orphan works

Ariadna Matas (Europeana Foundation) , Maarten Zeinstra (KVAN / IP Squared) , Deborah De Angelis (DDA LAW FIRM)

The Orphan Works Directive is broken but the Commission won't fix it!

March 21, 2023

'Laziness by Ramón Casas, provided by the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, available here' In August 2020, a review of the Orphan Works Directive (2012/28/EU), or OWD, was initiated by the…

Cristiana Sappa (IÉSEG School of Management, Lille-Paris)

Copyright implications of Augmented Reality for cultural goods – Part 2

December 7, 2022

Image by Tumisu from Pixabay Part 1 of this post outlined augmented reality (AR) technology, its applications in the cultural heritage sector and its potential copyright implications. This part…

Tatiana Synodinou (University of Cyprus)

The New Copyright Directive: Out of commerce works (Articles 8 to 11): is it possible to untie the Gordian knot of mass digitisation and copyright law without cutting it off? - Part I

July 29, 2019

Articles 8-11 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (CDSM) aim to establish a clear framework for the digitisation and dissemination, including across borders, of works or…

Tim Webb , Sumer Dayal (Clayton Utz)

The trials of Australian copyright law reform: Australia's Government seeks further consultation

April 18, 2018

On 19 March 2018, the Department of Communications and the Arts released its Copyright Modernisation Consultation Paper (Consultation Paper) addressing key proposals for the reform (or rather …

Lucie Guibault (Schulich School of Law )

Where to Look? Diligent search requirements too vague!

April 25, 2016

Spare Rib magazine issue 110 A report published by the EnDOW project on the “Requirements for Diligent Search in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Italy” confirms what everyone suspected all…

Johan Axhamn (Department of Business Law, Lund University)

Report by the US Copyright Office on Orphan Works and Mass Digitization

June 24, 2015

On June 4th, the US Copyright Office published a report on Orphan Works and Mass Digitization. The report addresses two situations where the current US copyright system may not fulfill its aim to …

Lucie Guibault (Schulich School of Law )

First Blog Poll: Orphan works and cultural heritage institutions

September 25, 2013

A relatively new feature on the different Kluwer Legal Blogs (e.g. the KluwerPatentBlog and the KluwerArbitrationBlog) is the so-called legal Blog Poll. Not only because it is always nice to hear…

Lucie Guibault (Schulich School of Law )

To register or not to register?

October 11, 2012

On 27 September, the Dutch government introduced what at first glance would seem an inconsequential proposal, e.g. to amend the Register Act of 1970 whereby the possibility for legal and natural…

Lucie Guibault (Schulich School of Law )

Are European orphans about to be freed?

September 21, 2012

Last week, the European Parliament approved the draft Directive on certain permitted uses of orphan works. The approval of the Council of Ministers is expected to occur shortly. This is big news…