Patrick Peiffer EuropeanaTech outofcopyright v0.3
Transcript of Patrick Peiffer EuropeanaTech outofcopyright v0.3
It takes longer than it takes…
Back in 2009, Europeana Connect
• Which works are in the public domain?
• Which questions need answering?
• How harmonised are protection terms?
• Is there enough - linked - Data to automatically calculate?
In 2011 Law became Code
30 jurisdiction’s protection terms analysed
Legal Research by IvIR, Univ. Amsterdam
Translation into code by Kennisland
Launch of www.outofcopyright.eu v.1
Now at archive.outofcopyright.eu
2015 Relaunch - legal
Additional legal research
Rights created during digitisation
• Comparative study by T. Margoni, IvIR
• Fully automated, Semi-automated and
Human operated digitisation
2015 Relaunch - tech
New back- and frontend
Generic, visual, decision tree editor
Full API
Simple local deployment for mass
calculation & integration into your tools
Next steps
Port existing 30 jurisdictions to the
new infrastructure
(FR, DE, NL, LU done)
Integrate 2011 directive on sound
recording terms (50->70 years)
Add countries, eg Croatia, others.
What does the future hold?
Integration into rights determination
and clearance tools, local analysis of
mass digitisation collections
“Public Domain Aware” catalogues
• End of protection dates for works
• Find Public Domain editions
Enriched authority files
• VIAF, Wikidata, etc.
Beyond copyright
Map your own decision processes
• When is a work out of commerce?
• When is due diligence search done?
• Export and timestamp results of
decision processes
Meet us at
the poster