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Originally Posted by Donnageddon
nekokami, would this mean that commercial interests could take media otherwise considered "public domain" and re-incorporate it into a copywrited form?
Or am I completely missing the issue?
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They can already do that with public domain content. It might be the case that they could do this with orphaned works as well, after a "diligent search," whatever that turns out to mean. But if the creator shows up later, they would have to pay a statutory fee, at least, and possibly more if they couldn't show that they had tried hard enough to locate the original creator.
I can't say I understand all the implications this bill might have, but I thought it might be worth discussing here.