Copyright Uncertainty

CTL-E-0768 · Practice · other · unspecified

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Orphan works, expired licenses, and adverse precedent chilling digitization, publication, and classroom use of Black historical materials.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from PRESERVE-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-PRESERVE-001:CTL-PRESERVE-E-011; source research type(s): risk. Era not present in source research record(s); marked unspecified pending human review.

Sources

Duke University Libraries, Comments in response to Copyright Office Notice of Inquiry on Orphan Works and Mass Digitization (Jan 2013) — https://www.copyright.gov/orphan/comments/noi_10222012/Duke-University-Libraries.pdf (primary source)
Library Journal, 'Internet Archive Loses Appeal in Copyright Case' — https://www.libraryjournal.com/story/Book+News/internet-archive-loses-appeal-in-copyright-case

Record CTL-E-0768 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 2 sources (1 primary) · CTL research: PRESERVE-001.
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