@gutenberg_org From the Wikipedia page: "World Book and Copyright Day...is an annual event organized by [the] United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to promote reading, publishing, and copyright."
I'm all in on the former two planks and 100% opposed to the latter plank. Copyright chills the spread of knowledge. Sounds like the publishing cartel got UNESCO to promote their propaganda.
"Copyright is brain damage."
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XO9FKQAxWZc
🕰️ Archives & Public Domain
For those who love the "golden age" and silent films:
• WikiFlix: browse public domain films hosted on Wikimedia Commons.
• Internet Archive: you know that, it's like the wild west of cinema. Everything from film noir to silent expressionism is parked here for eternity. Might need a good digging attitude.
📌 Many of these sites operate on a "rotating" basis (films stay up for 30 days, or more). Sign up for their newsletters so you don't miss the good stuff.
Do you have any favorite "secret" place to watch great movies?
Really enjoyed learning about the Good, Better, Best rubric for accessible museum communications. I see lots of applications for image captions in #OpenCulture and #scicomm beyond museums, too.
You can check it out here: https://www.jessicaconnor.me/pa-museums-conference
It's the rare Englishman who will readily defer to a Frenchman — except, of course, in the field of castle-building. This was true after the Norman Conquest of 1066, which introduced French castles to Britain, and it remains so today, especially under the demands of period accuracy.
Nice chunky update on the #zine page I am creating, a combination of resources and my own zines. I am open to suggestions if you have them: https://hpkomics.com/zines/
The conversation around AI often swings between panic and misconception.
AI doesn’t “replace” creativity, responsibility, or human judgment. It automates patterns, not meaning.
In every field — from art to engineering — humans remain the ones who interpret, validate, and give direction.
AI is a tool. The human layer is the system.
#AI #FediTech #FutureOfWork #Ethics #DigitalHumanities #HumanInTheLoop #OpenCulture
It's important to use licenses on the works we do, because that communicates clearly how we want our work to be used and shared. And these sites can help us select them:
Choose a License: https://choosealicense.com/
Joinup Licensing Assistant: https://interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/eupl/solution/licensing-assistant/find-and-compare-software-licenses
Various Licenses and Comments about Them: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html
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