Europeana and the Public Domain

We have joined with Creative Commons in developing Europeana's Usage Guide for public domain works, which is associated with the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark.

Europeana Use Guidelines for Public Domain Works (.PDF) - View online
Public Domain Mark press release

The Europeana Foundation has published a policy statement, the Public Domain Charter, to highlight the value of public domain content in the knowledge economy. It alerts Europe's museums, libraries, archives and audiovisual collections to the fact that digitisation of Public Domain content does not create new rights in it.

Public Domain Charter press release
Europeana Public Domain Charter (view online)ENG | FRE | DEU | ITA | ESP | POL
Europeana Public Domain CharterENG | FRE | DEU | ITA | ESP | POL | GRE | ROM

If you would like to respond to the Europeana Public Domain Charter, please contact info@europeana.eu