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

Tue Oct 26 10:06:28 UTC 2010

Hi Jonathan and all,

As I look forward to hearing from you all about my proposal
of a OAweek-like coalition to support the PD Day,
two things:

- please add Vito Volterra, the great Italian mathematician, to the list 
of notable
authors entering the PD on 1 Jan 2011 (I have already added it to the pad);

- I think that http://publicdomainreview.okfn.org is an extra cool idea !
   Congratulations!

Best,

jc

Jonathan Gray wrote (on 17/10/10 12:54):
> I should also add that:
>
> 1. We should think about what happened last year, and how we can build
> on it. For anyone who didn't see this, there is a summary of various
> initiatives here:
>
> http://blog.okfn.org/2010/01/05/public-domain-day-2010-a-roundup/
>
> Specific links:
>
> http://www.publicdomainday.org/
> http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday
> http://everybodyslibraries.com/2010/01/01/public-domain-day-2010-drawing-up-the-lines/
> http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/20003
>
> 2. Juan Carlos De Martin just pinged me about a list that he
> circulated to the communia-members list in August (which I missed!),
> which is reassuringly  similar to the one that we just generated from
> Wikipedia + DBpedia + PublicDomainWorks.net:
>
> Francis Scott Fitzgerald
> Nathanael West
> Isaac Babel
> Mikhail Bulgakov
> Leon Trotsky
> Walter Benjamin
> Paul Klee
>
> The only differences are that he's included Isaac Babel and Trotsky,
> and we've included John Buchan, author of the Thirty Nine steps! I
> guess we could also include Emma Goldman...
>
> 3. We should also obviously work to make sure we coordinate with as
> many different initiatives as possible. If others have started
> planning (and its not going to spoil any special surprises!) perhaps
> they could pitch into this thread with an overview of what they're
> doing?
>
> Would it be useful to have, e.g., a planning call on this?
>
> All the best,
>
> Jonathan
>
> On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 11:25 PM, Jonathan Gray<jonathan.gray at okfn.org>  wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Just a quick note to get the ball rolling on preparations for Public
>> Domain Day 2011!
>>
>> To start off with, it would be good to have a clear picture of which
>> works are going to be entering the public domain (in different
>> jurisdictions) in the coming year.
>>
>> A rough guide is here:
>>
>> http://publicdomainworks.net/stats/year/2011
>>
>> I also cross referenced this with:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:1940_deaths
>> http://dbpedia.neofonie.de/browse/rdf-type:Person/deathDate-year~:1940~1940/
>>
>> As far as I can see, it looks like 'notable' creators whose work will
>> be entering the public domain include:
>>
>>   * F. Scott Fitzgerald
>>   * Paul Klee
>>   * Mikhail Bulgakov
>>   * John Buchan
>>   * Walter Benjamin
>>   * Nathanael West
>>
>> To all of you copyright experts: does this seem accurate?
>>
>> Here are a few more which I know less about but whom might be worth
>> investigating a bit more:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_Vuillard
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolae_Iorga
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Mac_Tu
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Mir%C3%B3
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Frederic_Benson
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Markham
>>
>> Any others to add?
>>
>> Also, FYI, I have started working on a new website which will be
>> launched on Public Domain Day 2011. Some information is available at:
>>
>> http://jonathangray.org/2010/10/17/introducing-the-public-domain-review/
>> http://publicdomainreview.okfn.org
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Gray
>>
>> Community Coordinator
>> The Open Knowledge Foundation
>> http://blog.okfn.org
>>
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>>
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