3 rd COMMUNIA Workshop Marking the Public Domain: Relinquishment and Certification Amsterdam 2008 10 20 Certifying public domain works Mike Linksvayer Creative Commons Image by spi516 · Licensed under CC BY-SA · http://flickr.com/photos/spi/2414865111/

Original photo by Brooke Novak · Licensed under CC BY · http://flickr.com/photos/brookenovak/337889974/ I AM NOT A

http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=29755

http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=29755

Public domain? Facts about a work Facts about copyright law (e.g., public domain calculators) Assessment of copyright status of a work

Facts about a work

Facts about copyright law (e.g., public domain calculators)

Assessment of copyright status of a work

Public domain certification? Who is providing each of these? What is their reputation?

Who is providing each of these?

What is their reputation?

Public domain Web? How does one discover all of previously mentioned? How does a computer?

How does one discover all of previously mentioned?

How does a computer?

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Commons of PD info and CC Interoperability Common identifiers (e.g., a CC PD Assertion deed) Common vocabularies Tool adoption (e.g., search) Growth of marking the PD via CC’s user community, outreach, development of institutional standards

Interoperability

Common identifiers (e.g., a CC PD Assertion deed)

Common vocabularies

Tool adoption (e.g., search)

Growth of marking the PD via CC’s user community, outreach, development of institutional standards

Running code

Beyond copyright Issues of provenance are of particular relevance to copyright licensing on the web, but the decentralized web presents trust of agents and data as a general problem. Protocols for public domain assertion could evolve to address these problems beyond the scope of copyright

Issues of provenance are of particular relevance to copyright licensing on the web, but the decentralized web presents trust of agents and data as a general problem. Protocols for public domain assertion could evolve to address these problems beyond the scope of copyright

Beyond copyright In line with CC relationship to the SemWeb and the shared interest of many in the CC community in addressing issues of commerce, privacy, trust, and transparency in a decentralized architecture (captured to some extent in ideas like “VRM”)

In line with CC relationship to the SemWeb and the shared interest of many in the CC community in addressing issues of commerce, privacy, trust, and transparency in a decentralized architecture (captured to some extent in ideas like “VRM”)

Creative Commons Technology Summit 2008 06 18 Digital Copyright Registry Landscape Mike Linksvayer Creative Commons Image by *saipal · Licensed under CC BY · http://flickr.com/photos/saipal/257641202/ http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Creative_Commons_Technology_Summit_2008-06-18

Second CC Tech Summit http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Creative_Commons_Technology_Summit_2008-12-12 Date: Friday, December 12, 2008 Time: 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM Location: Cambridge, MA, US

http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Creative_Commons_Technology_Summit_2008-12-12

Date: Friday, December 12, 2008

Time: 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Location: Cambridge, MA, US

License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Attribution Author: Mike Linksvayer Link: http://creativecommons.org Questions? [email_address] Original photo by swanksalot · Licensed under CC BY-SA · http://flickr.com/photos/swanksalot/2800398623/

License

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Attribution

Author: Mike Linksvayer

Link: http://creativecommons.org

Questions?

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