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From Bloomberg: Digital libraries may be able to include more copyrighted works under European Union rules proposed [on Tuesday]. The European Commission is seeking to bolster the EU-funded Internet library Europeana, a rival to the Internet book service operated by Google Inc., owner of the most popular Internet- search engine. Some so-called orphan works, including […]
University of Michigan Libraries: MLibrary Begins "First Serious Effort" to Identify Orphan Works in HathiTrust
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|From a University of Michigan Library’s Copyright Office Announcement: The University of Michigan Library’s Copyright Office is launching the first serious effort to identify orphan works among the in-copyright holdings of the HathiTrust Digital Library, which is funding the project. The vast majority of HathiTrust’s holdings are in-copyright (73%). An unknown percentage of these are […]