Comments on: Expanding the Public Domain: Part Zero https://creativecommons.org/2009/03/11/expanding-the-public-domain-part-zero/ Join us in building a more vibrant and usable global commons! Mon, 07 Dec 2015 09:33:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1 By: Mike Linksvayer https://creativecommons.org/2009/03/11/expanding-the-public-domain-part-zero/#comment-2407 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:46:32 +0000 http://creativecommons.org/?p=13304#comment-2407 Jonathan, thanks for the suggestion. We’ll add a note along those lines, tracking it at http://code.creativecommons.org/issues/issue321

]]> By: Jonathan Watt https://creativecommons.org/2009/03/11/expanding-the-public-domain-part-zero/#comment-2406 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:36:50 +0000 http://creativecommons.org/?p=13304#comment-2406 > Thanks to everyone who reminded us that the public domain
> is not a license, and public domain tools should not be
> under a “licenses” directory!

That’s true, but it’s a shame that CC0 is not mentioned on http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ at all. That page is a convenient landing page to link to when you want to tell people about the different “licenses” CC provides. It would be nice if it mentioned CC0, preferably prominently, so that there’s more awareness that CC0 exists. Perhaps something like:

The following are the six current license choices…

* …
* …
…

While our licenses help authors keep and manage their
copyright on terms they choose, the CC also provides
tools to help in the waiving of rights so that works can
be contributed to the public domain.

and perhaps make the text “works can be contributed to the public domain” a link to http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/

If you like that text, consider it to be under the CC0 license – after all, I stole half of it from the publicdomain page. 😉 Oh, wait, “license” is the wrong word…

]]> By: jorel314 https://creativecommons.org/2009/03/11/expanding-the-public-domain-part-zero/#comment-2405 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:44:03 +0000 http://creativecommons.org/?p=13304#comment-2405 I’d like to than CC for another great tool.

Also, some may be interested in this list of notable works whose copyrights were waived by its creator.

http://setfree.dyndns.info/

]]> By: Leigh Dodds https://creativecommons.org/2009/03/11/expanding-the-public-domain-part-zero/#comment-2404 Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:43:18 +0000 http://creativecommons.org/?p=13304#comment-2404 Hi,

We’ve just announced a new scheme that offers to host, for free, public domain data licensed under the Creative Commons CC0 license. The scheme provides for storage of data (as RDF) as well as an API that allows the data to be search, retrieved and queried. Usage of the API is also free.

The announcement is here:

http://blogs.talis.com/nodalities/2009/03/announcing-the-talis-connected-commons.php

And the homepage for the Connected Commons scheme is here:

http://www.talis.com/cc

Cheers,

L.

]]> By: Mike Linksvayer https://creativecommons.org/2009/03/11/expanding-the-public-domain-part-zero/#comment-2403 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:53:00 +0000 http://creativecommons.org/?p=13304#comment-2403 Anne, no. The tool you link to has been around since day 1 of CC. We’ve recently revised the text a bit to emphasize certification and de-emphasize dedication since CC0 is the preferred tool for the latter. Think of the eventual PD assertion tool as being the next generation version of the certification side of the tool you link to. Sorry if that is all confusing. 🙂

]]> By: Anne Karle-Zenith https://creativecommons.org/2009/03/11/expanding-the-public-domain-part-zero/#comment-2402 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:44:29 +0000 http://creativecommons.org/?p=13304#comment-2402 Is this the beta public version of the tool you refer to above?

http://creativecommons.org/license/publicdomain-2

]]> By: Jp https://creativecommons.org/2009/03/11/expanding-the-public-domain-part-zero/#comment-2401 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:15:16 +0000 http://creativecommons.org/?p=13304#comment-2401 “Our copyright licenses empower creators to manage their copyright on terms they choose.”

Typical CCC blather. Guess what guy, I’m already “empowered.” See, copyright law protects my work and I’m “empowered” by the fact that people can’t steal my work. They require my grant of a license.

When I want to give it away to you, I’ll let you know.

But thanks for “empowering me.”

]]> By: Fred Benenson https://creativecommons.org/2009/03/11/expanding-the-public-domain-part-zero/#comment-2400 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:42:26 +0000 http://creativecommons.org/?p=13304#comment-2400 Yes, IANAL, but I think it might be trivial to make provisions that a person’s copyright holdings be waived via CC0 after their death.

Also see Evan Roth’s Public Domain Donor card:

http://evan-roth.com/public_domain_donor.php

]]> By: eksith https://creativecommons.org/2009/03/11/expanding-the-public-domain-part-zero/#comment-2399 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:57:56 +0000 http://creativecommons.org/?p=13304#comment-2399 @Jen
You can do that right now.
If someone writes a last will and testament, a lawyer can take care of the rest if such a provision is written in. I don’t think a separate license is necessary especially since they’re getting more and more numerous and complicated.

]]> By: Jen Simmons https://creativecommons.org/2009/03/11/expanding-the-public-domain-part-zero/#comment-2398 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:26:17 +0000 http://creativecommons.org/?p=13304#comment-2398 This is great.

It also makes me wonder — hey, wouldn’t it be great to have a CC license (or set of licenses) that lets people communicate what they want copyright to be now… and what they want upon their death. I could see a lot of people wanting to protect their work in certain ways while they are alive, and send everything automatically into the public domain when they die.

Thanks for all your great work!

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