tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post4021660498529141771..comments2024-03-29T11:10:02.290+00:00Comments on The IPKat: How you can rent your own orphan, and why there are 91 million of themVerónica Rodríguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-24037531452651336112014-11-03T21:05:53.584+00:002014-11-03T21:05:53.584+00:00Dear anonymous at 2 November 2014 23:17:00 GMT
Com...Dear anonymous at 2 November 2014 23:17:00 GMT<br />Completely agree, it would be cheaper for the commercial user to take a picture of a child in a park and who would pay a 20 pound admin fee for a non commercial use? Do wonder what sort of genius thought that this was a viable scheme worthy of an Act of parliament and the expense of setting it up john r walkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-46452397985605948512014-11-02T23:17:20.216+00:002014-11-02T23:17:20.216+00:00John - I think it is perfectly normal (if not nece...John - I think it is perfectly normal (if not necessarily a good thing) for licensing costs to depend on the amount of use more than the inate merits of the work. As I understand it, when Nirvana wanted a picture of a baby underwater for their album cover, the people selling such images wanted so much for such a use that it turned out to be cheaper for them to go and take one themselves.<br /><br />I'm more shocked by the admin fee. Charging 10p for the actual use and £20 for handling that 10p makes the renewal scammers look good value!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-64540078883110335792014-11-02T00:52:33.729+00:002014-11-02T00:52:33.729+00:00I put in a request to the IPOs orphan licensing sy...I put in a request to the IPOs orphan licensing system re a photograph titled : "girl in park". When I selected non commercial use it returned a cost of 10p (+ 20 pounds admin fee). <br />I then redid the application as one for a possible commercial use. <br /><br />This is what the system then returned:<br /><br />Title of work girl in park<br /><br />Type of work Photograph<br /><br />Use of work In an external presentation<br /><br />Where will the orphan image appear in your product? Front cover<br /><br />How many items do you intend to produce that contain the orphan image? 5,000 or less<br /><br />How long do you want your licence to last? 6 months or less<br /><br />What will be the size of the image used in your external presentation? 1/2 (half) of a page or less<br /><br />Cost for licensing this use<br />£561.52 excluding VAT<br /><br />It seems that the price for a license has nothing much to do with the value of 'girl in park' rather it is based on the size of the applicants wallet.<br /><br />john r walkerhttp://johnrwalker.com.au/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-11786779474790635002014-10-30T13:39:12.590+00:002014-10-30T13:39:12.590+00:00I was enjoying the Gareth Bale - 91 million - orph...I was enjoying the Gareth Bale - 91 million - orphan works tenuous linking.<br /><br />It'll make for a wonderful conspiracy theory. <br /><br />Shall we say Gareth Bale is responsible for the orphaning of these works? <br /><br />HMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-22435179775130628802014-10-30T00:17:06.355+00:002014-10-30T00:17:06.355+00:00Users will pay a fee to obtain a licence to use th...<i>Users will pay a fee to obtain a licence to use the work, which will be kept for the copyright owner should they come forward.</i><br /><br />... and of course when, as I suspect will generally be the case, no owner comes forward, it's a nice little earner for HMG. Experience suggests that,where there is a pot of unclaimed money, HMG will find a way of getting their hands on it. Ronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-33171903015781567182014-10-29T22:17:43.354+00:002014-10-29T22:17:43.354+00:00Thanks, Vincent, I obviously wasn't diligent e...Thanks, Vincent, I obviously wasn't diligent enough in my clicking exploits!Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01123244020588707776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-65961276390256544022014-10-29T22:00:24.695+00:002014-10-29T22:00:24.695+00:00Dear Jeremy:
One glance at the "Orphan works...Dear Jeremy:<br /><br />One glance at the "Orphan works diligent search guidance for applicants" should suffice to remind many potential users of this system of the old adage that "It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission." <br /><br />https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/orphan-works-diligent-search-guidance-for-applicants<br /><br />Best regards,<br /><br />Uncle Wiggily<br />Uncle Wiggilynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-60773508806425406872014-10-29T21:47:29.524+00:002014-10-29T21:47:29.524+00:00If you click through as if to obtain a licence for...If you click through as if to obtain a licence for uncommercial use of such a photograph of a cat, you'll find that the (non-refundable!) administration fee is £20 "for one work"...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07007418073805462684noreply@blogger.com