[Foundation-l] Re: Comment on Copyright Orphans

[Anthere]

All right. It seems a good idea to me;

***However***, I think we need help from you both tc and ec.

In a similar way that was done for the ESA, would it be possible that 
you draft a statement (something diplomatic :-)), send it to us, and 
possibly we modify it... and sign it then send it as a group of people 
or organisation ?

Could you both help write such a thing ?

Ant


The Cunctator a écrit:
> We should be making an official comment on the issue of copyright orphans
> now before the U.S. Copyright Office. The deadline is May 9.
> 
>>From http://www.copyright.gov/orphan/:
> 
> The Copyright Office seeks to examine the issues raised by ³orphan works,²
> i.e., copyrighted works whose owners are difficult or even impossible to
> locate. Concerns have been raised that the uncertainty surrounding ownership
> of such works might needlessly discourage subsequent creators and users from
> incorporating such works in new creative efforts or making such works
> available to the public. The Office is now seeking written comments from all
> interested parties. Specifically, the Office is interested in whether there
> are compelling concerns raised by orphan works that merit a legislative,
> regulatory or other solution, and what type of solution could effectively
> address these concerns without conflicting with the legitimate interests of
> authors and right holders.
> 
> See this story: http://wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,67139,00.html for
> details.
> 
> Procedure for sending comment:
> 
> Send to orphanworks at loc.gov a message containing the name of the person
> making the submission, his or her title and organization (if the submission
> is on behalf of an organization), mailing address, telephone number, telefax
> number (if any) and e-mail address. The message should also identify the
> document clearly as either a comment or reply comment. The document itself
> must be sent as a MIME attachment, and must be in a single file in either:
> (1) Adobe Portable Document File (PDF) format (preferred); (2) Microsoft
> Word 2000 or earlier; (3) WordPerfect 8.0 or earlier; (4) Rich Text File
> (RTF) format; or (5) ASCII text file format.
> 
> This is clearly something the Wikimedia Foundation should officially weigh
> in on.