Re: http://bulk.resource.org/copyright/ and definitive info on this LOC release

[Jon Phillips <xxx@creativecommons.org>]

On Mon, 2007-10-01 at 13:01 -0700, Carl Malamud wrote:
> Jon -
> 
> I think you're misinformed.

> Have you talked to Joichi or Brewster about this?  They're both
> in the loop.  Rick Prelinger and Larry Lessig are also both
> up on the issues.

No Carl, I've talked with them all. I just wanted to get that
confirmation of this for Access Copyright in Canada, who is releasing
information as well...they have lawyers that try to cross every t, and
dot every i.

> Library of Congress did not "release" this data: it is public data
> which our nonprofit organization has posted.  Look at the readme, 
> and you'll that I quote a voicemail message from Ms. Peters.  But,
> you're not going to get a letter out of the Library, and I doubt
> that you actually need such a letter.  

Sounds good...

> I'm fairly familiar with openlibrary ... you're certainly welcome
> to use the data there.
> 
> Carl

Great, then look forward to working more with you on all this! I just
wanted to go direct to the source about this :) Cheers, and keep us
posted if more data is freed.

What are the chances of getting a regular data dump from them? And/or,
how did they provide this information?

Cheers

Jon

> > Carl, I work for Creative Commons (http://creativecommons.org) doing
> > business and community management. I am seeking more definitive
> > information about the release of all copyright data since 1978 by
> > Marybeth Peters that happened last week.
> > 
> > We are hopeful to get it included into http://demo.openlibrary.org which
> > will be going live ~ oct 17.
> > 
> > What would help is to have an official email and/or letter from Marybeth
> > Peters and/or Library of Congress affirming this, and/or put the audio
> > recording online.
> > 
> > Some others I work with are seeking more definitive info on this data
> > release by Library of Congress in addition to Mary Beth Peters. Can this
> > be provided and/or can you provide me an appropriate contact at Library
> > of Congress to get an answer on this? Maybe you can intro me to Mary
> > Beth Peters as well.
> > 
> > BTW: Creative Commons is working with Internet Archive's Open Library to
> > provide a system for tracking copyright, licenses and public domain
> > status...so, we are super happy about this, and just want to cover the
> > bases, before we get others committed to importing this data.
> > 
> > Cheers
> > 
> > Jon
> > 
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