[Foundation-l] CC "open attribute" released

[Teofilo]

As I previously said, one major barrier to the reuse of free contents
is not only having an easy way to copy-paste copyright and licensing
information, but the reliability of such copyright information. The
work of Melanie Schlosser, "Unless Otherwise Indicated: A Survey of
Copyright Statements on Digital Library Collections", College and
Research Libraries", v.70(4), p. 371-385 (July 2009) should be the
building block upon which to make other assessments and propose
improvements : http://crl.acrl.org/content/70/4/371.full.pdf+html

See also the very good attitude of the Art Institute of Chicago,
providing for many artworks a thorough "Exhibition, Publication and
Ownership Histories" on each picture page like the following one :

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/24306

which provides clues as to when the work was first published and when
the work will likely enter the Public Domain in application of the US
copyright law. This is still not a full and easy to read "copyright
ownership history" one would love to have available, but it is a great
step forward.