Policy & Evidence
Cultural heritage institutions concerned over proposed European orphan works directive
Type: Online Resource
Author
Lucie Guibault
Description
This blog post explains the reservations held by heritage institutions towards the draft proposals on orphan works, which required diligent search for rightsholders and was seen as a major stumbling block to mass digitisation initiatives.
Date
2012 February 23
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Institution
Kluwer Copyright Blog
Jurisdiction
European Union
Language
ENG
Copyright Information
In Copyright
Rights and Reuse
All Rights Reserved
Cortex Citation:
Lucie Guibault, “Cultural heritage institutions concerned over proposed European orphan works directive,” Copyright Cortex, accessed October 18, 2026, https://copyright-cortex.org/policy-evidence/cultural-heritage-institutions-concerned-over-proposed-european-orphan-works-directive.
Lucie Guibault, “Cultural heritage institutions concerned over proposed European orphan works directive,” Copyright Cortex, accessed October 18, 2026, https://copyright-cortex.org/policy-evidence/cultural-heritage-institutions-concerned-over-proposed-european-orphan-works-directive.