Public domain day/2018

This page documents the public domain day event in Brussels in May 2018. See for other years of the event at public domain day.

Purpose

The purpose of the event is to celebrate that at 1 January new works have entered the public domain (because copyrights expired), as well as to raise awareness of the public domain and the importance of it for our society.

Public Domain Day happens every year on 1 January. The event to celebrate the public domain is also named public domain day and takes place later in the year.

Public domain day is an excellent opportunity to put the works that have become public domain in the spotlight.

In 2018 we have especially attention for the works of the Belgian architect Victor Horta.

History and background

In both 2016 and 2017 public domain day was also celebrated in Brussels.

Contacts

• Romaine for WMBE

Partners

• Constant vzw
• PACKED vzw
• Royal Library of Belgium (KBR)
• Mundaneum
• Muntpunt
• Nova Cinema
• Rosa vzw
• PTTL

Budget

• Generic budget 2018: GLAM program

Timeline

• 7 March 2018 - Organisational meeting for the public domain day 2018 event   (Romaine)
• 3 May 2018 - Sending out invitations to for the public domain month in May 2018 by PACKED vzw
• 9 May 2018 - Working session to prepare the public domain day event 2018, at office of ModeMuseum Antwerpen in Antwerp   (Romaine)
• 13 May 2018 - Sending out invitations for the public domain month in May 2018   (info) (invitation: English - French - Dutch)

Program

In bold the wiki related activities. See for the full program at: http://pd2018.constantvzw.org/program/pd2018_program.pdf

• 2-31 May 2018 - Expo about Wonder Woman in RoSa-bibliotheek in Brussels
• 5 May 2018 - CANCELLED: Edit-a-thon in the Mundaneum in Mons
• 8 May 2018 - Lecture Victor Horta en het Japonisme, door Jos Vandenbreeden in Muntpunt, Brussels
• 15 May 2018 - Lecture Restaureren – Herbestemmen – Actualiseren van Victor Horta’s erfgoed, door Barbara Van der Wee in Muntpunt, Brussels
• 17 May 2018 - Lecture CineRoSa: Professor Marston and the wonder women (2017) in RoSa-bibliotheek in Brussels
• 19 May 2018 - Edit-a-thon in the Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels + drink afterwards next to Belgium Pride Parade   (KBR | project page | photos)
• 19 May-14 July 2018 - Expo about the oeuvre of authors, artists, and composers who entered the public domain on 1 January 2018in the Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels
• 22 May 2018 - Lecture Vivre Exclusivement ! par Michel Gilbert, propriétaire de maisons de Victor Horta in Muntpunt, Brussels
• 24 May 2018 - RoSa leest: ‘The Secret History of Wonder Woman’ at RoSa, Brussels
• 25 May 2018 - Vernissage: Wonderwoman meets Horta
• 25 May-1 July 2018 - Expo Wonderwoman meets Horta in Parcours d’Artistes de St-Gillis
• 25 May 2018 - Vernissage: The Death of the Authors, 1946 : Xavan & Jaluka de - par Pléoter Spilliaestenberg in Cinema Nova
• 25-27 May 2018 - Expo The Death of the Authors, 1946: Xavan & Jaluka door - de Pléoter Spilliaestenberg in Cinema Nova
• 25 May 2018 - Vernissage: Un faible degré d’originalité par Antoine Defoort in Cinema Nova
• 26 May 2018 - Public domain day 2018 event
  • 26 May 2018 - De Algoliterator in Muntpunt
  • 26 May 2018 - CANCELLED: Edit-a-thon: Victor Horta, Ernst Lubitsch, Ferdinand Zecca, August Blom, Carl Hoffmann in Muntpunt, Brussels
  • 26 May 2018 - CoderDojo Brussel in Muntpunt
  • 26 May 2018 - Atelier décor : Ernst Lubitsch in Cinema Nova
  • 26 May 2018 - Atelier collage : Victor Horta & Emile De Wildeman in Muntpunt
  • 26 May 2018 - An afternoon about the potential and practices of the Public Domain in Muntpunt   (photos)
  • 26 May 2018 - Feestelijke afsluiter - Clôture festive in Cinema Nova

Statistics

The metrics and statistics of this project are:

• Number of people present with an activity:
  • 19 May: 17 people present
  • 26 May: 29 people present
• Number of newly registered users:
  • 19 May: 9 new
• Number of content pages created/improved:
  • 19 May: 23 articles written/improved, 5 Wikidata items created/improved
  • 39 images donated by the Horta Museum
  • 20 images donates by the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
  • 87 images donated by the Royal Library of Belgium
  • 265 pages of the novel Pallieter from Felix Timmermans being released and transcribed on Wikisource
  • 234 pages of the novel Pieter Breughel zoo heb ik u uit uwe werken geroken from Felix Timmermans being released and transcribed on Wikisource
  • 55 pages of the novel De zeer schone uren van Juffrouw Symforosa begijntjen from Felix Timmermans being released and transcribed on Wikisource
  • 87 files from Felix Timmermans

Related links

• Public domain day article on the English Wikipedia article
• 2018 in public domain article on the English Wikipedia article
• PACKED vzw: bronteksten in het publieke domein ontsluiten met Wikisource, 5 June 2018   (archived)

Announcements and notices

• Invitation to the public domain day month in 2018 in Dutch, French or English

• Public Domain Month 2018   (archived)
• Public Domain Month, From 5 till 26 May 2018   (archived)
  • Program Public Domain 2018   (archived)
• 3 May 2018 - PACKED vzw: programma Publiek Domein Maand   (archived)
• (nl) Dag van het publiek domein 2018: Edit-a-thon (19 May)   (archived)
• (fr) Journée du Domaine public 2018 : Edit-a-thon (19 May)   (archived)
• (en) Public Domain Day 2018: Edit-a-thon (19 May)   (archived)
• (nl) Public Domain Day 2018 (26 May)   (archived)
• (fr) Public Domain Day 2018 (26 May)   (archived)
• (en) Public Domain Day 2018 (26 May)   (archived)
• Public Domain Wikimedia Writing Session at KBR on Facebook   (archived)
• Publiekdomeindag   (archived/archived)
• (nl) PACKED vzw: verslag Publiek Domein Dag 2018, 18 June 2018   (archived)
• 8 June 2018 - Report published in the Wikimedia GLAM newsletter This Month in GLAM about the Public domain month celebration   (info | report)