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

Wed Oct 27 19:19:13 UTC 2010

On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Severine Dusollier <
severine.dusollier at fundp.ac.be> wrote:

> Just a practical question. The database on OKFN mainly comprises literary
> works, doesn't it ? If so, how can we have data on musical, graphical or
> cinematographical works that will fall into PD in 2011 ?
> Severine
>

Great question Severine! ;-)

I think the answer is that we must continue to gather meta data from as many
different sources as we can (libraries, archives, museums, galleries, and so
on). This is partly why the OKF is interested in open data about works!

The following OKF working groups are looking (and starting to look) at
issues in these areas:

  http://wiki.okfn.org/wg/bibliography
  http://wiki.okfn.org/wg/heritage

We're also collecting datasets about works:

  http://ckan.net/package/linkedmdb
  http://ckan.net/package/omdb
  http://ckan.net/package/imdbp
  http://ckan.net/package/musicbrainz

Finally this is partly why we very very much hope that Europeana will decide
to put the metadata of contributing organisations under an open license!

Hope that helps. ;-)

All the best,

Jonathan

> Jonathan Gray a écrit :
>
> FYI this is now blogged:
> http://blog.okfn.org/2010/10/18/which-works-enter-the-public-domain-in-2011/
>
> On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 11:03 PM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>wrote:
>
>> Many thanks Severine! ;-)
>>
>>  I've added these and the others to a list here:
>>
>>  http://publicdomain.okfnpad.org/PDD2011
>>
>>  There's a blog post about all this lined up for tomorrow morning!
>>
>>  All the best,
>>
>>  Jonathan
>>
>>  On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 8:00 PM, Severine Dusollier <
>> severine.dusollier at fundp.ac.be> wrote:
>>
>>>  Dear Jonathan,
>>>
>>> I had already added to JC's list two women : Selma Lagerlof and Emma
>>> Goldman (both dead in 1940). The former list is really masculine. We should
>>> pay attention to it !
>>> Séverine
>>>
>>> Jonathan Gray a écrit :
>>>
>>> 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_deathshttp://dbpedia.neofonie.de/browse/rdf-type:Person/deathDate-year~:1940~1940/ <http://dbpedia.neofonie.de/browse/rdf-type:Person/deathDate-year%7E:1940%7E1940/>
>>>
>>> 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_Vuillardhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolae_Iorgahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Mac_Tuhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Mir%C3%B3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Frederic_Bensonhttp://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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Gray
>>
>> Community Coordinator
>> The Open Knowledge Foundation
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>>
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>>
>
>
>
> --
> Jonathan Gray
>
> Community Coordinator
> The Open Knowledge Foundation
> http://blog.okfn.org
>
> http://twitter.com/jwyg
> http://identi.ca/jwyg
>
>
> --
> Professor at the University of Namur
> Director of the Research Center in IT and Law (CRID)
>
>   Rempart de la Vierge 5 Tél: +32 81 72 47 60  5000 NAMUR Fax: +32 81 72
> 52 02  BELGIQUE severine.dusollier at fundp.ac.be
> The publications of Severine Dusollier are available at :
> http://www.fundp.ac.be/universite/personnes/page_view/01003580/publications.html
>
> http://www.crid.be
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-- 
Jonathan Gray

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