Project Briefing: Spring 2006 Task Force Meeting

The Orphan Works Report

Marybeth Peters
Register of Copyrights
U.S. Copyright Office

Jule Sigall
Associate Register for Policy and International Affairs
U.S. Copyright Office


The U.S. Copyright Office will present a discussion on its recent study and report on "orphan works" -- copyrighted works whose owners are impossible to identify and locate in situations where their permission is needed to use a work.  The Office undertook a study of this issue in 2005 and delivered its report to Congress in January 2006.  The discussion will describe the Office's study and the key issues raised, as well as the details of the Office's legislative recommendation.

Web Site:
http://www.copyright.gov/orphan