Public Domain Day

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Public Domain Day ( German  day of a public domain is) an international day of action invalidate the copyright of works and their transition into the public domain (German roughly Public Domain ). This transition of works protected by copyright to the public domain normally takes place every year on January 1st, depending on the length of the regular protection period in each country.

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Public Domain Day celebrations were originally informal; the earliest known mention was in 2004 by the Canadian public domain activist Wallace McLean, which the US copyright lawyer Lawrence Lessig joined as a supporter. Since January 1, 2010, a Public Domain Day website has listed authors whose works will be in the public domain. Around this day there are campaigns by various organizations in several countries under the banner of Public Domain Day.

To celebrate

Public Domain Day celebration in Poland (2008)

It is not clear when Public Domain Day first got attention. He was mentioned by Lawrence Lessig in 2004 , but he is also mentioned by Project Gutenberg and sponsored by Creative Commons . Public Domain Day celebrations were held at various times in Poland , Germany , Switzerland , Italy and Israel .

In January 2011, to celebrate Public Domain Day , the Open Knowledge Foundation launched The Public Domain Review , a web-based overview of works that have been transferred to the public domain .

A celebration was announced in Warsaw in January 2012 and was held for the first time in Krakow , where year after year on this day various activities were organized by non-governmental organizations (such as the Koalicja Otwartej Edukacji and the Open Society Foundations ) and other supporters.

Other celebrations worldwide:

Background: public domain

The standard protection period for copyright is generally defined as the lifetime of the author plus a certain number of years after his death ( pma , Latin post mortem auctoris ). In many local legal areas of application ( jurisdictions ) this means that usually 70 years must have passed since the death of the author. After this period, the author's works will become fully available so that anyone can access them and use them for any purpose without the need for prior authorization. Legally, this happens on New Year's Day (January 1st). This means, for example, that in these countries works by authors from all over the world who died in 1936 went into the public domain on January 1, 2007.

Since public rights vary depending on the jurisdiction, the transition of a work to the public domain does not apply worldwide. The most notable exception is the United States , where no published works automatically moved into the public domain from 1978 to 2019. Australia's copyright law is even more restrictive; Public Domain Day is not possible there until 2026. Much of Europe is witnessing the transition of various works into the public domain, as is Canada and New Zealand . Many more works would become public domain if the regular protection period had not been extended several times in the last few decades.

Public Domain Day 2010 recognized the transition to the public domain in many countries for the works of such authors as Sigmund Freud , William Butler Yeats , Ford Madox Ford and Arthur Rackham . In 2011, the public domain of the works of Isaak Babel , Walter Benjamin , John Buchan , Michail Bulgakow , F. Scott Fitzgerald , Emma Goldman , Paul Klee , Selma Lagerlöf , Leon Trotsky , Vito Volterra and Nathanael West was celebrated.

See also

Web links

Commons : Public Domain Day  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Shane Richmond: Happy Public Domain Day! Here's to many more. In: Telegraph Blogs. January 1, 2010, archived from the original on January 14, 2013 ; accessed on January 1, 2014 (English).
  2. ^ Wallace J. McLean: Happy Public Domain Day! January 1, 2004, accessed January 1, 2014 .
  3. ^ A b c Lawrence Lessig: public domain day - in Canada. January 1, 2004, archived from the original on July 1, 2007 ; accessed on January 1, 2014 (English).
  4. ↑ Public Domain Day 2010. MetaFilter, December 31, 2009, accessed on January 1, 2014 (English).
  5. ^ Timothy Vollmer: Public Domain Day - Creative Commons. Creative Commons, January 1, 2013, accessed January 1, 2014 .
  6. ↑ Juan Carlos de Martin: Public Domain Day 2012. International Communia Association, December 12, 2011, accessed January 1, 2014 .
  7. ^ PD Day Celebration at Haifa University. Haifa Center for Law and Technology, Haifa University, May 1, 2011, archived from the original on February 7, 2011 ; accessed on January 1, 2014 (English).
  8. ↑ Jonathan Gray: Launch of the Public Domain Review to celebrate Public Domain Day 2011. In: Open Knowledge Foundation Blog. January 1, 2011, accessed January 1, 2014 .
  9. ^ The Public Domain Review. Online journal dedicated to showcasing the most interesting and unusual out-of-copyright works available on the web. In: publicdomainreview.org. Open Knowledge Foundation, accessed January 1, 2014 .
  10. ↑ Karolina Grodecka: Jak świętowaliśmy Dzień Domeny Publicznej 2012. Koalicja Otwartej Edukacji, January 7, 2012, archived from the original on June 1, 2012 ; Retrieved January 1, 2014 (Polish).
  11. ↑ Karolina Grodecka: Obchody Dnia Domeny Publicznej w Krakowie. Koalicja Otwartej Edukacji, January 18, 2012, archived from the original on June 3, 2012 ; Retrieved January 1, 2014 (Polish).
  12. ↑ Karolina Grodecka: Report from Public Domain Day 2011 in Poland. Koalicja Otwartej Edukacji, December 31, 2010, archived from the original on March 11, 2011 ; accessed on January 1, 2014 (English).
  13. ↑ Dzień Domeny Publicznej. Koalicja Otwartej Edukacji, archived from the original on February 26, 2011 ; Retrieved January 1, 2014 (Polish).
  14. ↑ To celebrate the role of the public domain in our societies / Public Domain Day - January 1, 2012. In: publicdomainday.org. Communia - The European Thematic Network on the Digital Public Domain, archived from the original on December 6, 2011 ; accessed on January 1, 2014 (English).
  15. ↑ a b c d About | Public Domain Day - January 1, 2012. In: publicdomainday.org. Archived from the original on January 6, 2010 ; accessed on January 1, 2014 (English).
  16. ↑ To celebrate the role of the public domain in our societies / Public Domain Day / January 1, 2012. In: publicdomainday.org. Communia - The European Thematic Network on the Digital Public Domain, January 1, 2012, archived from the original on December 6, 2011 ; accessed on January 1, 2014 (English).
  17. ↑ a b c Public Domain Day 2010. Duke University's Center for the Study of the Public Domain, accessed January 1, 2014 (English).
  18. ^ Nate Anderson: Nothing to celebrate on Public Domain Day 2010 in the US. In: Ars Technica. January 5, 2010, accessed January 1, 2014 .
  19. ^ Project Gutenberg Australia Newsletter February 2009. In: gutenberg.net.au. Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2009, accessed January 1, 2014 .
  20. ^ Public Domain Day 2011. Duke University's Center for the Study of the Public Domain, January 1, 2011, accessed January 1, 2014 .
  21. ↑ Authors entering the Public Domain in 2011 | Public Domain Day - January 1, 2012. In: publicdomainday.org. Archived from the original on December 1, 2010 ; accessed on January 1, 2014 (English).