Sounds like the premise of a blog post in case there are people out there who'd be inclined to write for the WMUK blog
On 30 October 2014 12:53, Michael Maggs <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all > > The UK government yesterday announced new rules on access to orphan works. > You can see details here: > > > https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-opens-access-to-91-million-orphan-works > > Although the headline is “*UK opens access to 91 million orphan works*”, > the reality is a little more prosaic. The new rules allow the UK > Intellectual Property Office to grant users a licence to use an orphan work > on payment of a fee and on the provision of evidence that a ‘diligent > search’ has been undertaken to find the copyright owner. > > The rule allowing re-use after diligent search has been part of copyright > law in the UK for many years. The primary purpose of the new licences seems > to be to provide greater certainty to re-users that the searches they have > undertaken are sufficiently extensive to guarantee legal protection should > the copyright owner come forward. > > Searches have to be exceptionally comprehensive before the Intellectual > Property Office will certify them as ‘diligent’: > > > https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/orphan-works-diligent-search-guidance-for-applicants > > This may help a few GLAMs who have high-profile orphan images in their > collections that they would like to use on their websites, but a real > solution to the orphan works problem must await a more radical approach > that goes beyond both this and the existing EU Orphan Works Directive. > > Michael > > > > _______________________________________________ > Office mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wikimedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/office > > -- Richard Nevell Assistant Office Manager Wikimedia UK +44 (0) 20 7065 0753 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.*
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