[pdb-discuss] [Fwd: UK/EU pd/copyright module]

Tue Oct 30 21:34:33 UTC 2007

On Tue, 2007-10-30 at 17:14 +0000, Rufus Pollock wrote:
> Thanks to Jon we're now 'formally' in contact with the Open Library 
> guys, in particular Aaron Schwartz + David Strauss (see below). I hope 
> we can start contributing code and data into their system -- plus 
> writing code to pull it out again :)

Cool...the api is already in for getting data back out, and the dumping
standards we discussed in the summer are on the map (RDF and sql
dumps)...

> First item to start work on is a pd calculator focused on the EU (and 
> which includes recordings as well as plain ol' authorial copyright). 
> Link to the current ol pd module is below and our own is at:
> 
>    http://knowledgeforge.net/pdw/svn/trunk/src/pdw/copyright.py

Great, one thing that would really be helpful is for you guys to
generate a chart like this one, CC Canada provided for ascertaining
public domain status for Canadian works...also, this is good for
comprehension and for pointing the open community towards for
understanding the algorithms you create...

Also, is the EU too high/abstract a legal jurisdiction for ascertaining
jursidiction, or is a per EU country more correct?

> Anyone who does plan to contribute might also want to join ol-discuss 
> (the open library discuss list) though updates on b/EU specific stuff 
> will continue to come here.
> 
> ~rufus

Great!

Jon

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: UK/EU pd/copyright module
> Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:57:56 -0700
> From: Jon Phillips
> To: Rufus Pollock
> CC: Aaron Swartz, David Strauss
> 
> Oops, I sent that last email accidentally...Rufus, here is the current
> code that needs to be hooked into openlibrary for determining records
> public domain status...I guess never too early to get started on
> relevant jursidictions you all want represented...
> 
> http://demo.openlibrary.org:9021/file/1e6ac805fb8a/pd-module/
> 
> Aaron, btw, could you copy over the code you and David wrote together
> for the US module...also an ETA on hooking this in...
> 
> Rufus, any questions on getting you and/or other techies involved on the
> open library system? Lets do it!
> 
> Jon
> 
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