Proposed Legislation Could Orphan Copyrights.

The article focuses on the implications of the Orphan Works Report released by the U.S. Copyright Office which proposed changes in the 1976 Copyright Act for artists. The report defines orphan work as any published or unpublished work where the author is unidentifiable or unrelocatable regardless of the age of the work. Artists who own copyright should mark each picture with a copyright notice and their name to prevent infringers from using their work. It suggests that no penalties will be imposed for infringing orphan work.