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From Arrow to Arrow PLUS

Sep 28. 2011
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ReelDealDH filmed the ARROW PLUS presentation at the Stakeholder Meeting of CEPIC on 20 May 2011.

ARROW, How it continues. The novelties of ARROW PLUS. Why ARROW PLUS?

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British Library on CEPIC and ARROW at the UK Parliament

Nov 04. 2011
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Interior of the House of Lords c. 1896 Source: Topfoto

BySylvie FodorOn 1 November, at a hearing held at the House of Commons in the UK, Ben White of the British Library said how CEPIC would be feeding images into the Arrow project. Here is an opportunity to clarify what ARROW is and what CEPIC and ARROW do together.

The full hearing of the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee of the House of Commons has been recorded. It is available on the website of the UK Parliament [Please listen from minutes 10.00 for above mentioned declaration]

Ben White's statement on how "CEPIC will feed images into ARROW" is too simple to be accurate.

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Finding the Author is not a Lost Cause

Oct 18. 2011
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On 12th October, within the framework of the Frankfurt Bookfair, CEPIC and EVA addressed the issue of Orphan Works.

Cultural heritage institutions scan and digitize their collections to give access to the public. A growing number of images is concerned. Prior authorization is needed but not all rights holders can be tracked.

The legal back ground was explained by prof. Dr. Dreier (KIT). The ARROW tool, a network supporting the search, was demonstrated by Paola Mazzuchi (ARROW).

The CEPIC presentation which outlines CEPIC's position on Arrow Plus may be downloaded here.

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How Image Tracking Technology May Be Used in OW Legislation

Oct 10. 2011
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ByGetty ImagesGetty Images and PicScout share with CEPIC their Policy Position Statement in relation to the Hargreaves Report and the Response of the UK Government to that Report.

  1. They present their reservations with regards to the establishment of the Digital Copyright Exchange ("DCE") as proposed by the Hargreaves Report
  2. They show how existing effective tracking technology makes ECL in the management of "visual orphan works"redundant

The second document is a powerpoint presentation outlining the main elements of the Hargreaves Report. The presentation was made by Lawyer Lisa Peets at the IP Guest Session organised by ICOMP in London on 8 September 2011.

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Results of CEPIC Survey on Orphan Works in Historical Archives

Oct 06. 2011
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Carried out from April to August 2011 within the framework of ARROW PLUS, CEPIC gathered information on Orphan Works from a representative selection of commercial picture archives specialising in historic material.

28 agencies from different European countries replied to the survey. Their responses highlight inter alia reasons for orphaned works, ways of retrieving the rights holder but also costs of digitization and preservation. Additional information, examples of Orphan Works and a case study are provided in the appendix of the survey.

  • To read the survey, follow the link below or download the document attached to this article
    http://bit.ly/oyqZb4

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Electronic clearance of Orphan Works significantly accelerates mass digitisation

Sep 18. 2011
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Major ARROW study demonstrates key issues in clearing the rights of Orphan Works from 1870-2010 and the importance of the ARROW system.

The British Library, as part of the wider EU funded ARROW (Accessible Registries of Rights Information and Orphan Works) project, has published a study into rights clearance and mass digitisation which examines the issue of orphan works - works for which the rights holder is untraceable. The initial phase of the ARROW project was concluded in February 2011 and the follow-up phase - ARROW Plus - is now underway as a flagship project of the European Commission.

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British Government says YES to copyright changes

Aug 19. 2011
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BySimon CliffeHow you run your business in the next few years is very likely to change - and potentially for the worse if BAPLA can't finish the job it's started in finding solutions to evolve our industry.

If you haven't heard, David Cameron's coalition government has announced that it's broadly accepting all the recommendations put forward in the recently published Independent Review of IP and Growth. The full response is here but in short, IP rules will change most notably with orphan works legislation coming in and the idea of a new centralised one-stop-shop licensing system.

But what does it all mean for us?

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CEPIC Statement on Proposed Directive on Certain Permitted Uses of Orphan Works

Aug 16. 2011
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CEPIC was founded in 1993 to present a unified voice to advise and lobby on new legislation emerging from Brussels.

Registered as an EEIG (Economic European Interest Group) in Paris in 1999, it achieved observer status at WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organisation) in 1997.

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Orphan Works: Proposal for a directive

Aug 16. 2011
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On Tuesday 24 May, the European Commission has adopted a Proposal for a Directive on certain permitted uses of orphan works with a view to establishing common rules on the digitisation and online display of so-called orphan works.

Orphan works are works like books, newspaper and magazine articles, and films that are still protected by copyright but whose authors are not known or cannot be located or contacted to obtain copyright permissions. Orphan works are part of the collections held by European libraries that might remain untouched if no common rules are developed to make their digitisation and online display legally possible. Common rules on how to deal with such works are therefore necessary in order to proceed with large-scale digitisation projects, such as the Commission’s Europeana portal.

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Creating new orphans – how the internet "loses" parents

Apr 29. 2011
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ByUte KrebsThe discussion on orphan works is getting louder in Europe, after the USA made the start on creating a legal status for such parentless works a few years ago.

European states have very different legal systems and legal understandings which make the creation of one single law at European Union level almost impossible. Cepic have become very active in lobbying work over the past few years, thanks largely to Sylvie Fodor who is enviably trilingual and so perfectly placed to follow the debates in different jurisdictions.

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