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

Fri Oct 29 09:40:12 UTC 2010

here is the link to the new spreadsheet
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AoCMvT0NORh9dGM4TTF3MEg1VG14a0Z2bEFFWjRHbnc&hl=en&authkey=CIH096sP
so far there are only academics and legal scholars, any contribution
is welcome !

On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 9:23 AM, pdefilippi at gmail.com
<pdefilippi at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sure, I think we should do that. I will create a new spreadsheet to extend
> our current list of contacts with a broader range of people and
> organizations that do not necessarily belong to the legal or academic realm.
> I will provide the link to this list so that anyone can contribute to it,
> any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated!
>
> Sent from my HTC
>
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "Jonathan Gray"
> Date: Wed, Oct 27, 2010 21:34
> Subject: [pd-discuss] Public Domain Day 2011 / Which works enter the PD in
> 2011?
> To: "Public Domain discuss list"
>
> (Last email to pd-discuss tonight -- I promise!)
>
> Big +1! ;-)
>
> This is a great idea and we'd definitely like to help out however we can.
>
> I know that Primavera has started to do some excellent work to map out
> contact details for public domain experts (predominantly legal) around
> the world. Perhaps this could be a good excuse to extend this to
> relevant organisations, advocates, and so on.
>
> We could then start to systematically contact people around the world
> to see they're doing anything (and of course to encourage them to do
> so!).
>
> Primavera: what do you think?
>
> J.C.: how can folks get involved in contributing to PDD site? Also
> what about e.g. a group blog at blog.publicdomainday.org?
>
> All the best,
>
> Jonathan
>
> On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 7:04 PM, J.C. DE MARTIN wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Thanks a lot to Jonathan for resuming the conversation we had started in
>> the
>> Summer
>> about the upcoming PD Day 2011. For the 2010 edition we had created the
>> following mini-site
>>
>> www.publicdomainday.org
>>
>> which documented the celebrations that we knew about (mostly COMMUNIA
>> members from Switzerland and Poland). We also collected the reports of
>> such
>> celebrations, when available.
>>
>> This year - through the concerted efforts of anyone who cares about the
>> PD,
>> including our good friends at the COMMUNIA network, OKF, Creative Commons,
>> and many others -  we should strive - if you agree - to stimulate
>> (facilitate?)
>> more celebrations around the world.
>>
>> The reference organizational model could the Open Access week, with a
>> single
>> site
>> managed by the supporting entities that collectively promote the event and
>> populate the website with news, links,  relevant resources, etc.
>>
>> If you like the model, we would be most glad to share the responsibility
>> of
>> managing the site - which we have started and hosted, but with the desire,
>> from the beginning, of placing it at the service of the public domain.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>> I will send a description of what we are organizing in Torino (Italy)
>> for the PD Day celebration in a separate message.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> juan carlos
>>
>> prof. juan carlos de martin
>> coordinator - COMMUNIA project
>> http://communia-project.eu
>>
>>
>>
>> Jonathan Gray wrote (on 17/10/10 00:25):
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>
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