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Orphan Works: Copyright Victims that Never will Be Adopted

Logo of the US Copyright Office, symbolizing orphan works

This post is about a frustration in U.S. copyright law: orphan works.

Suppose that you are willing to pay for a license to reproduce a copyrighted work, but you have no way to contact the owner of the copyright. You may not even be able to identify who the owner is. (See Copyright Office Circular 22, How to Investigate the Copyright Status of a Work.) (more…)