Public Domain Calculators/Meeting

= Public Domain Calculators Meeting =

Details

 * When: 10-11th November 2009
 * Where: Harrods Room, Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge
 * Wiki: http://wiki.okfn.org/PublicDomainCalculators/Meeting
 * Notes from meeting

Overview
This event will be an opportunity to work on the public domain calculators as part of Communia Working Group 6. There will be no formal talks or presentations, and time will be primarily spent collaboratively looking at on mapping out copyright law in different jurisdictions.

Expected outputs

 * 1) Documentation on how to make a flow diagram representing decisions about whether or not a work is in copyright (using Dutch law as an example)
 * 2) Footage to be used for short film introducing calculators

Outputs

 * Flow charts on Archive.org:
 * Flow chart for Netherlands
 * Flow chart for UK
 * Generic flow chart used as basis for questions to legal experts
 * draft Google Form with questions to determine copyright status of work + spreadsheet
 * Tutorial
 * Tutorial page on wiki
 * Google Form for legal experts to be used as basis for building public domain calculators
 * Questions for experts - Google Form
 * Questions for experts - Google Form
 * Questions for legal experts (from Christina)
 * Notes from meeting
 * Footage for film - based on transcript

Documentation

 * Photos from Paul Keller
 * Photos from Mathias Klang

Action items

 * Paul: include national specific logic higher in chart (reorganise charts) - 2009-11-16
 * Paul: send charts to Jonathan in OmniGraffer, PDF, PNG, EPS formats - 2009-11-16
 * Jonathan: upload to wiki and relevant places + ping everyone to let them know- 2009-11-19
 * Christina + Jonathan: start discussion about tutorials - 2009-11-18
 * Christina + Jonathan: responsible for making sure tutorial and questionnaires are finished - 2009-11-30
 * Christina + Jonathan: ping other EU juridictions re: calculators
 * Jonathan: edit film and ping everyone before publicising - 2009-11-19?
 * Ignasi: make the Spanish chart following new models - 2009-11-30
 * Justin: set up next meeting with Tulane to discuss how to take forward - 2009-11-19
 * Mathias: finish Sweden calculator (Jonathan to ping re: deadline)
 * Lucie: think about other people to ask - 2009-11-30

Agenda

 * 1) Why
 * 2) Howto Document
 * 3) Peer review process
 * 4) Drafting flow-charts
 * 5) Film

10th November 2009

 * 1200: Introductions and planning
 * 1300: Lunch
 * 1400-1530: Review existing work and howto document
 * 1600-1800: Collaborate on a new country (the Netherlands)
 * 2000 - Dinner

11th November 2009

 * 0930-1100: Review Netherlands chart, prepare UK one
 * 1130-1300: Produce generic chart and refine expert questions
 * 1400-1500: Send out to experts
 * 1500-1600: Wrap-up and review

Aims
Specifically, the meeting aims to:


 * 1) Review existing work done on the calculators (in UK, Canada, Norway, Spain, ...)
 * 2) Go through Dutch copyright law (in English translation) and create a flow chart
 * 3) Produce documentation for the process of making flow charts so those working on other jurisdictions have a guide to the process

Organisers
This event is organised by Communia, the Open Knowledge Foundation and the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law, University of Cambridge.

Participants

 * Christina Angelopoulos, IViR, Netherlands
 * Mireille van Eechoud, IViR, Netherlands + Cambridge University, UK
 * Jonathan Gray, OKF, UK
 * Lucie Guibault, IViR, Netherlands
 * Ignasi Labastida i Juan, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
 * Paul Keller, Kennisland, Netherlands
 * Mathias Klang, University of Göteborg, Sweden
 * Justin Levy, Tulane, USA
 * Rufus Pollock, CIPIL and OKF, UK

Material

 * Announce: plain text, word