Tagged With: copyright history
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Research
The Great Wave: what Hokusai’s masterpiece tells us about museums, copyright and online collections today
Policy & Evidence
Scoping Study on Copyright and Related Rights and the Public Domain
This report offers a definition of the public domain, compares national legislation, surveys various initiatives that aim to strengthen and make the public domain more accessible and usable, and finishes with relevant recommendations for the World Intellectual Property Organisation.
Research
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.
