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UM puts HathiTrust orphan works project on hold.(infotech)(University of Michigan Library)(Brief article)

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| October 15, 2011 | Rapp, David | (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The University of Michigan (UM) Library released a statement on September 16 announcing that it would be examining its "flawed" pilot process for identifying orphan works, putting its HathiTrust orphan works project effectively on hold. This follows reaction about the status of several works on its publicly posted orphan candidates list.

The statement also comes in the wake of a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by the Authors Guild and others against HathiTrust, UM, and four other universities (see story above). The orphan works project was previously scheduled to make available to the UM community starting October 13 some full-text electronic versions of …

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