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Subject: [VOICENWS] INFO: U.S. Federal Register - Orphan Works
Date: Saturday 29 January 2005 04:32 am
From: madodel@ptdprolog.net
To: news@os2voice.org

From: dsbrainDESPAM@neosplice.com

 This could affect all of us who use older "orphaned" software. Please
read the full rules and consider sending some email on this. See the full
text of the proposal at the link.

SUMMARY:
The Copyright Office seeks to examine the issues raised by  orphan works"
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. This notice requests written comments
from all interested parties. Specifically, the Office is seeking comments
on 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. ....

1. If by electronic mail: Send to orphanworks@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.

Url:  http://www.copyright.gov/fedreg/2005/70fr3739.html

From: Davey Brain (dsbrainDESPAM@neosplice.com)

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