On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Daniel Kinzler <daniel(a)brightbyte.de> wrote:
What we should lobby for is more sensible laws about
orphan works. Museums would
be great allies in this. Until now, they don't care much, because they don't get
sued. Perhaps we can make them care a little more.
Libraries would in theory make greate allies in this, too. However,
they seem to prefer some "temporaray orphanage" situation which can be
reversed. I would prefer permanent solutions, even if they raise the
treshold on when and how a creative work becomes officially declared
orphan. And yes, we should lobby on this topic.
Mathias