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What is ARROW?
What are Orphan Works?
What are Out-of-Print Works?
How can our organisation cooperate with or contribute to ARROW?
What is Digitisation?
What is a Digitised Version?
What are Rightholders?
What is a Derived Work?

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What are Orphan Works?

A work to which the rightholder cannot be identified or, if identified, cannot be located.*

* Definition as in the Final Report of 3.06.2008 of the High Level Expert Group (HLEG) - Copyright Subgroup on European Digital Libraries established by the Eurupean Commission in relation to the i2010 Digital Libraries initiative, as adopted by the HLEG on 4 June 2008.

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EC adopts digital agenda recommending solution for orphan and out of print works
Neelie Kroes announced that the EC should create a legal framework to facilitate digitisation and dissemination of cultural works in Europe
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Audiovisual Council adopts resolution on Europeana
Digitisation and on line accessibility of cultural heritage should be carried out in full respect of intellectual property rights
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ARROW pilot countries meeting
Representatives of the involved domains met to share information and points of view on the developments of the project
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The report “Europeana, the next steps” adopted by the European Parliament also supporting ARROW
The report “Europeana, the next steps” has been largely adopted by the European Parliament
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Google Editions will have ISBNs
An agreement between Google and Bowler, the ISBN agency in USA, for the use of ISBNs have been announced
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