[pd-discuss] Public Domain Day 2011 / Which works enter the PD in 2011?

Sun Oct 24 13:48:18 UTC 2010

Hi.
If I pick one as the most important, it would be Taneda Santoka, a poet.

I have never heard of any figure concerning the Public Domain effect in
Japan.  I am afraid our awareness of "Public Domain" is still very low.  In
fact people here didn't even know the word "Public Domain Day" until I
talked about it in a forum of Aozora Bunko (a website offering PD works for
free) last year.  We know that January 1st is the day when the works of
certain authors enter the public domain, but it is only recently that we
have begun to realize that it is the day to "celebrate".  Hopefully in 2011
there will be some activities to promote the awareness of PD Day and new PD
authors.  (I myself am planning to talk about PD Day celebration to a local
library.)

On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 2:35 AM, J.C. DE MARTIN <demartin at polito.it> wrote:

>  Hi Kaoru Tanaka,
>
> Thank you very much for your very helpful contribution.
>
> Of the Life+70 authors, which would you, in your opinion, single out as
> being more famous or relevant?
> We would be most glad to highlight some of them on
> www.publicdomainday.org, which in no way is meant to be restricted
> geographically.
>
> Also, I wonder if you in Japan have ever noticed any evidence of the
> so-called "Public Domain effect", that is, the sudden increase
> of availability of  the works of authors who have entered the public
> domain.
> Some numbers would be most helpful to illustrate the positive
> effect (for readers but also to increase competition among publishers)
> of the public domain,
>
> Many thanks!
>
>
> juan carlos
>
> prof. juan carlos de martin
> coordinator - COMMUNIA project
> http://communia-project.eu
>
>
>
>
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