From ARL's Policy Notes: "About Those Orphans"
Direct to Brandon Butler’s Post on the ARL Policy Notes Blog
An excellent, “must read” post that discusses things to keep in mind since HathiTrust announced a suspension of the Orphan Works program on Friday.
Butler’s post is organized into six sections:
1. “This kind of input from rightsholders is welcome and helpful”
2. “Fair use and Section 108 apply in many situations even if you find a rightsholder”
3. “Hathi and its partners propose very modest, non-commercial uses that are traditional library uses and are beneficial for authors as well as users”
4. “Finding an author on Wikipedia ≠ finding a work’s rights holder”
5. “The search should be reasonable given the circumstances, and it will never be perfect”
6. “Threatening to unplug the HathiTrust is extremely shortsighted and unhelpful”
Direct to Brandon Butler’s Post on the ARL Policy Notes Blog
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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