孤儿作品(orphan work)是指享有版权但很难、甚至不能找到其版权主体的作品。
谷歌将能够免费展示20%的孤儿作品，将它们纳入图书馆的订阅协议中，并在消费者许可下出售给个人买家。
Google will be able to display up to 20% of orphan works for free, include them in its subscription deals to libraries and sell them to individual buyers under the consumer licence.
美国国会，欧盟紧随其后，将修改关于孤儿作品的规定，特别要修改版权侵犯中，所采用的严格责任原则。
The US Congress, followed by the EU, could change the rules about orphan works, and in particular about the strict liability that copyright infringement carries.
在和解协议初稿中，Google独家享有处理“孤儿作品”（译注：orphan works，孤儿作品是指享有版权但很难、甚至不能找到其版权主体的作品）以及无法找到版权主人的绝版图书的权力。
The original draft settlement would have given Google sole authority over "orphan works", or out-of-print books whose copyright holder cannot be found.
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