...hts · January 2006 w The Register of Copyrights of the United States of America United States Copyright Office • 101 Independence Avenue SE • Washi... ...er cannot be located. I am pleased to present our "Report on Orphan Works" in response to your request. The response from the public to this study was... ...t the use of orphan works. As you know, the roundtable discussions we held in Washington, D.C. and California were well-attended, and the participants... ...gton, D.C. and California were well-attended, and the participants engaged in thoughtful and productive discussion of the many complex issues involved... ...would like to create derivative works based on orphan works, most notably filmmakers and book publishers, stressed that the fear of an untimely injun... ...ught just as the book was heading to stores, or just before release of the film – provides enough uncertainty that many choose not use the work, even... ..., Register of Copyrights); see also Letter from Larry Urbanski, Chairman, American Film Heritage Association, to Senator Strom Thurmond Opposing S. 5... ...r of Copyrights); see also Letter from Larry Urbanski, Chairman, American Film Heritage Association, to Senator Strom Thurmond Opposing S. 505 (Mar. ... ...lowing groups and organizations: • book publishers (e.g., Association of American Publishers); • authors (e.g., The Authors Guild, Science Fiction...

...used to describe the situation where the owner of a copyrighted work cannot be identified and located by someone who wishes to make use of the work in a manner that requires permission of the copyright owner. Even where the user has made a reasonably diligent effort to find the owner, if the owner is not found, the user faces uncertainty – she cannot determine whether...