Discussion on Orphan Works and Mass Digitization at US Copyright Office, March 10-11, 2014 | Knowledge Ecology International

"The US Copyright Office held a two day roundtable event on the topic, "Orphan Works and Mass Digitization." The two days were split into ten sessions, with extensive panels convened for each roundtable discussion. The meetings were held in the Montpelier Room at the Madison building of the Library of Congress, with the exception of the afternoon panels on the second day, which was held downstairs in the hearing room of the Copyright Office. Both days of the event were very well attended, and in fact, when the meeting was moved to the hearing room, the room was over capacity and they were not able to accommodate all who wanted to attend. Karyn Temple-Claggett, Associate Register of Copyrights and Director of Policy & International Affairs at the Copyright Office, chaired the event and facilitated an in-depth and even handed discussion of the topics in each panel. There were sixteen panelists at the table for every session over the two days, and each panel had a broad range of representatives from all sides of the orphan works issue. For a complete list of participants, please see the attached file ..."