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

[J.C. DE MARTIN]

Hi,

Many thanks! Wipipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taneda_Santoka)
provides a rather rich entry that we can use to highlight him
on www.publicdomainday.org. Thanks.

Regarding the PD effect, there is a rather simple yet helpful way of 
measuring it:
think of a major author that entered the PD in Japan in the  past few years
and then query an online bookstore and see how many works of his/her
have been published in the years before and after entering the PD.
In the case of a bestseller such as Sigmund Freud the effect in Italy
has been quite stunning. I wonder if you could find any number for
a well-known Japanese author. Just wondering.

If you confirm your plans to hold a PD Day Celebration please
let us about it!

Again, thanks, best

juan carlos





kaoru t wrote (on 24/10/10 15:48):
> 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 
> <mailto: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 <http://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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