...our request. The response from the public to this study was extraordinary. We received over 850 written comments, most of which were filed by individu... ...rns about the use of orphan works. As you know, the roundtable discussions we held in Washington, D.C. and California were well-attended, and the part... ...of our thinking behind the recommendation and the various issues involved. We look forward to working with you and your staffs should you consider leg... ...be creating a class of "orphan works" — works for which no copyright owner can be found, and thus for which permission to use or adapt these works can... ... inconsistent with the purpose of the Copyright Act, because in such cases it would seem that although no one objects to the use, the public neverthel... ... Further, orphan works are at significant risk of disappearing before they can enter and enrich the public domain. I recently introduced H.R. 24, alon... ... and Section V of the Report catalogs and describes them. These solutions can be grouped into four categories: • Solutions that already exist under ... ...lso usually noted only in passing, and were not advanced as sufficient to fix the problem. 6 • Legislative solutions that involve a limitation on r... ...lso usually noted only in passing, and were not advanced as sufficient to fix the problem. • Legislative solutions that involve a limitation on reme...

...our request. The response from the public to this study was extraordinary. We received over 850 written comments, most of which were filed by individu... ...rns about the use of orphan works. As you know, the roundtable discussions we held in Washington, D.C. and California were well-attended, and the part... ...of our thinking behind the recommendation and the various issues involved. We look forward to working with you and your staffs should you consider leg... ...be creating a class of "orphan works" — works for which no copyright owner can be found, and thus for which permission to use or adapt these works can... ... inconsistent with the purpose of the Copyright Act, because in such cases it would seem that although no one objects to the use, the public neverthel... ... Further, orphan works are at significant risk of disappearing before they can enter and enrich the public domain. I recently introduced H.R. 24, alon... ... and Section V of the Report catalogs and describes them. These solutions can be grouped into four categories: • Solutions that already exist under ... ...lso usually noted only in passing, and were not advanced as sufficient to fix the problem. 6 • Legislative solutions that involve a limitation on r... ...lso usually noted only in passing, and were not advanced as sufficient to fix the problem. • Legislative solutions that involve a limitation on reme...