>There actually is a registration method for orphaned works in Canada,
>although little used it seems. I believe the correct link is:
> http://www.accesscopyright.ca/rightsholders.asp?a=92
>although perhaps one of our Canadian colleagues has better information.
>You can be granted a license to use the work after a diligent search for
>the copyright holder. This at least gets you out of the catch-22 of not
>being able to find the rights holder and therefore not being able to use
>the work.
I'd love to see how much of the money collected under this regime actually makes it to copyright owners.
This collective and some of its shills have been arguing it should be extended to unpublished works, an idea which is, in current Ottawa lingo, dumb as a bag of hammers. Received on Fri Nov 21 2003 - 22:45:21 GMT
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