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| [Nettime-nl] FW: [Communia] Happy Public Domain Day 2010! |
FYI ------ Doorgestuurd bericht Van: bernardo parrella <berny@cybermesa.com> Datum: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:13:41 -0700 Aan: <communia@lists.communia-project.eu> Onderwerp: [Communia] Happy Public Domain Day 2010! January 1st is Public Domain Day 2010 While New Year's Day is an occasion for great celebrations worldwide, we shouldn't forget another special reason to celebrate January 1st: Public Domain Day! In several countries, this day marks the expiration of copyright protection terms on creative works produced by authors who died several decades earlier (1939, for this 01/01/2010). Therefore in certain jurisdictions such works enter the Public Domain, and their content is no longer owned or controlled by anyone but it rather becomes available for anyone to freely use for any purpose. In other words, on each year's January 1st an impressive wealth of knowledge, information and beauty becomes freely available to humankind. To celebrate this occasion, COMMUNIA is promoting a new website devoted to Public Domain Day: http://www.publicdomainday.org. This project aims at increasing the public awareness of this celebration and educating about the Public Domain concept and its potentialities for spreading culture and knowledge worldwide. The website is particularly focused on this Public Domain Day 2010, providing useful resources and a detailed list of authors and artists entering the Public Domain in several countries. Happy Public Domain Day 2010! More info: http://communia-project.eu/node/355 http://www.publicdomainday.org -------------------------------------------------------------- Feel free to forward this announcement wherever appropriate. For any inquiries or information: <press at communia-project.eu> Communia - The European Thematic Network on the Digital Public Domain http://communia-project.eu/ Contact: http://communia-project.eu/contacts --------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Communia mailing list Communia@lists.communia-project.eu https://lists.communia-project.eu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/communia ------ Einde van doorgestuurd bericht ______________________________________________________ * Verspreid via nettime-nl. Commercieel gebruik niet * toegestaan zonder toestemming. <nettime-nl> is een * open en ongemodereerde mailinglist over net-kritiek. * Meer info, archief & anderstalige edities: * http://www.nettime.org/. * Contact: Menno Grootveld (rabotnik@xs4all.nl).