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Suthersanen, Uma --- "Who owns the orphans? Property in digital cultural heritage assets" [2017] ELECD 1304; in Torremans, Paul (ed), "Research Handbook on Copyright Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017) 359

Book Title: Research Handbook on Copyright Law

Editor(s): Torremans, Paul

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781785361425

Section: Chapter 15

Section Title: Who owns the orphans? Property in digital cultural heritage assets

Author(s): Suthersanen, Uma

Number of pages: 32

Abstract/Description:

This chapter starts from a dilemma. The zeitgeist of this century and the foreseeable future is not only to celebrate humanity’s cultural heritage but to also preserve and maintain it for future generations, whilst ensuring its current accessibility to the public. This task is vested in libraries, museums, archives and other memory institutions – collectively known as cultural heritage institutions (CHIs). But ownership rights are not clear. The question who own the orphans arises, and with it the issue of property in digital cultural heritage assets. Keywords: orphan works, cultural heritage, property in digital cultural assets, preservation, digitisation