Copyright Reform: bringing the orphans in from the storm

As Dr O'D reports, beyond the controversy the ALRC is hoping to end a sad, vexed question which flows across the arts. Orphan works, for which there is no clear ownership, hang in limbo, desired but u
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As Dr O’D reports, beyond the controversy the ALRC is hoping to end a sad, vexed question which flows across the arts. Orphan works, for which there is no clear ownership, hang in limbo, desired but unavailable, denied an audience as if they had never existed.

The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC)’s report on Copyright and the Digital Economy has finally been made public as reported in ScreenHub last Friday.

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Dr Vincent O'Donnell
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Once a film editor, Dr Vincent O’Donnell is a historian of Australian film agencies. He is an honorary fellow in RMIT University’s School of Media and Communication, a past president of the Producers and Directors Guild of Victoria and former executive producer at Film Victoria.