Hi Juan,
Thanks for getting in touch. We've been talking about whether we should put out another press release this year, however last year we discovered that things aren't quite as simple as we hoped with public domain day and Wikimedia. The servers for Wikimedia sites are based in the US, which means that US copyright also has to be followed - and thanks to the US joining the Berne Convention in 1989, works later than 1923 that weren't in the public domain pre-1996 are still copyright protected regardless of whether they enter the public domain this year (unless they were never published in the US, I believe). If only copyright laws were simpler. :-(
So: I'm not sure whether we'll be putting out a release or not yet. I've cc'd the Wikimedia UK mailing list, as well as Gemma (our Head of Public Relations), to see what they think.
You might also be interested in the discussion on Wikisource - Wikimedia's repository and proof-reading project for out-of-copyright books - on this topic, which you can find at http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Scriptorium#Public_Domain_Day_2011
Thanks, Mike Peel Wikimedia UK
On 26 Dec 2010, at 21:07, J.C. DE MARTIN wrote:
Hello Mike,
Do you plan to issue a press release this year too for the Public Domain Day?
Do you plan any other initiative?
We are trying, with some success, to celebrate the PD a bit louder this year: http://publicdomainday.org/
Thanks, best juan carlos
On 31/12/09 23:44, Michael Peel wrote:
Hello,
You may be interested in a press release that we (Wikimedia UK) have put out today on Public Domain Day, at: http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2009/12/wikipedia-celebrates-public-domain-day-...
Thanks, Mike Peel Chair, Wikimedia UK - http://uk.wikimedia.org/ Tel: +44 (0)7988 013 646 Email: michael.peel@wikimedia.org.uk
Wikimedia UK is a local chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). It has no legal control over Wikipedia, nor responsibility for its contents.
Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL, United Kingdom.
On 26 Dec 2010, at 21:07, J.C. DE MARTIN wrote:
Hello Mike,
Do you plan to issue a press release this year too for the Public Domain Day?
Do you plan any other initiative?
We are trying, with some success, to celebrate the PD a bit louder this year: http://publicdomainday.org/
Thanks, best juan carlos
Mike Peel has answered on behalf of WMUK; but I was quite interested to learn about that website. I suppose any press release would be tied to a particular angle, but it seems in line with the general "free content" approach for the chapter at least to take an interest, whatever the specifics of the hosting of that content would be (which is where the complications of US public domain law really come in).
In particular http://publicdomainday.org/ is certainly worth mentioning in "Open Access", the WMUK newsletter: I'm the editor and am looking right now for stories for the January issue, which I would like to get out in the first week of January (before all the anniversary events). So I have set a copy date of 1 January. I already have the Magnus Manske prototype tool
http://toolserver.org/~magnus/PDator.php
that I could talk about. (Magnus is out of the UK right now, but the idea is that the kind of list up at http://publicdomainday.org/node/37/ can be added to by more systematic use of Wikipedia through the toolserver.) I see from
http://wiki.okfn.org/PublicDomainCalculators
that the OKF also has projects here. The situation seems ripe for someone to survey what is happening out there ... in other words in parallel with any media drive, the "open sector" should be getting its act together by sharing knowledge and trying not to duplicate effort too much.
I could really go for an article that touched on these points. Anyone out there want to take a stab?
Offlist communication to me about "Open Access" on editor@wikimedia.org.uk, please.
Charles
Hi Juan,
Hope all is well.
At this stage, I'd say it is unlikely we will be issuing a release but we will be looking to promote the contents in other ways. When we have more details about this, we will let you know.
Any additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Gem
On 27 December 2010 08:43, Michael Peel michael.peel@wikimedia.org.ukwrote:
Hi Juan,
Thanks for getting in touch. We've been talking about whether we should put out another press release this year, however last year we discovered that things aren't quite as simple as we hoped with public domain day and Wikimedia. The servers for Wikimedia sites are based in the US, which means that US copyright also has to be followed - and thanks to the US joining the Berne Convention in 1989, works later than 1923 that weren't in the public domain pre-1996 are still copyright protected regardless of whether they enter the public domain this year (unless they were never published in the US, I believe). If only copyright laws were simpler. :-(
So: I'm not sure whether we'll be putting out a release or not yet. I've cc'd the Wikimedia UK mailing list, as well as Gemma (our Head of Public Relations), to see what they think.
You might also be interested in the discussion on Wikisource - Wikimedia's repository and proof-reading project for out-of-copyright books - on this topic, which you can find at http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Scriptorium#Public_Domain_Day_2011
Thanks, Mike Peel Wikimedia UK
On 26 Dec 2010, at 21:07, J.C. DE MARTIN wrote:
Hello Mike,
Do you plan to issue a press release this year too for the Public Domain
Day?
Do you plan any other initiative?
We are trying, with some success, to celebrate the PD a bit louder this year: http://publicdomainday.org/
Thanks, best juan carlos
On 31/12/09 23:44, Michael Peel wrote:
Hello,
You may be interested in a press release that we (Wikimedia UK) have put
out today on Public Domain Day, at:
http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2009/12/wikipedia-celebrates-public-domain-day-...
Thanks, Mike Peel Chair, Wikimedia UK - http://uk.wikimedia.org/ Tel: +44 (0)7988 013 646 Email: michael.peel@wikimedia.org.uk
Wikimedia UK is a local chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate
Wikipedia, amongst other projects). It has no legal control over Wikipedia, nor responsibility for its contents.
Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Wales, Registered No. 6741827.
The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL,
United Kingdom.
Hi Gem,
Thanks for your message. Please let's keep in touch. If you know of any relevant initiative, just mention it to Bernardo (copy) - thanks!
Happy New Year and Happy Public Domain Day!
juan carlos
On 31/12/10 15:28, Gemma Griffiths wrote:
Hi Juan,
Hope all is well.
At this stage, I'd say it is unlikely we will be issuing a release but we will be looking to promote the contents in other ways. When we have more details about this, we will let you know.
Any additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Gem
On 27 December 2010 08:43, Michael Peel <michael.peel@wikimedia.org.uk mailto:michael.peel@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Hi Juan, Thanks for getting in touch. We've been talking about whether we should put out another press release this year, however last year we discovered that things aren't quite as simple as we hoped with public domain day and Wikimedia. The servers for Wikimedia sites are based in the US, which means that US copyright also has to be followed - and thanks to the US joining the Berne Convention in 1989, works later than 1923 that weren't in the public domain pre-1996 are still copyright protected regardless of whether they enter the public domain this year (unless they were never published in the US, I believe). If only copyright laws were simpler. :-( So: I'm not sure whether we'll be putting out a release or not yet. I've cc'd the Wikimedia UK mailing list, as well as Gemma (our Head of Public Relations), to see what they think. You might also be interested in the discussion on Wikisource - Wikimedia's repository and proof-reading project for out-of-copyright books - on this topic, which you can find at http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Scriptorium#Public_Domain_Day_2011 Thanks, Mike Peel Wikimedia UK On 26 Dec 2010, at 21:07, J.C. DE MARTIN wrote: > Hello Mike, > > Do you plan to issue a press release this year too for the Public Domain Day? > > Do you plan any other initiative? > > We are trying, with some success, to celebrate the PD a bit louder > this year: http://publicdomainday.org/ > > Thanks, > best > juan carlos > > > On 31/12/09 23:44, Michael Peel wrote: >> Hello, >> >> You may be interested in a press release that we (Wikimedia UK) have put out today on Public Domain Day, at: >> http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2009/12/wikipedia-celebrates-public-domain-day-on-1st-january/ >> >> Thanks, >> Mike Peel >> Chair, Wikimedia UK - http://uk.wikimedia.org/ >> Tel: +44 (0)7988 013 646 >> Email: michael.peel@wikimedia.org.uk <mailto:michael.peel@wikimedia.org.uk> >> >> Wikimedia UK is a local chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). It has no legal control over Wikipedia, nor responsibility for its contents. >> >> Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. >> Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. >> The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL, United Kingdom. >>
Will do Juan. Nice to speak to you.
Happy New Year to you too and speak more in 2011!
Gem
On 31 December 2010 14:33, J.C. DE MARTIN demartin@polito.it wrote:
Hi Gem,
Thanks for your message. Please let's keep in touch. If you know of any relevant initiative, just mention it to Bernardo (copy)
- thanks!
Happy New Year and Happy Public Domain Day!
juan carlos
On 31/12/10 15:28, Gemma Griffiths wrote:
Hi Juan,
Hope all is well.
At this stage, I'd say it is unlikely we will be issuing a release but we will be looking to promote the contents in other ways. When we have more details about this, we will let you know.
Any additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Gem
On 27 December 2010 08:43, Michael Peel michael.peel@wikimedia.org.ukwrote:
Hi Juan,
Thanks for getting in touch. We've been talking about whether we should put out another press release this year, however last year we discovered that things aren't quite as simple as we hoped with public domain day and Wikimedia. The servers for Wikimedia sites are based in the US, which means that US copyright also has to be followed - and thanks to the US joining the Berne Convention in 1989, works later than 1923 that weren't in the public domain pre-1996 are still copyright protected regardless of whether they enter the public domain this year (unless they were never published in the US, I believe). If only copyright laws were simpler. :-(
So: I'm not sure whether we'll be putting out a release or not yet. I've cc'd the Wikimedia UK mailing list, as well as Gemma (our Head of Public Relations), to see what they think.
You might also be interested in the discussion on Wikisource - Wikimedia's repository and proof-reading project for out-of-copyright books - on this topic, which you can find at
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Scriptorium#Public_Domain_Day_2011
Thanks, Mike Peel Wikimedia UK
On 26 Dec 2010, at 21:07, J.C. DE MARTIN wrote:
Hello Mike,
Do you plan to issue a press release this year too for the Public Domain
Day?
Do you plan any other initiative?
We are trying, with some success, to celebrate the PD a bit louder this year: http://publicdomainday.org/
Thanks, best juan carlos
On 31/12/09 23:44, Michael Peel wrote:
Hello,
You may be interested in a press release that we (Wikimedia UK) have
put out today on Public Domain Day, at:
http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2009/12/wikipedia-celebrates-public-domain-day-...
Thanks, Mike Peel Chair, Wikimedia UK - http://uk.wikimedia.org/ Tel: +44 (0)7988 013 646 Email: michael.peel@wikimedia.org.uk
Wikimedia UK is a local chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation (who
operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). It has no legal control over Wikipedia, nor responsibility for its contents.
Wikimedia UK is the operating name of Wiki UK Limited. Wiki UK Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and
Wales, Registered No. 6741827.
The Registered Office is at 23 Cartwright Way, Nottingham, NG9 1RL,
United Kingdom.
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