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"... a public registry for Public Domain and openly licensed works, to bring greater legal certainty to the reuse of digital content.

The registry uses content-derived, decentralized identifiers to ensure persistent recognition of digital content and rights information […]

Introducing CommonsDB What could you do if you had access to a registry with all the public domain and openly licensed images in the world? Get your imagination flowing, because an ambitious project has been started and…

Our partners at @wikimediase.bsky.social present #CommonsDB - the registry for checking image licensing status – to the Wikimedia Movement. Don't miss Jan Ainali's video explaining how we use ISCC and metadata to improve digital content verification.
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CommonsDB: May 2025 update Second edition of the CommonsDB newsletter with updates on the validation workshop with external data providers and additions to our project documentation (Glossary, Trust model, and metadata schema).

⏩ Latest #CommonsDB newsletter: Building a public domain and openly licensed works registry.

We hosted an expert workshop in The Hague, published new documentation online, and are launching a test registry in July.
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Open Future Newsletter

🔔 Did you miss our March newsletter? We shared updates about our #CommonsDB initiative, introduced our new colleague @adityaxsingh.bsky.social and highlighted our work on copyright and public digital infrastructure.

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The latest Open Future newsletter has been published.

🔔 Our March newsletter is out. We write about the new #CommonsDB initiative, welcome our new colleague @adityaxsingh.bsky.social, and update you on our copyright and public digital infrastructure work.

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CommonsDB is a new register that aims to make reuse of Public Domain and open content licensed content easier and Bluesky made it easier to track CTRs (click-through rates).
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​​CommonsDB: A Foundation for Transparent Digital Rights Information Funded by the European Commission, the CommonsDB initiative is building a prototype registry of Public Domain and openly licensed works.

📱 We are building a public registry for openly licensed works. The first #CommonsDB newsletter features insights from @paulk.bsky.social and @posth.me on what is planned.

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CommonsDB We are building a public registry for Public Domain and openly licensed works

Funded by @ec.europa.eu, #CommonsDB creates a prototype registry for Public Domain/openly licensed works.

Driven by Open Future, the initiative is a joint effort with @liccium.com @europeana.bsky.social @wikimediase.bsky.social and @ivir-uva.bsky.social.

Learn more: www.commonsdb.org

The CommonsDB website and newsletter have been released.

🚀 The first #CommonsDB newsletter features insights from @paulk.bsky.social and @posth.me on building a public registry for Public Domain and openly licensed works.

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