Article: REP. SMITH COMMENTS ON COPYRIGHT OFFICE REPORT ON ORPHAN WORKS

Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas (21st CD), made the following remarks:'

Early last year, Mr. Berman and I sent letters to the Copyright Office supporting their efforts to attempt to study the orphan works issue.

I'm pleased to see that so many individuals and groups across the country participated by submitting testimony and appearing at roundtables in Washington and California.

The orphan works issue arises when someone who wants to use a copyrighted work and cannot find the owner, no matter how diligent a search for that owner is. The owner may have moved several times, died, or in the case of corporate owners, may have changed names or been bought out. This leaves the potential user who wants ...

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