Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Public domain day

2009-12-21 Thread Brian McNeil
On Mon, 2009-12-21 at 19:23 +, Charles Matthews wrote: > WMUK list CC Steve Virgin > > Charles Matthews wrote: > > Brian McNeil wrote: > > > >> Stephen Fry reading his favourite Yeats poem anyone? > >> > >> > >> > > Have you seen the recent Doonesbury strand about celeb voices for

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Public domain day

2009-12-21 Thread Andrew Turvey
Well worth doing and well written - many thanks for this. We're getting together quite a list of press contacts and it's the kind of story in a news-light time of the year that could fly well. When should it be put out? Given that 1 Jan falls on a Friday and the previous Monday is a bank holid

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Public domain day

2009-12-21 Thread Andrew Gray
2009/12/21 Charles Matthews : > Draft, then. > > "What do Howard Carter, discoverer of the tomb of King Tut, author Zane > Grey of the cowboy classic "Riders of the Purple Sage", and sexologist > Havelock Ellis have in common? The answer is that they all died in 1939, > meaning that on New Year's D

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Public domain day

2009-12-21 Thread Charles Matthews
WMUK list CC Steve Virgin Charles Matthews wrote: > Brian McNeil wrote: > >> Stephen Fry reading his favourite Yeats poem anyone? >> >> >> > Have you seen the recent Doonesbury strand about celeb voices for > satnav? This one actually might have some legs. > So Stephen Fry is repre

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Public domain day

2009-12-21 Thread Charles Matthews
Brian McNeil wrote: > Stephen Fry reading his favourite Yeats poem anyone? > > Have you seen the recent Doonesbury strand about celeb voices for satnav? This one actually might have some legs. Charles ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@w

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Public domain day

2009-12-21 Thread Brian McNeil
On Mon, 2009-12-21 at 17:31 +, Charles Matthews wrote: > David Gerard wrote: > > 2009/12/21 Charles Matthews : > > > > > >> Draft, then. > >> > > > > > > Worth noting: "It's A Wonderful Life" only became a popular Christmas > > movie once it had entered the public domain. So Mr. Ford ma

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Public domain day

2009-12-21 Thread Charles Matthews
David Gerard wrote: > 2009/12/21 Charles Matthews : > > >> Draft, then. >> > > > Worth noting: "It's A Wonderful Life" only became a popular Christmas > movie once it had entered the public domain. So Mr. Ford may be well > worth mentioning - people who read will certainly take the opportun

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Public domain day

2009-12-21 Thread Brian McNeil
On Mon, 2009-12-21 at 17:08 +, David Gerard wrote: > 2009/12/21 Charles Matthews : > > > Draft, then. > > > Worth noting: "It's A Wonderful Life" only became a popular Christmas > movie once it had entered the public domain. So Mr. Ford may be well > worth mentioning - people who read will c

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Public domain day

2009-12-21 Thread David Gerard
2009/12/21 Charles Matthews : > Draft, then. Worth noting: "It's A Wonderful Life" only became a popular Christmas movie once it had entered the public domain. So Mr. Ford may be well worth mentioning - people who read will certainly take the opportunity to push his works. Send to the more liter

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Public domain day

2009-12-21 Thread Charles Matthews
Draft, then. "What do Howard Carter, discoverer of the tomb of King Tut, author Zane Grey of the cowboy classic "Riders of the Purple Sage", and sexologist Havelock Ellis have in common? The answer is that they all died in 1939, meaning that on New Year's Day all their works are free from copyr

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Public domain day

2009-12-21 Thread geni
2009/12/21 Brian McNeil : > On Mon, 2009-12-21 at 13:29 +, geni wrote: >> 2009/12/21 Andrew Gray : >> > 2009/12/21 geni : >> >> January 1st is Public Domain Day. That is the day that all the works >> >> of everyone who died in 1939 enter the public domain. No I'm not the >> >> only one to note

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimedia UK "Open" decisions

2009-12-21 Thread David Gerard
2009/12/21 Brian McNeil : > Never had a file done that way fail to upload. Plus Audacity is Free > software. Also ridiculously easy to use, if you understand the process of recording something. First time I had need of it, I went from installing it to finished piece (with assorted effects, there

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Computer quote

2009-12-21 Thread Tom Holden
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Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Public domain day

2009-12-21 Thread Brian McNeil
On Mon, 2009-12-21 at 13:29 +, geni wrote: > 2009/12/21 Andrew Gray : > > 2009/12/21 geni : > >> January 1st is Public Domain Day. That is the day that all the works > >> of everyone who died in 1939 enter the public domain. No I'm not the > >> only one to note this creative commons apparently

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Public domain day

2009-12-21 Thread geni
2009/12/21 Andrew Gray : > 2009/12/21 geni : >> January 1st is Public Domain Day. That is the day that all the works >> of everyone who died in 1939 enter the public domain. No I'm not the >> only one to note this creative commons apparently picks up on it: >> >> http://creativecommons.org/weblog/e

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Public domain day

2009-12-21 Thread David Gerard
2009/12/21 Isabell Long : > Good idea, yeah I think it could be too, though what else could be put in it? >  I don't know who does the press releases here. I forwarded Geni's message to the comcom list as well, but there's nothing to stop WMUK - very much in line with the open content education

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Public domain day

2009-12-21 Thread Andrew Gray
2009/12/21 geni : > January 1st is Public Domain Day. That is the day that all the works > of everyone who died in 1939 enter the public domain. No I'm not the > only one to note this creative commons apparently picks up on it: > > http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/11920 > > The most interest

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Public domain day

2009-12-21 Thread Charles Matthews
Isabell Long wrote: > On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 02:57:52AM +, geni wrote: > >> January 1st is Public Domain Day. That is the day that all the works >> of everyone who died in 1939 enter the public domain. No I'm not the >> only one to note this creative commons apparently picks up on it: >>

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Public domain day

2009-12-21 Thread Chris McKenna
On Mon, 21 Dec 2009, Isabell Long wrote: >> The most interesting name I'm aware of this year is Howard Carter who >> created a lot of paintings and drawings of Egyptian archaeological >> artifacts. > > Oh, quite interesting then! > >> I'm trying to put together more names but I was wounder if >> i

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Public domain day

2009-12-21 Thread Isabell Long
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 02:57:52AM +, geni wrote: > January 1st is Public Domain Day. That is the day that all the works > of everyone who died in 1939 enter the public domain. No I'm not the > only one to note this creative commons apparently picks up on it: Wow, that's good! I didn't realis