Comments on: Communia condemns the privatization of the Public Domain by the Bibliothèque nationale de France https://communia-association.org/2013/01/21/no-to-the-privatization-of-the-public-domain-by-the-bibliotheque-nationale-de-france/ Website of the COMMUNIA Association for the Public Domain Mon, 11 Jan 2016 18:54:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 By: Copyright policymaking and the digital public domain: a bitter-sweet wishful thinking from France » infojustice https://communia-association.org/2013/01/21/no-to-the-privatization-of-the-public-domain-by-the-bibliotheque-nationale-de-france/#comment-26658 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:57:14 +0000 http://communia-association.org/?p=744#comment-26658 […] with the private sector to the detriment of public access to the cultural public domain (see our press-release denouncing the agreement signed by the French national library […]

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By: Playing Catch 22 with the Public Domain | Kluwer Copyright Blog https://communia-association.org/2013/01/21/no-to-the-privatization-of-the-public-domain-by-the-bibliotheque-nationale-de-france/#comment-25393 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:40:20 +0000 http://communia-association.org/?p=744#comment-25393 […] that are still protected by copyright (either in the case of out-of-print or orphan works), they generate outcry when they concern works in the public […]

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By: Stephen G Nichols https://communia-association.org/2013/01/21/no-to-the-privatization-of-the-public-domain-by-the-bibliotheque-nationale-de-france/#comment-25009 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:03:09 +0000 http://communia-association.org/?p=744#comment-25009 Cet accord entrepris par la BnF avec des compagnies privées ayant l’intention d’exploiter pour des fins commerciales une partie importante des fonds imprimés de la BnF va dans un sens carrément opposé à l’intérêt publique. Soustraire au publique pendant 10 ans l’accès à ce fonds précieux du bien publique culturel semble contredire le rôle d’une bibliothèque nationale dont le mandat est de maintenir l’accès au publique de ces fonds.

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