UK opens access to 91 million orphan works
Published | October 2014 |
Type of work | Press release |
Periodical | Volume 2014 |
Publisher | Gov.UK |
ABSTRACT
A new licensing scheme launched today could give wider access to at least 91 million culturally valuable creative works.Keywords | copyright · licensing · orphan works · reunite copyright holders with works |
Other number | December 9th, 2014 |
Refereed | Does not apply |
Rights | Open Government Licence v3.0 |
URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-opens-access-to-91-million-orphan-works |
Access date | December 9th, 2014 |
Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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