02.08.2010
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The report “Europeana, the next steps” adopted by the European Parliament also supporting ARROW
The draft report “Europeana, the next steps”, prepared by MEP Trüpel has been largely adopted by the European Parliament during its Brussels plenary session on 5 May 2010. The European Commission welcomed the European Parliament's strong support for Europeana
This report states among other things:
"Stresses that solutions should be found for Europeana also to offer in-copyright works, particularly out-of-print and orphan works, taking a sector-by-sector approach, while complying with laws governing intellectual property and preserving the legitimate interests of rightholders; believes that solutions such as extended collective licensing or other collective management practices could be favoured;
Stresses the importance of orphan works – works which are covered under copyright, but whose rights-holders cannot be determined despite a diligent search – and the need to ascertain precisely, on a sector-by-sector basis, the number and type of such works in order to find appropriate solutions;
Calls on the Commission, in regard to its Communication on Copyright in the Knowledge Economy of 19 October 2009, to submit a legislative proposal on the digitisation, preservation and dissemination of orphan works which would put an end to the current legal uncertainty, in accordance with the requirement for diligent search for, and remuneration of, rights-holders;
Therefore, welcomes and supports initiatives, such as the ARROW project, partnered by both rights-holders and library representatives, in particular since these seek to identify rights-holders and their rights, and to clarify the rights' status of works including whether these are orphan or out of print."
See the related press release issued by the European Commission: http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/10/539&format...
