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Orphan work

An orphan work is a copyright-protected work for which rightsholders are positively indeterminate or uncontactable. Sometimes the names of the originators or rightsholders are known, yet it is impossible to contact them because additional details cannot be found. A work can become orphaned through rightsholders being unaware of their holding, or by their…

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Orphan work

Nodes37
Edges36
Triples105
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.054054
Components1

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Orphan work

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related to South Korea · 16
Orphan work → Act, Article, Author's Economic Right, Culture, Exploitation, Minister, Presidential Decree, Section, Sports, The, The South Korean Copyright, These, Tourism, Under, Unknown, Works Whose Holder
related to European Union · 15
Orphan work → Collections Trust, Digital Preservation, EC, EU, European, European Union, In, June, Memorandum, On, Orphan Works, Out-of-Print Works, Strategic Content Alliance, The European Commission, Understanding
related to United Kingdom · 13
Orphan work → Brexit, December, EU, EU Directive, EU's, Intellectual Property Office, IPO, It, October, On, Orphan Works, UK, UK's
related to Japan · 12
Orphan work → Agency, Article, Chapter II, Commissioner, Copyright Owner Is Unknown, Cultural Affairs, Exploitation, Japanese Copyright Act, Orphan, Section, This, Work If
related to United States · 11
Orphan work → As, Copyright Office, Copyrights, June, Mass Digitization, Orphan Works, Register, Report, The, Under, United States
related to Hungary · 9
Orphan work → Act LXXVI, Chapter IV/A, Copyright, Hungarian Intellectual Property Office, Hungary, Orphan Works, Per Section, The, The Use
related to Extent · 8
Orphan work → Computerspielemuseum Berlin, Examples, In, In April, Precise, Software, Source, UK
has cause · 7
Orphan work → According, Authors, In, Neil Netanel, Netanel, Only, Some
related to Saudi Arabia · 7
Orphan work → Article, Copyright Law, M/11, Mandatory Licenses, Royal Decree No, Saudi Arabia, These
has impact · 3
Orphan work → Because, In, Public

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works orphan rightsholders work copyright public available united states may directive authors rights use eu published unknown cultural licensing act

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Orphan workis acopyright-protected work for which rightsholders are positively indeterminate or uncontactable0.90text
period film footageinstance ofhistorical and cultural records0.80text
photographsinstance ofhistorical and cultural records0.80text
and sound recordings cannot be legally incorporated in contemporary works in such countriesinstance ofhistorical and cultural records0.80text
Orphan workhas causeAccording0.60section
Orphan workhas causeNeil Netanel0.60section
Orphan workhas causeOnly0.60section
Orphan workhas causeNetanel0.60section
Orphan workhas causeSome0.60section
Orphan workhas causeIn0.60section
Orphan workhas causeAuthors0.60section
Orphan workhas impactIn0.60section

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