Thanks for posting this. It's an interesting item.
One thing I am curious about is this statements:
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Under the new scheme, a licence can be granted by the Intellectual Property Office so that these works can be reproduced on websites, in books and on television without breaking the law. If rights owners do subsequently come forward they can be remunerated.
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I wonder
who will remunerate the rights owners. Is it the organisation or individual (such as a museum) which is reproducing the work? That would seem to defeat the object. Or is the Intellectual Property Office? And if so, where does the money come from?
I'm only asking out of curiosity. I'm not trying to make a point.
Mike