Tim Lee has published a Cato TechKnowledge piece discussing the growing problem of “orphan works” – copyrighted material the owner of which can’t be found. He highlights the work of our own Jerry Brito.
Save the Orphan (Works)
About Jim Harper
Jim Harper is the Director of Information Policy Studies at The Cato Institute, the Editor of Web-based privacy think-tank Privacilla.org, and the Webmaster of WashingtonWatch.com. A Poli Sci major at the University of California at Santa Barbara, Jim served as Editor-in-Chief of the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly in his final year at Hastings College of the Law. Prior to becoming a policy analyst and advocate, Jim served as counsel to committees in both the U.S. House and Senate. He avoids genuine life experience by watching lots and lots of reality TV.
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http://starttags.com/tags/the-orphan the orphan – StartTags.com
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http://techliberation.com/2011/03/22/court-rejects-google-books-settlement-now-what/ Court Rejects Google Books Settlement — Now What?
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