UK opens access to 91 million orphan works
| Published | October 2014 |
| Type of work | Press release |
| Periodical | Volume 2014 |
| Publisher | Gov.UK |
ABSTRACT
A new licensing scheme launched today could give wider access to at least 91 million culturally valuable creative works.| Keywords | copyright · licensing · orphan works · reunite copyright holders with works |
| Other number | December 9th, 2014 |
| Refereed | Does not apply |
| Rights | Open Government Licence v3.0 |
| URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-opens-access-to-91-million-orphan-works |
| Access date | December 9th, 2014 |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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