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What are Out-of-Print Works?

A work which the rightholder has decided is no longer commercially available regardless of the existence of tangible copies of the work in libraries and among the public.*

* 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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Neelie Kroes announced that the EC should create a legal framework to facilitate digitisation and dissemination of cultural works in Europe
Digitisation and on line accessibility of cultural heritage should be carried out in full respect of intellectual property rights
Representatives of the involved domains met to share information and points of view on the developments of the project
The report “Europeana, the next steps” has been largely adopted by the European Parliament
An agreement between Google and Bowler, the ISBN agency in USA, for the use of ISBNs have been announced
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