Libraries and museums may orphan works in the future, which they can not trace easily digitize and publish online. Holders Which stands in a bill of Minister Teeven. Now they often have to wait decades before publish. They work
The bill of Teeven State of Security and Justice and Minister of Education Bussemaker put a European directive, the Netherlands until 29 October 2014 to transpose the directive into law to turn. The proposal to solve the problem that many institutions such as libraries and museums with text, audio clips and videos whose holders are untraceable. The organizations can use the orphan works digitize and publish online.
Under Dutch law, only the copyright expires 70 years after the death of the creator, making it can take decades before orphan works may appear online. "The problem of being unable to obtain permission for lawful use by heritage organizations has become more urgent by developments in the ICT area," write the Minister and the Secretary of State. "Heritage Organizations have long been working to digitize their collections and for example, to make available to the public via the Internet." So if no permission, they are infringing copyright.
The new exception in the Copyright Act sets a number of conditions to the institutions. They need to do thorough research on the holder and the necessary resources have been consulted. Money they earn with the publication on the Internet, they may only spend digitization of orphan works
The bill of Teeven State of Security and Justice and Minister of Education Bussemaker put a European directive, the Netherlands until 29 October 2014 to transpose the directive into law to turn. The proposal to solve the problem that many institutions such as libraries and museums with text, audio clips and videos whose holders are untraceable. The organizations can use the orphan works digitize and publish online.
Under Dutch law, only the copyright expires 70 years after the death of the creator, making it can take decades before orphan works may appear online. "The problem of being unable to obtain permission for lawful use by heritage organizations has become more urgent by developments in the ICT area," write the Minister and the Secretary of State. "Heritage Organizations have long been working to digitize their collections and for example, to make available to the public via the Internet." So if no permission, they are infringing copyright.
The new exception in the Copyright Act sets a number of conditions to the institutions. They need to do thorough research on the holder and the necessary resources have been consulted. Money they earn with the publication on the Internet, they may only spend digitization of orphan works
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