Presentation held by Patrick Peiffer at EuropeanaTech 2015 in Paris

2. It takes longer than it takes…
Back in 2009, Europeana Connect
• Which works are in the public domain?
• Which questions need answering?
• How harmonised are protection terms?
• Is there enough - linked - Data to
automatically calculate?

3. In 2011 Law became Code
30 jurisdiction’s protection terms analysed
Legal Research by IvIR, Univ. Amsterdam
Translation into code by Kennisland
Launch of www.outofcopyright.eu v.1
Now at archive.outofcopyright.eu

5. 2015 Relaunch - legal
Additional legal research
Rights created during digitisation
• Comparative study by T. Margoni, IvIR
• Fully automated, Semi-automated and
Human operated digitisation

6. 2015 Relaunch - tech
New back- and frontend
Generic, visual, decision tree editor
Full API
Simple local deployment for mass
calculation & integration into your tools

11. Next steps
Port existing 30 jurisdictions to the
new infrastructure
(FR, DE, NL, LU done)
Integrate 2011 directive on sound
recording terms (50->70 years)
Add countries, eg Croatia, others.

12. What does the future hold?
Integration into rights determination
and clearance tools, local analysis of
mass digitisation collections
“Public Domain Aware” catalogues
• End of protection dates for works
• Find Public Domain editions
Enriched authority files
• VIAF, Wikidata, etc.

13. Beyond copyright
Map your own decision processes
• When is a work out of commerce?
• When is due diligence search done?
• Export and timestamp results of
decision processes

15. Meet us at
the poster