mastodon 4.6.9Director of policy at Open Future. Advocate for more open, just & inclusive digital policies in Europe & beyond. Collector of collateral knowledge. Depending on the task I can shape-shift between being a systems architect, an analysis, an activist or a cyclist.
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in a way commonsDB is a continuation of the work we did at Kennisland many years ago, happy to see you draw the connection
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that is a big part of what we are trying to do. We are developing a trust model where we will only accept declarations from organizations whose rights management practices we trust to be accurate. in addition by allowing to have rights information from different sources we will also be able to highlight cases where rights statements differ (and this may be incorrect). we are very aware of the quality issues and this is an attempt to fix them.
Yesterday we published the first part of a feasibility study for @index out the design principles for the public registry of Public Domain and openly licensed works that we are currently building. Next step: the first prototype, coming after the summer: https://www.commonsdb.org/blog/feasibility-study-laying-the-groundwork-for-a-rights-registry/
We have just launched the website for the CommonsDB project where we are documenting our work on building a public registry for #PublicDomain and openly licensed works:
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I wrote up some first thoughts on MEP Axel Voss’s draft report on generative #AI and #Copyright Beyond the back and forth on the TDM exception, the report offers valuable insights on how generative AI affects the sustainability of creative production, with proposals on remuneration and transparency. In my blog post, I explore where it aligns with—and differs from—our recent white paper on the impact of GenAI on the sustainability of the information ecosystem:
https://openfuture.eu/blog/licensing-levies-and-the-limits-of-copyright/
