Submission to Consultation on Copyright: Orphan Works - Open Enterprise

"A few weeks ago, I wrote about the publication of the UK government's Consultation on proposals to change the UK's copyright system in the wake of the Hargreaves report. As promised, I have included below part of my forthcoming submission. I've decided to break this up into several posts to keep article length manageable; the first part concerns one of the most important recommendations of the Hargreaves team: authorising the use of orphan works...."