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International Music Score Library Project: humanity’s musical treasures...
The International Music Score Library Project, a Web site founded five years ago by a conservatory student, then 19 years old, has made a vast expanse of musical treasures available for free. This...
View ArticleCan public domain works be "restored" into copyright?
The US Supreme Court will says it will hear a case considering whether public domain works can be "re-copyrighted." And advocacy groups say that free speech is at stake in this fight. Congress'...
View ArticleThe Public Domain Manifesto in the current history of the Internet
Owni.eu, an innovative project of digital journalism, covering technology, politics and culture in French and English, published an interesting piece about the history of the Internet. Actually, it is...
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Open Data Challenge: EU's biggest ever public data competition
Given that EU public bodies produce thousands upon thousands of datasets every year -- from how our tax money is spent to the quality of the air we breathe -- this new project is an open call to...
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"Mozart, C'est Vous!" online competition
The Opéra de Lyon has launched an innovative music competition, entirely managed online and based on public domain content. "Mozart, C'est Vous!" includes 16 original compositions covering various...
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PORTO - Publication Open Repository TOrino
From May 13th, with PORTO, the scientific papers produced by the academic community of the Politecnico di Torino will begin to be freely accessible online.At this time, the knowledge produced by...
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"Open Access" for Yale's vast cultural heritage collections
Yale University announced a new "Open Access" policy that gives free access to online images of millions of objects housed in Yale's museums, archives, and libraries. More than 250,000 images are...
View ArticleLaunch of the COMMUNIA Non-Profit Association
After almost four years of activities, the COMMUNIA Project is closing down. But many members, willing to pursue its overall goals, decided to form of an International Non-Profit Association based in...
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Publication of the COMMUNIA book "The Digital Public Domain: Foundations for...
The book "The Digital Public Domain: Foundations for an Open Culture", edited by Melanie Dulong de Rosnay and Juan Carlos De Martin as an output of the Communia Thematic Network, is out in all formats...
View ArticleCOMMUNIA Final Report available online
The COMMUNIA Final Report (as approved by the EU Commission) is finally available online.This Report provides a useful insight on the activities of COMMUNIA, while also addressing the state of the...
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