Explainer: What are orphan works – and how would a proposed orphan works scheme affect publishing?
Wednesday, 28 January 2026 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing
Clearing copyright permissions is an important – and sometimes complex – part of the publishing workflow. It's important of course to correctly cite (and compensate) the authors of works quoted within other titles. But sometimes a work’s original copyright owner can't be found; these are known as orphan works. In...
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