Just published: The Report on Digital Preservation, Orphan Works and Out-of-Print Works: , Selected Implementation Issues of the High Level Expert Group on Digital Libraries.

From the Press Release:

"Protection of intellectual property is important to stimulate creativity and innovation in the knowledge-based economy. Solving copyright issues in an online-environment is therefore crucial if we are to make the vision of a European Digital Library a reality", said Viviane Reding, the EU's Commissioner for Information Society and Media . . . .

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