News.com has an interesting interview with the founder of the Internet Archives. Recently, the organization had a setback in court when they attempted to clarify that they could, under Fair Use, add so-called "orphan works" to the Archives.
"Orphan works" present a challenge in the transition to online digital research materials. They are still under copyright, but essentially out of print and abandoned by the copyright owners, making them difficult or impossible to find and access.
Honestly, I'm surprised that school teachers and faculty members in academia aren't up in arms and organizing campaigns to educate the public about the erosion of Fair Use and how it impacts their own research and teaching. With Congress passing extended copyright periods to owners and making it impossible to use any digital material protected by DRM useable for classroom or research purposes because of the DMCA, it's getting tough to find something you can do with copyrighted material in education.
article at news.com
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