"orphan work" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "orphan works",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orphaned work",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "orphan work (plural orphan works)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Copyright",
          "orig": "en:Copyright",
          "parents": [
            "Intellectual property",
            "Law",
            "Justice",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A copyright-protected work for which rightsholders are positively indeterminate or uncontactable."
      ],
      "id": "en-orphan_work-en-noun-9IBuDr2-",
      "links": [
        [
          "copyright",
          "copyright"
        ],
        [
          "law",
          "law"
        ],
        [
          "protected",
          "protected"
        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "rightsholder",
          "rightsholder"
        ],
        [
          "indeterminate",
          "indeterminate"
        ],
        [
          "uncontactable",
          "uncontactable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(copyright law) A copyright-protected work for which rightsholders are positively indeterminate or uncontactable."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "copyright",
        "intellectual-property",
        "law"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gū'ér zuòpǐn",
          "sense": "copyright-protected work for which rightsholders are positively indeterminate or uncontactable",
          "word": "孤兒作品 /孤儿作品"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "copyright-protected work for which rightsholders are positively indeterminate or uncontactable",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "œuvre orpheline"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "copyright-protected work for which rightsholders are positively indeterminate or uncontactable",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "verwaistes Werk"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "copyright-protected work for which rightsholders are positively indeterminate or uncontactable",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "opera orfana"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "copyright-protected work for which rightsholders are positively indeterminate or uncontactable",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "obra huérfana"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)k"
    }
  ],
  "word": "orphan work"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "orphan works",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "orphaned work",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "orphan work (plural orphan works)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A copyright-protected work for which rightsholders are positively indeterminate or uncontactable."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "copyright",
          "copyright"
        ],
        [
          "law",
          "law"
        ],
        [
          "protected",
          "protected"
        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "rightsholder",
          "rightsholder"
        ],
        [
          "indeterminate",
          "indeterminate"
        ],
        [
          "uncontactable",
          "uncontactable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(copyright law) A copyright-protected work for which rightsholders are positively indeterminate or uncontactable."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "copyright",
        "intellectual-property",
        "law"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)k"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gū'ér zuòpǐn",
      "sense": "copyright-protected work for which rightsholders are positively indeterminate or uncontactable",
      "word": "孤兒作品 /孤儿作品"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "copyright-protected work for which rightsholders are positively indeterminate or uncontactable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "œuvre orpheline"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "copyright-protected work for which rightsholders are positively indeterminate or uncontactable",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "verwaistes Werk"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "copyright-protected work for which rightsholders are positively indeterminate or uncontactable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "opera orfana"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "copyright-protected work for which rightsholders are positively indeterminate or uncontactable",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "obra huérfana"
    }
  ],
  "word": "orphan work"
}