Dear Everyone,
We’re information gathering regarding the current opinion of orphan works
registering schemes in the UK. I would be most grateful if you could let
us know your opinions re the current handling of orphan works schemes via
this survey, below, and please do pass it onto colleagues who may be
interested.
best
Melissa
From: Merisa Ariel Martinez <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Orphan Works Survey
Date: 15 December 2015 12:40:59 GMT
Dear colleagues,
I am conducting research with Professor Melissa Terras of University
College London on the current provision of Orphan Works registration
schemes and how they have been implemented. An 'Orphan Work' is one whose
copyright holder cannot be located, but which is still in copyright ( based
on its publication/creation date). Recent legislation (Directive
2012/28/EU) passed in 2012 and enacted in late 2014 has led to the
development of Orphan Works Registries in the UK and the EU.
We would appreciate if you could answer some survey questions to help us in
our research. This survey covers the UK registry, but may still be of value
to respondents living and working in the EU or elsewhere, as the UK
registry requires any Orphan Work which may have an as-yet-unidenfitied UK
copyright holder to be registered and licensed in order to be legally
viewed, displayed, replicated or incorporated digitally on websites
accessible to the public in the United Kingdom. In other words, if you have
an orphan work in your institution or incorporated into one of your digital
projects, and you are not sure if it is either a) still in copyright or b)
may have a UK copyright holder, you may be liable to register this work
with the UK licensing scheme (and will need to provide evidence that you
performed a diligent search for any possible known copyright holders).
The survey is available at the following web address:
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/OrphanWorksSurvey and, depending on your
answers and level of familiarity with the UK scheme, may take about 20
minutes to complete. We appreciate your insights into the current handling
of Orphan Work registration schemes. The survey will be active until the
end of January.
In January, we will be conducting follow-up phone/skype/in-person
interviews with a small selection of people who have filled out the survey.
If you are interested in being one of the people we contact for a follow-up
interview, please indicate this at the end of the survey.
Thank you so much in advance for filling out this survey. If you would be
so kind as to spread this survey widely throughout your social media
networks and list servs, we would appreciate it!
Merisa Martinez
PhD Candidate | SSLIS at University of Borås
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellow | DiXiT ITN
Visiting Researcher | Cambridge Digital Library
Visiting Student | Cambridge HPS
@merisamartinez
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Melissa M. Terras MA MSc DPhil CLTHE
Professor of Digital Humanities
Vice Dean of Research, UCL Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Director, UCL Centre for Digital Humanities
Department of Information Studies
Foster Court
University College London
Gower Street
WC1E 6BT
Tel: 020-7679-7206 (direct), 020-7679-7204 (dept), 020-7383-0557 (fax)
Email: [log in to unmask]
Web: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/dis/people/melissaterras
Blog: http://melissaterras.org/
Twitter: @melissaterras
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