<font><font face="trebuchet ms,sans-serif">[Forwarding from Melanie Dulong de Rosnay. --Peter Suber.]<br></font></font><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br>-- sorry for cross posting --<br>
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The book "The Digital Public Domain: Foundations for an Open Culture",<br>
edited by Melanie Dulong de Rosnay and Juan Carlos De Martin, is out.<br>
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Digital technology has made culture more accessible than ever before.<br>
Texts, audio, pictures and video can easily be produced, disseminated,<br>
used and remixed using devices that are increasingly user-friendly and<br>
affordable. However, along with this technological democratization<br>
comes a paradoxical flipside: the norms regulating culture's use -<br>
copyright and related rights - have become increasingly restrictive.<br>
This book brings together essays by academics, librarians,<br>
entrepreneurs, activists and policy makers, who were all part of the<br>
EU-funded Communia project. Together the authors argue that the Public<br>
Domain - that is, the informational works owned by all of us, be that<br>
literature, music, the output of scientific research, educational<br>
material or public sector information - is fundamental to a healthy<br>
society. The essays range from more theoretical papers on the history<br>
of copyright and the Public Domain, to practical examples and case<br>
studies of recent projects that have engaged with the principles of<br>
Open Access and Creative Commons licensing.<br>
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Under a CC Attribution license, the PDF can be downloaded here:<br>
<a href="http://www.communia-association.org/wp-content/uploads/the_digital_public_domain.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.communia-association.org/wp-content/uploads/the_digital_public_domain.pdf</a><br>
The book can be purchased in all formats (hardback, paperback, and<br>
digital editions) on the website of OpenBookPublishers:<br>
<a href="http://www.openbookpublishers.com/" target="_blank">http://www.openbookpublishers.com/</a><br>
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The book is an output of the Communia European Thematic Network on the<br>
Digital Public Domain (<a href="http://www.communia-project.eu/" target="_blank">http://www.communia-project.eu/</a>) which took<br>
place between 2007 and 2011 and is at the origin of Communia<br>
International Association on the Public Domain<br>
(<a href="http://www.communia-association.org/" target="_blank">http://www.communia-association.org/</a>).<br>
The association created in 2011 has been incorporated in 2012 under<br>
Belgian law and is inviting new members to join:<br>
<a href="http://www.communia-association.org/about-2/" target="_blank">http://www.communia-association.org/about-2/</a><br>
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Thanks and best wishes,<br>
Melanie Dulong de Rosnay<br>
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Download the book:<br>
<a href="http://www.communia-association.org/wp-content/uploads/the_digital_public_domain.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.communia-association.org/wp-content/uploads/the_digital_public_domain.pdf</a><br>
Buy the book: <a href="http://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/93/the-digital-public-domain--foundations-for-an-open-culture/5b64e9b86d9d0674689d965259eeb3a4" target="_blank">http://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/93/the-digital-public-domain--foundations-for-an-open-culture/5b64e9b86d9d0674689d965259eeb3a4</a><br>
Communia international association: <a href="http://www.communia-association.org/" target="_blank">http://www.communia-association.org/</a><br>
Communia european network (2007-2011): <a href="http://www.communia-association.org/" target="_blank">http://www.communia-association.org/</a><br>
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Contents of the book:<br>
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Foreword, Charles Nesson<br>
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Introduction, Melanie Dulong de Rosnay and Juan Carlos De Martin<br>
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Manifesto and Policy Recommendations<br>
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I. Introducing the Digital Public Domain<br>
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1. Communia and the European Public Domain Project: A Politics of the<br>
Public Domain, Giancarlo Frosio<br>
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II. Legal Framework<br>
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2. Consume and Share: Making Copyright Fit for the Digital Agenda, Marco Ricolfi<br>
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3. Evaluation of the Directive 2001/29/EC in the Digital Information<br>
Society, Lucie Guibault<br>
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4. Building Digital Commons through Open Access Management of<br>
Copyright-related Rights, Giuseppe Mazziotti<br>
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III. Developments and Case Studies<br>
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5. Contractually-constructed Research Commons: A Critical Economic<br>
Appraisal, Enrico Bertacchini<br>
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6. Social Motivations and Incentives in Ex Situ Conservation of<br>
Microbial Genetic Resources, Tom Dedeurwaerdere, Per M. Stromberg and<br>
Unai Pascual<br>
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7. Open Knowledge: Promises and Challenges, Rufus Pollock and Jo Walsh<br>
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8. Science Commons: Building the Research Web, Kaitlin Thaney<br>
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9. The DRIVER Project: The Socio-economic Benefits of a European<br>
Scientific Commons, Karen Van Godtsenhoven<br>
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10. ccREL: The Creative Commons Rights Expression Language, Hal<br>
Abelson, Ben Adida, Mike Linksvayer and Nathan Yergler<br>
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11. The Value of Registering Creative Works, Roland Alton Scheidl, Joe<br>
Benso and Martin Springer<br><br></div>