Tagged With: abandoned property
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Abandonment, Copyright and Orphaned Works: What Does it Mean to Take The Proprietary Nature of Intellectual Property Rights Seriously?
This journal article explains how the doctrine of abandonment could apply to copyright works and suggests that such an interpretation may be of use to users of orphan works, including heritage institutions.
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Abandoning the Orphans: An Open Access Approach to Hostage Works
This journal article proposes a new metaphorical and legal approach to works commonly known as orphans: that they should be considered 'hostages' rather than 'orphans,' and that limited immunity should be offered to institutions that make such works available with identifying information in both human and machine readable format.