Library stories for Kahle v. Ashcroft
The Kahle v. Ashcroft team is still looking for stories to use in its case challenging CTEA due to its effect on orphan works from 1964-1977. And now there's an easier way to submit a story, via a webform. And you can be as confidential as you want to be.
From the site:
To win the lawsuit, we need your help. We need more examples of people being burdened by these copyright-related barriers to the use of orphan works. You can help us if you have ever wanted to copy, distribute, perform, modify, sample, mash-up, or generally use an orphan work, but were prevented from doing so because:
- The cost of trying to find the copyright holder was too high; or
- You were unable to find the copyright holder; or
- You were able to find the copyright holder and they refused to issue a license; or
- You were able to find the copyright holder and you were issued a license, but you have a good story to tell about how difficult the process was.
Please tell us what the work is, what you wanted to do with it, and how we can contact you. We will follow up with you if we need more information about the nature of your harm. With your help, we can reclaim the public domain.
Specifically for libraries and those who work in them ... if you ever wanted to digitize, create copies or make certain material available for public access beyond its original format, but felt inhibited due to the above bullet points -- your stories are wanted, too.
Please spread the word. Thanks.