Även utanför biblioteksvärlden förs debatter om upphovsrättsfrågorna. I EU parlamentet har piratpariets ledamot Christian Engström presenterat en lösning på problemet med dom föräldralösa verken som skulle gynna alla parter.
http://christianengstrom.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/orphan-works-hearing-in-juri/
Han ser tre lösningar på problemet
There are essentially three possible solutions to the problem:
1. Do nothing, and accept that most works that are younger than about 150 years cannot be digitized, 2. Introduce a statutory exception on the European level, to permit the use of orphan works, or 3. Introduce a system based on collective licensing.
Och han förordar
For companies and individuals that hold the rights to commercially valuable older works, it is a very small burden to register the work and provide a public record of whom to contact to negotiate for licenses. And for the millions of works from the 20th century where the rights owners no longer have an interest, at least not commercially, they will automatically become available for digitization and other use as part of our common cultural heritage. In my mind, this would represent a true win-win solution that can be implemented very easily and fairly quickly by an EU initiative. This is an issue that needs to be resolved to bring Europe into the information age in a sensible way.
Jan
-- De åsikter som framförs här är mina personliga och inte ett uttryck för Göteborgs universitets- biblioteks hållning
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Jan Szczepanski Förste bibliotekarie Goteborgs universitetsbibliotek Box 222 SE 405 30 Goteborg, SWEDEN Tel: +46 31 7861164 Fax: +46 31 163797 E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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