New Rights on Public
Domain via Digitalization?
The Conflict of Library Control Interests
and Reuse in Web 2.0
Patrick Danowski- Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin

Outline
• The situation in libraries
• The situation in web 2.0
• Library vs. Web 2.0
• The wind of change

WSIS & PD
A rich public domain is an essential element for
the growth of the Information Society, creating
multiple benefits such as an educated public,
new jobs, innovation, business opportunities,
and the advancement of science
(WSIS Declartion of Priciples point 26)

Open Licenses

Open Licenses
• Open Access

Open Licenses
• Open Access
• Berlin Declaration: worldwide, right of access
to, and a license to copy, use, distribute,
transmit and display the work publ