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An orphan (from the Greek ορφανός) is a person (typically a child), who has lost both parents, often through death. One legal definition used in the USA is someone bereft through "death or disappearance of, abandonment or desertion by, or separation or loss from, both parents".[1] Common usage limits the term to children, (or the young of animals) who have lost both parents. On this basis half-orphans are those with one surviving parent.
In certain animal species where the father typically abandons the mother and child at or prior to birth, the child will be called an orphan when the mother dies regardless of the condition of the father.
Why we need help with Orphan Works
According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, the House's Orphan Works bill has been approved by the subcommittee, though Congresswoman Lofgren promises to add an amendment to kill the controversial provisions for an archive of uses, which is opposed by...
Orphan Works
In a New York Times op-ed last week, Larry Lessig denounced a pending major reform of copyright intended to solve the problem of "orphan works...
More Little Orphan Works
Here are some more links to pieces discussing the orphan works problem in general along with specific criticisms of the Orphan Works Act of 2008...
...But Defeat Is An Orphan
I've obtained leave on a number of applications for judicial review (these applications were generally filed in October/November 2008)...
Adopting A Foreign Orphan
U.S. citizens wishing to adopt an orphan from a foreign country may do so after meeting certain requirements. The child must first meet the definition of orphan...
Orphan Works Update
Lots of coverage of the revised orphan works legislation introduced last week in Congress. The Chronicle of Higher Education summarizes:"Lawmakers who lead committees on intellectual-property issues on Thursday introduced legislation that would exempt scholars and others from facing excessive copyright-infringement penalties for using orphan works...
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