<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV><SPAN class=713415218-02022006></SPAN> <DIV><SPAN class=885320317-02022006><SPAN class=713415218-02022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>This may be of interest.  I got it as a result of one of my library mailing groups.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=885320317-02022006><SPAN class=713415218-02022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Kathe</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=885320317-02022006><SPAN class=713415218-02022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=885320317-02022006><SPAN class=713415218-02022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=885320317-02022006><SPAN class=713415218-02022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>========original message================</FONT> </SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=885320317-02022006> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>During training sessions on Copyright for Digital Materials, the subject of "orphan" works is frequently a topic of discussion. The Copyright Office has just released its study of problems related to “orphan works” -- copyrighted works whose owners may be impossible to identify and locate: </FONT><A href="http://www.copyright.gov/orphan/"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>http://www.copyright.gov/orphan/</FONT></A></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>The following reports will help to provide some clarification on this issue which is of immense importance to our community. The primary conclusion of the report is that<SPAN class=713415218-02022006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>  </FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>current copyright law may not address this issue in useful ways. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I recommend that you look over the report. </FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN class=885320317-02022006>Full report</SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><A href="http://www.copyright.gov/orphan/orphan-report-full.pdf"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>http://www.copyright.gov/orphan/orphan-report-full.pdf</FONT></A></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>The Chronicle of Higher Education published an article about the report in today's issue: </FONT><A href="http://chronicle.com/daily/2006/02/2006020201t.htm"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>http://chronicle.com/daily/2006/02/2006020201t.htm</FONT></A></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT> </P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gayle Palmer</FONT></P></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Digital & Preservation Services Manager</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>OCLC Western Service Center</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>800.342.5956, ext. 4041</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="mailto:palmerg@oclc.org">palmerg@oclc.org</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>www.oclc.org/western</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>