Europeana has recently announced that they have opened up their dataset of over 20 million cultural objects for free re-use. The dataset is the descriptive information about Europe’s digitised treasures and it will be released under the Creative Commons CC0 Public Domain Dedication, meaning that anyone can use the data for any purpose – creative, educational, commercial – with no restrictions. The release aims at providing a new boost to the digital economy.
Further information can be found here: http://e2.ma/message/btwec/365c1c
Quelle: http://www.arrow-net.eu/news/europeana-opens-cultural-dataset-re-use.html
Die CC0-Lizenz: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.de (aber Achtung: in Österreich und Deutschland kann NICHT rechtsgültig auf die Urheberpersönlichkeitsrechte verzichtet werden! Es gibt auch keine Österreich-Portierung der CC0)
Siehe:
- http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/34017
- http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/142784418/
- http://www.iuwis.de/sites/default/files/Vortrag_Hamburg_Ludewig.pdf