Comments on: Orphan Works Bill Introduced http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2006/05/25/orphan-works-bill-introduced/ Information, Law, and the Law of Information Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:08:14 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Info/Law » Copyright Bill Probably Dead for the Year http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2006/05/25/orphan-works-bill-introduced/comment-page-1/#comment-854 Info/Law » Copyright Bill Probably Dead for the Year Tue, 03 Oct 2006 03:05:46 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2006/05/25/orphan-works-bill-introduced/#comment-854 [...] Given the incredible list of pressing legislative business that is now stalled (including appropriations bills and major issues like immigration and military tribunals), and the very short amount of time left before recess (most likely a single-digit number of voting days), it seems next to impossible that any copyright bill could get far before Congress adjourns for the elections. I think that’s good news because, completely independent of the substance of this grab-bag bill, there just has not been enough analysis and debate of its provisions. The bad part is that a pretty good orphan works remedy — which was the subject of a thoughtful deliberative process — has become bogged down in the larger legislation. Sigh. Maybe next year. [...] [...] Given the incredible list of pressing legislative business that is now stalled (including appropriations bills and major issues like immigration and military tribunals), and the very short amount of time left before recess (most likely a single-digit number of voting days), it seems next to impossible that any copyright bill could get far before Congress adjourns for the elections. I think that’s good news because, completely independent of the substance of this grab-bag bill, there just has not been enough analysis and debate of its provisions. The bad part is that a pretty good orphan works remedy — which was the subject of a thoughtful deliberative process — has become bogged down in the larger legislation. Sigh. Maybe next year. [...]

]]> By: Info/Law » Copyright Grab Bag Bill Moving Fast http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2006/05/25/orphan-works-bill-introduced/comment-page-1/#comment-783 Info/Law » Copyright Grab Bag Bill Moving Fast Fri, 15 Sep 2006 04:15:37 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2006/05/25/orphan-works-bill-introduced/#comment-783 [...] The bill includes some pretty good things, such as a version of the orphan works bill I have discussed previously. But it also includes questionable measures, particularly an attempt to revise Section 115 to accommodate licensing of online music — an important goal but one executed poorly here. [...] [...] The bill includes some pretty good things, such as a version of the orphan works bill I have discussed previously. But it also includes questionable measures, particularly an attempt to revise Section 115 to accommodate licensing of online music — an important goal but one executed poorly here. [...]

]]> By: Chris Matthieu http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2006/05/25/orphan-works-bill-introduced/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Chris Matthieu Fri, 26 May 2006 06:40:52 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2006/05/25/orphan-works-bill-introduced/#comment-89 Numly supports orphan works. Digital works can be uploaded to Numly along with meta data about the author and copyright in return for a Numly Number. A digital fingerprint of the digital asset is created and stored in the Numly databases. If you find an image online (or any other digital document), you can determine if it has been registered at Numly and who the author/artist is via the Numly Document Validator in the Numly portal. By simply uploading the digital asset in question, Numly will return the associated Numly Number of the work along with all of the copyright meta data and a contact link. The contact link uses Numly's Secure Message Center to forward your message to the copyright holder (even if their email address has changed). This new feature should make finding the copyright holders of orphaned works possible! Let us know what you think! Numly supports orphan works.

Digital works can be uploaded to Numly along with meta data about the author and copyright in return for a Numly Number. A digital fingerprint of the digital asset is created and stored in the Numly databases. If you find an image online (or any other digital document), you can determine if it has been registered at Numly and who the author/artist is via the Numly Document Validator in the Numly portal. By simply uploading the digital asset in question, Numly will return the associated Numly Number of the work along with all of the copyright meta data and a contact link. The contact link uses Numly’s Secure Message Center to forward your message to the copyright holder (even if their email address has changed).

This new feature should make finding the copyright holders of orphaned works possible! Let us know what you think!

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