Public Domain Calculators: updates and a new list!

October 17th, 2008

Back in June we solicited for assistance in a project to build a series of calculators to ‘map’ the public domain in different jurisdictions, by showing which works are out of copyright.

There are now individuals and groups keen to contribute to the calculators in at least 10 countries:

For more information, see the PublicDomainCalculators wiki page!

Ultimately we’d like to see the formation of loose-knit groups to create, maintain and review charts representing relevant legislation in different countries. These charts would be converted into code, and combined with metadata about works to give a sense of what works are in the public domain in each jurisdiction.

We’ve set up a mailing list for interested parties to discuss developments and to share experience in creating flow charts to represent the law:

I’ll be talking about the Public Domain Calculators at the 3rd COMMUNIA Workshop in Amsterdam on Monday. As I suggested back in January it would be wonderful if we could build on the collective expertise and experience of the COMMUNIA network to trace the contours of the public domain in Europe!

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Posted by Jonathan Gray Filed in External, Free Culture, Metadata, OKF, OKF Projects, Open Knowledge, Public Domain

2 Responses to “Public Domain Calculators: updates and a new list!”

  1. Open Knowledge Foundation Weblog » Blog Archive » Third COMMUNIA Workshop - Marking the public domain Says:
    October 22nd, 2008 at 5:23 pm

    [...] The third COMMUNIA workshop ‘Marking the public domain: relinquishment & certification’ (which we mentioned last week) took place in Amsterdam on Monday and Tuesday. [...]

  2. Open Knowledge Foundation Blog » Blog Archive » New developments on Public Domain Works! Says:
    June 18th, 2009 at 5:42 pm

    [...] work on the public domain calculators is still ticking over. Gisle Hannemyr recently put together a first draft of a copyright flowchart [...]

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