Abstract
The political capture of copyright law by industry groups has inadvertently led to orphan works problems arising in less organized industries, such as publishing. Google Book Search (GBS) is a prime example of how private ordering can circumvent legislative inefficiencies. Digital technologies such as GBS can open up a new business model for publishers and other content industries, centered around aggregated rights holdings. However, the economic inertia that private ordering represents may pose a threat to the knowledge-oriented goals of copyright law.
Citation
Keith Porcaro, Private Ordering and Orphan Works: Our Least Worst Hope?, 9 Duke Law & Technology Review 1-22 (2010)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/dltr/vol9/iss1/14