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Comment on Celebrating the Public Domain in Paris by Alta Yang

Alta Yang — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 01:45:37 +0000

This Public Domain Day (each year's January 1st) website is an initiative of COMMUNIA, the European Thematic Network on the Digital Public Domain , with special support from the Open Knowledge Foundation (UK) and the Center for the Study of Public Domain at Duke University (USA). Our aim is to raise worldwide awareness about the role of the public domain in our societies and to provide resources and information. Please feel free to browse our website and related links and pages - to find greater inspiration and enjoy the creative and entrepreneurial freedom granted to everybody by the public domain.

Comment on COMMUNIA Positive Agenda for the Public Domain by COMMUNIA Positive Agenda for the Public Domain | Public Domain | Musées et Open Data

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:35:09 +0000

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Comment on COMMUNIA Positive Agenda for the Public Domain by COMMUNIA Positive Agenda for the Public Domain | Public Domain | Musées & Open Data | Scoop.it

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:28:04 +0000

[…] Communia vient de publier un document d'orientation qui se propose de contribuer à la définition d'objectifspositifs pour le domaine public. […]

Comment on I Have A Dream: a law for the public domain in France! by AndreasP

AndreasP — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:08:27 +0000

Also very important:

Introduce a copyright exemption for works situated permanently in a public space (like it is the case in most other European countries, known as "freedom of panorama" according to the German "Panoramafreiheit"), thus making it easier to photograph and publish buildings, statues and monuments. Even in the US, this is possible, but only for buildings. Not in France and Belgium, that's why you cannot photograph the Atomium (or the Eiffel Tower at night for its crappy "light art") and legally publish those images.

Comment on Working Group by John weitzmann | Jimrunsdorf

John weitzmann | Jimrunsdorf — Mon, 21 May 2012 18:26:43 +0000

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Comment on Flowcharts by Primavera De Filippi

Primavera De Filippi — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:27:30 +0000

Thanks Scott, the link has been fixed !

Comment on Celebrating the Public Domain in Paris by domaine public, biens communs, propriété intellectuelle, open data | Autour de Wikipédia et des projets Wikimedia

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 08:31:08 +0000

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Comment on Flowcharts by Scott Alexander

Scott Alexander — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:58:38 +0000

The link to Peter Hirtle’s comprehensive chart at Cornell is broken

Comment on About by Jitender

Jitender — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:17:59 +0000

you may not use the work for anything that is rilmapriy intended for or directed toward commercial advantage or private monetary compensation. It would have to probably go to court to really flesh out what this means-I'm not interested in being a guinea pig in any case.When I said I don't use CC:NC works, I am mainly refferring to anyhting I might later monetize on. I try not to use them in slides, because I reuse slides, and it's not outside the realm of possibilty that I could get paid for a talk (Actually, I just did my first paid talk this last Tuesday.) Also, if I put a lot of stuff out there, I might not know which works I can monetize on later. If something covered by a non commercial license becomes something I can monetize on, I have to track down permission. But, if I can't find the original author, or if they don't want to let me use it for a commercial purpose, then I am out of luck. Easier all around to stick to licenses that don't have that restriction then all I have to keep in regards to the image is the original authors name and a link, and I've upheld my part of the agreement.This brings up another interesting point, though- if an artist is a prolific user of CC images, it can get damn hard to keep track of all the people you have to credit. I have started keeping this kind of information in a jpeg's EXIF data, so I am fairly sure it will not become detached from the image. With physical artworks, I might just write the proper attributions on the back or something. It would be interesting to see how people use the CC licenses and keep track of them.Also, just as an aside- I have not been making much in the way of art lately (unless you call my snapshots and doodles art.) So a lot of this, for me, is academic. After I am done with school, I may sell artwork again, and I reserve the right to review the terms I have set for myself. :)(OK, that brings up ANOTHER interesting possibility- what if a creator changes or revokes a license later on? Do you have to adhere to the new license? Hmm.)

Comment on Guide to Finding Interesting Public Domain Works Online by A Guide to Finding Interesting Public Domain Works Online | Open … | The Public Domain Site

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:17:17 +0000

[...] The following is a post by Sam Leon, Community Co-ordinator for The Public Domain Review and other Open Knowledge Foundation projects. It is cross-posted from the Open Knowledge Foundation’s Public Domain Working Group Blog. [...]