Orphan-Works Legislation

["Hamaker, Chuck" <cahamake@email.uncc.edu>]

Chronicle of Higher Education
Wired Campus
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/1282/orphan-works-legislation

May 23, 2006
Orphan-Works Legislation

Rep. Lamar Smith, Republican of Texas, has introduced the Orphan 
Works Act of 2006, a bill that has been supported by documentary 
filmmakers and the library community. Prudence S. Adler, 
associate executive director of the Association of Research 
Libraries, said that library organizations, publishers, and other 
groups are still working on language that might be added to the 
bill before it becomes law.

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The bill would limit the liability of those who use copyrighted 
works after an unsuccessful but "reasonably diligent" search for 
an owner. The bill awards "reasonable compensation" to owners who 
contact those who use their works without permission

Chuck Hamaker
Associate University Librarian Collections and Technical Services
Atkins Library
University of North Carolina Charlotte
Charlotte, NC 28223
phone 704 687-2825