The Digital Public Domain: Foundations for an Open Culture

The Digital Public Domain: Foundations for an Open Culture

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Digital technology has made culture more accessible than ever before. Texts, audio, pictures and video can easily be produced, disseminated, used and remixed using devices that are increasingly user-friendly and affordable. However, along with this technological democratization comes a paradoxical f...

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Other Authors: Dulong de Rosnay, Melanie (Editor), De Martin, Juan Carlos (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Open Book Publishers 2012
Series:Digital Humanities Series
Subjects:
Copyright law
copyright
cultural studies
communia
creative commons
internet regulation
the commons
licensing
digitization
digital age
copyright law
open culture
Intellectual property
Public domain
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Summary:Digital technology has made culture more accessible than ever before. Texts, audio, pictures and video can easily be produced, disseminated, used and remixed using devices that are increasingly user-friendly and affordable. However, along with this technological democratization comes a paradoxical flipside: the norms regulating culture's use -copyright and related rights -have become increasingly restrictive. This book brings together essays by academics, librarians, entrepreneurs, activists and policy makers, who were all part of the EU-funded Communia project. Together the authors argue that the Public Domain -that is, the informational works owned by all of us, be that literature, music, the output of scientific research, educational material or public sector information -is fundamental to a healthy society. The essays range from more theoretical papers on the history of copyright and the Public Domain, to practical examples and case studies of recent projects that have engaged with the principles of Open Access and Creative Commons licensing. The book is essential reading for anyone interested in the current debate about copyright and the Internet. It opens up discussion and offers practical solutions to the difficult question of the regulation of culture at the digital age. The free PDF edition of this title was made possible by generous funding received from the European Union (eContentplus framework project ECP-2006-PSI-610001).
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (245 p.)
ISBN:OBP.0019
9781906924454
Access:Open Access

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