The seventh release in CREATe’s Working Paper Series is now available for download. Copyright, and the Regulation of Orphan Works: A comparative review of seven jurisdictions and a rights clearance simulation by Marcella Favale, Fabian Homberg, Martin Kretschmer, Dinusha Mendis and Davide Secchi is a collaboration between the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management (www.cippm.org.uk), Bournemouth University (BU), the Department for Human Resources & Organisational Behaviour, The Business School, BU, and CREATe, the RCUK Centre for Copyright & New Business Models (www.create.ac.uk).
This report was commissioned by the Intellectual Property Office to support the implementation of the Hargreaves Review. It aims to offer a clearer understanding of how orphan works are regulated and priced in other jurisdictions, and how a pricing system could be structured to ensure that “parents” are fairly remunerated if they re-appear, and users are incentivised to access and exploit registered orphan works.