Re: [okfn-discuss] [pd-discuss] Entering the Public Domain in 2013

2012-10-29 Thread Jonathan Gray
This might be handy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1942_deaths J. On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Sam Leon sam.l...@okfn.org wrote: Dear All, Like most years we want to get together a list of interesting figures whose work will be entering the public domain next year (2013).

Re: [okfn-discuss] [pd-discuss] Entering the Public Domain in 2013

2012-10-29 Thread Jonathan Gray
And we could put the results here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_in_public_domain Cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_in_public_domain J. On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 10:47 AM, Jonathan Gray jonathan.g...@okfn.orgwrote: This might be handy:

Re: [okfn-discuss] [pd-discuss] Entering the Public Domain in 2013

2012-10-29 Thread Zach Beauvais
It'd have to take into account which authority the works are under, doesn't it? For example, some summary info on the Berne convention copyright [1], says that while the Convention puts the expiration at 50yrs, the UK has chosen 70. Is it worth tracking works by country for that purpose?

Re: [okfn-discuss] [pd-discuss] Entering the Public Domain in 2013

2012-10-29 Thread Karol M. Langner
Is it clear in which cases it is 50 and in which it is 70? For example, it seems the earliest Beatles' recording are going PD next year: http://www.macworld.co.uk/ipad-iphone/news/?newsid=16577 - Karol On Oct 29 2012, Zach Beauvais wrote: It'd have to take into account which authority the

Re: [okfn-discuss] [pd-discuss] Entering the Public Domain in 2013

2012-10-29 Thread Yury Katkov
Does anyone know how if it's possible to cross-reference 'Category:1942 deaths' with 'Category:Writers'? There are over 2,000 1942 deaths! I sure know: Go to this resource: http://dbpedia.org/sparql and put the following query: SELECT DISTINCT ?a WHERE { ?a dcterms:subject

Re: [okfn-discuss] [pd-discuss] Entering the Public Domain in 2013

2012-10-29 Thread Finn Årup Nielsen
On 29-10-2012 15:49, Yury Katkov wrote: Does anyone know how if it's possible to cross-reference 'Category:1942 deaths' with 'Category:Writers'? There are over 2,000 1942 deaths! If you do not want to use DBpedia's SPARQL service you can use CatScan: http: / / toolserver .