orphan work

copyright-protected work for which rights-holders are positively indeterminate
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orphan work

Summary

orphan work is an it status[1]. It draws 75 Wikipedia views per month (orphan_work_status category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • orphan work's instance of is recorded as orphan work status[3].
  • orphan work's instance of is recorded as copyright status[4].
  • orphan work's GND ID is recorded as 7851410-1[5].
  • orphan work's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2009009646[6].
  • orphan work's subclass of is recorded as creative work[7].
  • orphan work's Commons category is recorded as Orphan works[8].
  • orphan work's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 72365[9].
  • orphan work's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/059f61[10].
  • orphan work's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph791566[11].
  • orphan work's has cause is recorded as untraceable copyright owner[12].
  • orphan work's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Orphan works[13].
  • orphan work's described at URL is recorded as https://www.authorsalliance.org/2021/01/05/public-domain-day-2021-paths-to-the-public-domain/[14].
  • orphan work's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 346.0482[15].
  • orphan work's facet of is recorded as copyright[16].
  • orphan work's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as orphan-works[17].
  • orphan work's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Open access[18].
  • orphan work's TDKIV term ID is recorded as 000014658[19].
  • orphan work's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779827966[20].
  • orphan work's word in DPEJ of RAE ID is recorded as obra-huérfana[21].
  • orphan work's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007572681705171[22].
  • orphan work's Dictionary of Archives Terminology ID is recorded as orphan-work[23].
  • orphan work's TDKIV Wikibase ID is recorded as Hautes-Alpes[24].
  • orphan work's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/4250b5fb-5497-4659-bc0d-f6c6f073167a[25].

Why It Matters

orphan work draws 75 Wikipedia views per month (orphan_work_status category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Wikibase TDKIV. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). orphan work. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/orphan-work
MLA “orphan work.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/orphan-work.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_orphan-work_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{orphan work}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/orphan-work}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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