http://www.animationoptions.com/blog/2008/09/29/plight-of-the-orphans/ Word To The Wise by Kevin Geiger Sat, 19 May 2012 02:08:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.animationoptions.com/blog/2008/09/29/plight-of-the-orphans/#comment-433 LA Brain Terrain » Blog Archive » Notes on the Orphan Works Act Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:24:35 +0000 http://www.animationoptions.com/blog/?p=155#comment-433 [...] Right Orphan Works Act recently published in Print magazine. Kevin Geiger of Animation Options.com blog provides much needed clarity on the topic. The Orphan Works Act is not perfect and does put an onus on [...] [...] Right Orphan Works Act recently published in Print magazine. Kevin Geiger of Animation Options.com blog provides much needed clarity on the topic. The Orphan Works Act is not perfect and does put an onus on [...]

]]> http://www.animationoptions.com/blog/2008/09/29/plight-of-the-orphans/#comment-112 Alas, a blog » Blog Archive » Orphan Works Bill Dies Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:57:10 +0000 http://www.animationoptions.com/blog/?p=155#comment-112 [...] Kevin Geiger sums it up: Orphan Works legislation attempts to address a long-standing problem that recently came to a head at the Holocaust Memorial Museum, where curators are sitting on a vast collection of family photos from Holocaust victims - unwilling to exhibit them for fear of statutory damages and attorney’s fees. These photos are so-called “orphan works” with no identifiable owner. The problem of orphan works is very real. In short, an “orphan work” is one that is protected by copyright, but whose creator/owner cannot be identified and located. Given that copyright law currently protects your work for the course of your lifetime plus 70 years beyond your death, there is plenty of time to lose track of who owns what - especially in the case of unmarked works. Those in favor of Orphan Works legislation include most curators and archivists, librarians and publishers, writers and documentarians. [...] [...] Kevin Geiger sums it up: Orphan Works legislation attempts to address a long-standing problem that recently came to a head at the Holocaust Memorial Museum, where curators are sitting on a vast collection of family photos from Holocaust victims - unwilling to exhibit them for fear of statutory damages and attorney’s fees. These photos are so-called “orphan works” with no identifiable owner. The problem of orphan works is very real. In short, an “orphan work” is one that is protected by copyright, but whose creator/owner cannot be identified and located. Given that copyright law currently protects your work for the course of your lifetime plus 70 years beyond your death, there is plenty of time to lose track of who owns what - especially in the case of unmarked works. Those in favor of Orphan Works legislation include most curators and archivists, librarians and publishers, writers and documentarians. [...]

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