7. The Public Domain
"The general rule of law is, that the noblest of
human productions -- knowledge, truths
ascertained, conceptions, and ideas -- become,
after voluntary communication to others, free as
the air to common use.”
Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, Dissent, International News Service v.
Associated Press (1918).
17. CC Search: Front Door to the Commons
• 1.0 launched in 2019
• Curated online collections from 20+ partners
• Sourced via open APIs and Common Crawl
• 300M + CC licensed and public domain images
• One-click attribution
• Upcoming: Wikimedia Commons, audio, open textbooks
20. CC Global Network
• 250+ members in 70+ countries
• Experts on GLAM, open education, policy, law …..
• Work through Chapters and Platforms
• GLAM
• Open Education
• Copyright Reform & Advocacy
• Community
22. Traditional Knowledge/Culture Learnings:
Acknowledge and honor tensions
• TK and Public Domain
• TK sharing considerations and CC/PD sharing
considerations
• Not always a perfect fit
• But can be a good fit with knowledge, engagement
23. Traditional Knowledge/Culture Learnings:
“Nothing about you without you”
• Differences (big!) exist between cultures and geographies – avoid
exporting assumptions
• Listening and engaging, before deciding – avoid unilateral decisions
• Flagging those that are part of or exempt from the OA collection,
including through metadata field TBD
24. + Museums
Sharing Digital Collections (text, audio, video)
Sharing Collection Records (catalogue info)
Engaging communities
31. Promotional & educational tool
Increases reach + impact of museum
Good will w/public, creative industries
Enable unexpected, creative &
delightful results
Lead to refocusing of resources, new
funding + revenue models
32. Except where otherwise noted: CC BY
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Creative Commons and the double C in a circle are registered trademarks of
Creative Commons in the United States and other countries. Third party marks and
brands are the property of their respective holders.
Editor's Notes
Broad dissemination and reusability of shared cultural legacy
Is squarely aligned with mission of the stewards to which
these works are entrusted for the public benefit and advancement of science and the arts
CC is the optimal choice for many museums when it comes to sharing their digital collections.
Key benefit: clarity for the reuser about what they can and cannot do with works that are shared.