Liberating Orphan Works from the Copyright Orphanage: The Malaysian Perspective

Autor/inn/en	Khair, Muhamad Helmi Muhamad; Hashim, Haswira Nor Mohamad
Titel	Liberating Orphan Works from the Copyright Orphanage: The Malaysian Perspective
Quelle	In: Asian Journal of University Education, 16 (2020) 4, S.211-219 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1823-7797
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Copyrights; Authors; Laws; Higher Education; Intellectual Property; Federal Legislation; Access to Information; Malaysia; United Kingdom; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Author; Autor; Autorin; Law; Recht; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Geistiges Eigentum; Bundesrecht; Großbritannien; Kanada
Abstract	Orphan works are works that are still protected by copyright and whose owners cannot be identified or located by prospective users for copyright clearance. Many countries have addressed this issue since the emergence of the problem, and it remains a legitimate subject of inquiry in this present day. However, Malaysia is yet to initiate public consultations and formulate legislative and non-legislative solutions to the orphan work problem. Hence, this paper aspires to underline the challenges and obstacles in exploiting the orphan works in Malaysia. It starts with a brief introduction to the orphan works problem and its causes. It further highlights the legal and policy uncertainties about the orphan work phenomenon in Malaysia and its implication to higher learning education. Besides, this paper also examines the current practices in the United Kingdom and Canada. Finally, this paper proposes some suggestions into what Parliament and policymakers have to do and avoid when solving Malaysia's orphan work phenomenon. It is hoped that the access to the orphan works in Malaysia would not be problematised, thereby liberating them from the copyright orphanage. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	UiTM Press. Asian Centre for Research on University Learning and Teaching, Faculty of Education, Penerbit UiTM, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Bangunan Fakulti Pengurusan Hotel dan Pelancongan, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia. Web site: https://education.uitm.edu.my/ajue/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01