[Taxacom] FW: Digitisation and copyright

[Paul Kirk]

f.y.i.
 
National institutions call for removal of major barrier to mass
digitisation

In a letter published in the Times newspaper, the British Library
<http://email.bl.uk/go.asp?/bBLI001/m9COED1F/qSL6ND1F/uOD8Y4/xAOGWD1F/cu
tf%2D8> , Tate
<http://email.bl.uk/go.asp?/bBLI001/m9COED1F/q13XWD1F/uOD8Y4/xAOGWD1F/cu
tf%2D8> , V&A
<http://email.bl.uk/go.asp?/bBLI001/m9COED1F/qJLFED1F/uOD8Y4/xAOGWD1F/cu
tf%2D8> , National Portrait Gallery
<http://email.bl.uk/go.asp?/bBLI001/m9COED1F/q23XND1F/uOD8Y4/xAOGWD1F/cu
tf%2D8> , BFI
<http://email.bl.uk/go.asp?/bBLI001/m9COED1F/qKLF5D1F/uOD8Y4/xAOGWD1F/cu
tf%2D8> , Wellcome Trust
<http://email.bl.uk/go.asp?/bBLI001/m9COED1F/qTUXED1F/uOD8Y4/xAOGWD1F/cu
tf%2D8> , Imperial War Museum
<http://email.bl.uk/go.asp?/bBLI001/m9COED1F/q2COWD1F/uOD8Y4/xAOGWD1F/cu
tf%2D8> , JISC
<http://email.bl.uk/go.asp?/bBLI001/m9COED1F/qKU6ED1F/uOD8Y4/xAOGWD1F/cu
tf%2D8>  and others are seeking to ensure the safe passage of proposed
amendments to Clause 42 of the Government's Digital Economy Bill. If
passed, this will provide the UK with the best Orphan Works solution in
the world, unlocking a vast number of collections for the nation.

 

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