Elliott BledsoeNov 17
Important considerations for protecting ICIP under the proposed orphan works scheme.
https://www.terrijanke.com.au/post/orphan-works-living-cultures-what-the-copyright-amendment-bill-means-for-icip
#ICIP #OrphanWorks #Copyright #CopyrightReform
Orphan Works, Living Cultures: What the Copyright Amendment Bill Means for ICIP

17 November 2025Dr Terri JankeOn 5 November 2025, the Australian Government introduced the Copyright Amendment Bill, including a new orphan works scheme designed to update copyright law for the digital age.Under this model, users will be able to rely on a limitation-of-remedies defence when using an orphan work, but only if they meet five strict threshold conditions. Importantly, the Bill and its Explanatory Memorandum also highlight that a higher standard will apply where Indigenous Cultural an

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David GallagherAug 11, 2024
Sunday Morning Mystery, 1971
I need help placing these 2, they're on the same street with a trolley wire overhead, possibly in the upper Haight somewhere. I just can't find them. Can you? #sfhistory #unknownlocation #orphanworks
Walled CultureMay 8, 2024

How to stop video games being made unplayable once support ends

The Pirate Party has long played an important role in fighting the worst excesses of copyright in the EU. For example, when a major copyright update was being discussed, the Pirate Party MEP Felix Reda wrote an insightful and practical report on what needed changing. Most of his recommendations were ignored in the final EU Copyright Directive, but at least someone […]

#copyrightDirective #ebooks #europeanCommission #felixReda #mep #Music #orphanWorks #pirateParty #publicDomain #rossScott #support #videoGames #videos #youtube

https://walledculture.org/how-to-stop-video-games-being-made-unplayable-once-support-ends/

elliottbledsoeApr 11, 2024

The Government will introduce copyright reform to ensure the use of copyright material is possible for online teaching, treating all students equally, regardless of whether they are being taught online or in a physical classroom.

Further consultation will also be done on the issue of orphan works.
https://bit.ly/4avMUCC
#Copyright #Education #RemoteLearning #OrphanWorks

Glyn MoodyMar 13, 2024
Forgotten books and how to save them - https://walledculture.org/forgotten-books-and-how-to-save-them/ #copyright #orphanworks
Walled CultureMar 13, 2024

Forgotten books and how to save them

On the Neglected Books site, there is a fine meditation on rescuing forgotten writers and their works from oblivion, and why this is important. As its author Brad Bigelow explains:

I have been searching for neglected books for over forty years and the one thing I can say with unshakeable confidence is that there are more great (and even just […]

#books #criticalApparatus #ebooks #orphanWorks #outOfPrint #publicDomain #reissues #statuteOfAnne #wills

https://walledculture.org/forgotten-books-and-how-to-save-them/

David GallagherFeb 25, 2024
Found Photos
No story or any locations (though I know some of them) just a few of the orphaned slides I've come across over the years. #orphanworks #kodachrome #found #people #unknown
Show threadCory DoctorowJan 16, 2024

#10yrsago Blackphone: a privacy-oriented, high-end, unlocked phone https://web.archive.org/web/20140115183757/https://www.blackphone.ch/

#10yrsago #HEADWATER: NSA program for sabotaging #Huawei routers over the Internet https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/01/headwater_nsa_e.html

#10yrsago Judge rules TSA #NoFly procedures unconstitutional https://www.loweringthebar.net/2014/01/judge-rules-for-plaintiff-in-no-fly-case.html

#10yrsago Dirty secrets of America’s most notorious #PatentTroll https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/01/mphj-exposed-the-real-dirt-notorious-scanner-troll

#10yrsago UK consultation on #OrphanWorks https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/copyright-uk-orphan-works-licensing-scheme

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elliottbledsoeDec 1, 2023
Orphan materials are so important but can be tricky to use (from a copyright perspective). The Australian Libraries and Archives Copyright Coalition looks at some of those culture treasures.
https://alacc.org.au/case-study-state-library-of-south-australia/
#OrphanWorks #Copyright #LawReform
Unlocking Orphan Works

A series of cases studies on orphan works held within cultural institutions to provide glimpses of their untold stories.

David GallagherOct 14, 2023

Conservatory of Flowers, Fall 1958
Generally I avoid standard tourist shots, but sometimes these old Kodachromes just work right. #sfhistory #sanfrancisco #kodachrome #orphanworks

(I can't read the flowerbed plaque, is there a record of what was planted over the years?)