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Informal Formalities: The Government’s Attempt to Find Families for Orphan Works

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Informal Formalities: The Government’s Attempt to Find Families for Orphan Works

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Mark Tratos is a fourth year evening division student at the Washington College of Law. He is the current Senior Articles Editor for the American University Intellectual Property Brief. He also works for the United States Senate. He graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in 2006. Mark has recently focused his attention to the current orphan works problem in copyright law and the impact of proposed government legislation on current intellectual property and social norms.

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