Copyright deal clears way for European Digital Library
From EUobserver.com:
An EU expert group on digital libraries has agreed to a basic model for handling copyrights for digitalised cultural publications in libraries.The break-through deal is part of the European Digital Library initiative, launched in June 2005, to preserve European cultural and scientific heritage and make it available online in closed networks. . .
. . . The model agreed on Wednesday (18 April) by the parties, which included major stakeholders such as the British Library, the German national library, the Federation of European Publishers and Google, covers only orphan works and out-of print works, but it has also built in elements that could be adopted for commercial publications in the future.