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25 Oct 2010

ARROW Report on legal framework

The Arrow project has recently published a report examining copyright legislation in Europe with a particular regard to orphan and out-of-print works...

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19 Jul 2010

Europeana v1.0 review was successfully completed. Orphan works, copyright and the public domain are key priorities for future work

Europeana v1.0 has successfully passed its Mid-term Review. Key topics such as orphan works, copyright and the public domain will be tackled in the second phase of the project...

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12 Jul 2010

3 Million orphan works exist in Europe - EC report issued

The European Commission has recently published a report on European orphan works. At least 3 million orphan works exist in Europe ...

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21 May 2010

Europeana, the next steps

A European Parliament's Resolution on Europeana addresses, amongst other things, key issues such as digital libraries' copyright, accessibility of digital resources and digitisation of cultural material...

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25 Feb 2010

More Member States should contribute content to Europeana:

Europeana needs more digital content from Member States; it should provide access to in-copyright, out-of-print and orphan works, says the Culture and Education Committee in a report unanimously approved this week...

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09 Feb 2010

European orphan works, European rights information and rightsholders: ARROW project

The EC-funded ARROW project will help to clarify rights status of European orphan works and out-of-print publications and to identify rightsholders...

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23 Dec 2009

EU will fund projects to increase Europeana digital resources and facilitate access to European rights information and registry of orphan works

The ICT Policy Support Programme for 2010 will fund, amongst others, projects to enhance and increase the number of digital resources in Europeana, to facilitate access to European rights information and registry of orphan works...

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04 Dec 2009

European Orphan works and copyright - European Parliament Workshop of 10 November 2009

How to deal with European orphan works in the digital world while taking into account rights information? This was one of the key topics tackled at a European Parliament Workshop in November.

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28 Aug 2009

Public consultation on the future of Europeana and European digital resources: digitisation of books, orphan works and copyright

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the future of Europeana, the portal providing access to European digital resources...

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