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Public Domain Day & Monumental Moments
Retrospective: Public Domain Day celebration in the Netherlands
On Friday, January 12 in Hilversum at the Institute for Sound and Vision, employees of heritage organizations, Wikimedians and interested parties celebrated Public Domain Day together. This day was created to celebrate the expiration of copyright restrictions on many works. As is widely known in the free knowledge movement, works created by Dutch makers who died in 1953 are now also in the public domain and can be used for many more purposes. At the same time, the Dutch version of Public Domain Day draws attention to the importance of supporting the access, use and reuse of collections, as this enables creators to create new works and contribute to the creative ecosystem.
Wikimedia Nederland, together with the Royal Library, provided a workshop on uploading public domain photos to Wikimedia Commons during the event. This resulted in seven new photos, including photos of photographer and resistance fighter Emmy Andriesse, who died in 1953.
More works of international makers that were added to or restored on Wikimedia Commons because they entered the Public Domain on 1 January can be found at this page on Wikimedia Commons.
Monumental moments for Wiki Loves Monuments Sint Eustatius
Last year the Culture Department of St. Eustatius organized the international photo competition Wiki Loves Monuments for the first time. As part of their participation, the project team organized an exhibition with a selection of the 97 photos submitted to the competition in a special location: the Madam Theater, a former house then brothel then theater then cinema, and one of the monuments the island has to offer.
The top ten photos were announced in this special setting. These photos participate in the international round of the photo competition. During a festive award ceremony on location in the exhibition, the top three prize winners were announced: the first prize went to the photo of the Dutch Reformed Cemetery, the second prize was for the photo of a cannon in the Corre Corre Bay and the third prize was a photo of the Cool Corner bar at night. The organization emphasizes the importance of photo competitions such as this to promote the island's cultural heritage and engage the community, and hopes to host the event every year.
