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Article: 'ORPHAN WORKS' ISSUE ADDRESSED BY REP. BERMAN IN OVERSIGHT HEARING

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March 10, 2006
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Rep. Howard L. Berman, D-Calif. (28th CD), issued the following press release:

On March 8, 2005, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property conducted an oversight hearing concerning intellectual property which cannot be identified or attributed to a particular copyright owner. These so called "orphan works" were the subject of a Copyright Office report recently published by the Library of Congress which called for changes in the law to accommodate orphan works cases. At the hearing, a Copyright Office spokesperson discussed the recommendations in the report and trade association representatives weighed in on them.

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