29th October 2014 |
Regulation, SIs
The Regulations transpose Directive 2012/28/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on certain permitted uses of orphan works.
In line with the Directive, the Regulations apply to publicly accessible libraries, educational establishments, museums, archives, film or audio heritage institutions and public service broadcasters (up to 31 December 2002). The Regulations provide for an exception to copyright law for these organisations in respect of categories of works first published in the EU that are still protected by copyright but whose authors or other right holders cannot be identified and located. The categories of works are: works in the print sector (books, journals, magazines and newspapers), cinematographic and audio-visual works, sound recordings and works embedded or incorporated in other works or sound recordings (e.g. pictures in a book).
The exception to copyright law will allow these cultural organisations to digitise orphan works and make them publicly available on-line in all EU Member States. The Directive also applies to unpublished works (such as letters, manuscripts, etc.) under certain conditions.
The Regulations came into effect on 29 October 2014.
SI No 490 of 2014 European Union (Certain Permitted Uses of Orphan Works) Regulations 2014 (irishstatutebook.ie)
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Innovation and Investment, Innovation and Investment
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Intellectual Property