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

Fri Oct 29 11:48:12 UTC 2010

Cool!

I also just set up this form to get details: http://bit.ly/pd-community

Will aim to blog/tweet this soon -- but do we need to add/edit
anything before we roll it out?

On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Primavera De Filippi
<pdefilippi at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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>>
>>
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