[pd-discuss] Activities for Public Domain Day 2013

Thu Dec 20 14:19:24 UTC 2012

The list Adrian generated from the Freebase query that I put together for
him has almost 500 authors on it.  The other one has 41.  That's a pretty
big difference.

I also have an OpenRefine (ex-Google Refine) project with 878 authors who
died in 1942 according to authorandbookinfo.com.  About half of those have
been matched with their equivalent Freebase entries

Anything from either list which is matched with Freebase can be easily
linked to Wikipedia, OpenLibrary, VIAF, Library of Congress, MusicBrainz
(for composers), etc.

Additional work could be done to identify musicians, film people, etc,
although I'm not as familiar with the laws covering those works.

There are lots of things which *could* be done, but there are only 11 days
until the end of the year and many of them are holidays.  This is (at
least) the third "let's put something together" call.  I'm happy to
contribute, but I'd like to see a single coordinated effort rather than 3-4
separate efforts.

Tom

On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 8:31 AM, Adam Green <adam.green at okfn.org> wrote:

> We also have this excellent list compiled by Adrian Pohl using a Freebase
> query -
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AoZvWOCjkB-odDcwSEJmSjM1TGtRd2Q5eTllLUxPU1E#gid=0
>
>
> On 20 December 2012 12:26, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:
>
>> Just to check: do you mean the midnight between Thursday 20th and Friday
>> 21st?
>>
>> So far we have:
>>
>>   * This overview post (with nice graphic ;-)
>> http://publicdomainreview.org/2012/12/11/class-of-2013/
>>   * This spreadsheet (which probably needs expanding to include other
>> works):
>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Al6mO9_3Hr2PdHJxTFNGSk0wWEdnY2FrMXNmSXlmU2c#gid=0
>>
>> I agree that in future we need a canonical URL (e.g.
>> publicdomainreview.org/works/...). Regarding Bit Torrect, by total
>> coincidence someone from Bit Torrent wrote to me last night - so will
>> definitely follow that up.
>>
>> J.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 12:42 AM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> My point is, I think we should have some from each of those 4 areas -
>>> whatever is known to us as of Dec 30  :)  I think producing an infographic,
>>> a spreadsheet, and a torrent (and an email campaign about them) shouldn't
>>> be  beyond reach.
>>>
>>> I would love to skype about this sometime after  0000 UTC Friday
>>> morning, with you and anyone interested.
>>>
>>> S
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>wrote:
>>>
>>>> (changing subject line for clarity!)
>>>>
>>>> Hi SJ,
>>>>
>>>> All of what you suggest sounds great but I'm not sure how much of this
>>>> we'll be able to put into place before 1st January.
>>>>
>>>> What is your availability like between now/next week? Perhaps we could
>>>> catch up on Skype at some point over the next couple of days?
>>>>
>>>> The Public Domain Review has done this, which you may have seen:
>>>>
>>>> http://publicdomainreview.org/2012/12/11/class-of-2013/
>>>>
>>>> We'd also like to prepare a more comprehensive spreadsheet (which could
>>>> then possibly be displayed/explored using the magic Listify [1]) of other
>>>> stuff that is going into the public domain in 2013.
>>>>
>>>> Many of these works will not yet be scanned, so perhaps this list could
>>>> be of value to inform ongoing digitisation/transcription initiatives.
>>>>
>>>> What do you think?
>>>>
>>>> Jonathan
>>>>
>>>> [1] http://okfnlabs.org/listify/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 10:24 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Reforwarding.
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>>
>>>>> Too many lists!  How I wish my Coralline message system was up and
>>>>> running...
>>>>>
>>>>> Okay, here's what we need:
>>>>>
>>>>> STATS:
>>>>> A set of bite-sized stats we can compile about the "PD Delta Function"
>>>>> that goes into effect Jan 1.  Number of pages, number of derivatives or
>>>>> related works made, number of historical readers.
>>>>>
>>>>> A similar set of stats about last year's crop.  Including the year's
>>>>> data on how things have changed:  the (change in) the number of sales of
>>>>> works; the number of Google hits for searches, the number of sites making
>>>>> works available online, the number of refs to such works in research?
>>>>>
>>>>> VISUALS:
>>>>> A good fast snarky designer.  I have the Cards Against Humanity guys
>>>>> in mind because of their fun recent wikimedia stunt,[1] but anyone will do.
>>>>>
>>>>> An [annual] poster summarizing such data.  Prototype for a future
>>>>> year, for instance.  This can be a canonical web-infographic b/c of limited
>>>>> time.
>>>>>
>>>>> ONE DOWNLOAD:
>>>>> A torrent that we can encourage everyone to seed and download.
>>>>>  Someone gets to be responsible for compiling the darn thing by Dec. 31 and
>>>>> posting it at the new year.  This is "as complete as it can be made on the
>>>>> morning of Dec. 31"
>>>>>
>>>>> METADATA LIST:
>>>>> A spreadsheet with metadata of things entering PD, including a
>>>>> canonical link for a page that will contain the (revised over time) links
>>>>> to sources.  We get to choose where that link goes, but it should be an
>>>>> archive that will host such a page permanently for each work.  Wikisource
>>>>> is ok if there's no obvious alternative.  OL is only for books,
>>>>> unfortunately.  An archive that generates and maintains UUIDs would be even
>>>>> better.
>>>>>
>>>>> If we have those four things, this will be a smashing hit.  Other
>>>>> thigns like trying to make the lst comprehensive will take time and can be
>>>>> a goal for next PD Day.
>>>>>
>>>>> SJ
>>>>>
>>>>> [1] http://www.cardsagainsthumanity.com/holidaystats/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> (Copying Primavera)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Sigh*. Yes, we've been wanting to do this for years with our Public
>>>>>> Domain Works project [1]. And I'm sure you've seen our work on the Public
>>>>>> Domain Calculators [2]. I wanted to start doing more on this last year [3]
>>>>>> - but alas other things got in the way.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> SJ: suggest that we could start a thread on this on the pd-discuss
>>>>>> list [4], and I'll pitch in there so that others can join in our
>>>>>> conversation. Perhaps we can organise a call and a virtual sprint on this
>>>>>> in the new year?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In any case, short answer: yes, we should definitely do something and
>>>>>> we'd love to work with you to make this happen. ;-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> All the best,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jonathan
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [1] http://publicdomainworks.net/
>>>>>> [2] http://publicdomain.okfn.org/calculators/
>>>>>> [3] http://blog.okfn.org/2011/07/06/lets-open-up-the-public-domain/
>>>>>> [4] http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/pd-discuss
>>>>>>
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