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Nature Publishing Group releases publication data for more than 450,000 articles via CC0

Ideal Knot final rendering / Matt Biddulph / CC BY-SA Yesterday, Nature Publishing Group announced the launch of a new linked data platform, providing access to “20 million Resource Description Framework (RDF) statements, including primary metadata for more than 450,000 articles published by NPG since 1869. The datasets include basic citation information (title, author, publication … Read More “Nature Publishing Group releases publication data for more than 450,000 articles via CC0”

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UK National Portrait Gallery threatens Wikipedia user over public domain images

Museums, archives, and cultural institutions have been forced to re-examine their relationship with the digital presentation of public domain works in their collections. This has brought the issue of “copyfraud” to the forefront. Recently, the UK’s National Portrait Gallery (NPG) threatened legal action under UK law against a Wikipedia user for, among other things, copyright … Read More “UK National Portrait Gallery threatens Wikipedia user over public domain images”

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