Christie Henshaw at the Wellcome Library Blog (Wellcome is a collection of content relating to medical history) has a new post on orphan works. Henshaw describes the delicate balances involved with publishing orphan works. From the article:
Designating an item an “orphan work” does not change its legal status (it is by definition in copyright), and there can be risks in reproducing orphan works. Copyright holders may, quite rightly, demand the destruction of any copies of their works, and the payment of compensation for any revenue lost as a result of the reproduction.
Thanks to Peter Suber at Open Access News.
