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Aspects related to copyright and orphan works become a real obstacle for cultural institutions wishing to undertake major projects for the digitisation and on-line availability of their collections. Although some countries have already established models to try to solve the problem of orphan works, others are still discussing possible options. The paper explores the current situation of the schemes in place internationally to deal with the problems associated with orphan works and how these are being applied by cultural institutions regarding the digital dissemination of their collections. The methodology consisted in a systematic review of the research results as an exploratory analytical technique for the collection of relevant information. Results highlighted that global situation is uncertain and none of the formulas studied enables full and effective digitisation and digital dissemination of the world’s cultural heritage. Further advances are necessary for the creation of diligent search procedures.
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Diligent search refers to a search procedure whose aim is to identify and locate the copyright holder(s) of a possible orphan work. This procedure is compulsory and must be carried out before an item is declared an orphan work [3].
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The two largest digitisation projects, Google Books and HathiTrust Digital Library, have been supported by American judges in favour of fair use.
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Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries; Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use of Orphan Works for Libraries & Archives; Orphan Works: Statement of Best Practices.
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“Use of works and other subject matter for certain purposes”.
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Federal agency in charge of investigating, conducting consultancy activities and drawing up recommendations for the government.
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This paper is the result of research carried out as part of the RDI project Digitalización del Patrimonio Documental en España. Prospección y propuesta metodológica para facilitar el acceso y uso de obras huérfanas. Reference: CSO2015-64292 (MINECO/FEDER, UE).
It has also been possible thanks to the assistance of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport which supports training for young researchers via its university teacher training programme (FPU).
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Siso-Calvo, B., Arquero-Avilés, R., Marco-Cuenca, G., Cobo-Serrano, S. (2018). Is There a Solution to the Orphan Works Problem? Exploring the International Models. In: Chowdhury, G., McLeod, J., Gillet, V., Willett, P. (eds) Transforming Digital Worlds. iConference 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10766. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78105-1_73
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