As I previously said, one major barrier to the reuse of free contents is not only having an easy way to copy-paste copyright and licensing information, but the reliability of such copyright information. The work of Melanie Schlosser, "Unless Otherwise Indicated: A Survey of Copyright Statements on Digital Library Collections", College and Research Libraries", v.70(4), p. 371-385 (July 2009) should be the building block upon which to make other assessments and propose improvements : http://crl.acrl.org/content/70/4/371.full.pdf+html
See also the very good attitude of the Art Institute of Chicago, providing for many artworks a thorough "Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories" on each picture page like the following one : http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/24306 which provides clues as to when the work was first published and when the work will likely enter the Public Domain in application of the US copyright law. This is still not a full and easy to read "copyright ownership history" one would love to have available, but it is a great step forward. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
