In copyright; where the rights holders are either unknown or cannot be traced; these are known as Orphan Works. Across UK heritage institutions; there will be hundreds of millions of orphan works; including photographs; letters; prints; films; sound recordings; plays; broadcasts and drawings. The dilemma for those wishing to use orphan works is whether they use the UK’s Orphan Works Licensing scheme; apply another exception; adopt an approach to mitigate risk or not to use at all.
We support our clients to comply with the law. We also help them to exploit their assets commercially through better rights and privacy management. We do this by integrating our legal, commercial, information governance and technical expertise into our clients' practices.
We help our clients achieve authoritative and affordable results. From documentation reviews to policy development and staff training, we collaborate with our clients, working flexibility around their requirements, to help them to achieve their outcomes, build confidence and increase organisational resilience.
