 'orphan works' of art and literature, whose creators cannot
> be identified, puts scholars and artists at odds over changes in
> copyright law
> 
> By SCOTT CARLSON
> 
>   ORPHAN WORKS -- copyrighted literature and art whose owners
>    cannot be identified -- have led to an array of problems in
>    publishing, digitizing projects, preservation efforts, and
>    the filming of documentaries. Tomorrow and Wednesday, the
>    U.S. Copyright Office is holding a series of hearings to
>    determine whether copyright law should change to allow for
>    more liberal use of orphan works. Scholars and artists are at
>    odds over proposed changes.

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