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lapointejm.bsky.social
CommonsDB, a new registry that enables users to verify the rights status of online images

Great tool in the making presented @ Wiki GLAM in Lisbon today

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CommonsDB - Meta-Wiki
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October 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
openfuture.bsky.social
In his latest post, Doug McCarthy reflects on the CommonsDB final conference at EUIPO, where an 18-month pilot processed over 6.5 million verified rights declarations. This points towards the use of federated, community-governed registries.

Read the highlights: www.commonsdb.org/blog/reflect...
Reflecting on the CommonsDB Final Conference
Highlights from the CommonsDB final conference at EUIPO Alicante, exploring how open standards and federated networks can deliver scalable copyright infrastructure for Europe.
www.commonsdb.org
September 21, 2026 at 8:36 AM
cmfrancoise.bsky.social
Don't forget to check the CommonsDB project, a public domain and openly licenced works registery www.commonsdb.org
CommonsDB
We are building a public registry for Public Domain and openly licensed works
www.commonsdb.org
January 15, 2026 at 10:21 AM
posth.me
Introducing CommonsDB Explorer, a public interface to the CommonsDB registry and transparent, accessible infrastructure for rights-aware reuse of Public Domain and openly licensed works.
Blog post via @openfuture.bsky.social www.commonsdb.org/blog/introdu...
Registry explorer
registry.commonsdb.org
Introducing CommonsDB Explorer
CommonsDB Explorer — the first public interface to the CommonsDB registry — is now live.
www.commonsdb.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
openfuture.bsky.social
🆕 Check out CommonsDB, an @ec.europa.eu-funded project creating a prototype registry for public domain and open-licensed works.

We are working with @liccium.com, @europeana.bsky.social, @wikimediase.bsky.social and @ivir-uva.bsky.social to strengthen #DigitalCommons.

openfuture.eu/blog/open-fu...
Introducing CommonsDB image with branded Open Future's background.
February 13, 2025 at 8:24 AM
openfuture.bsky.social
📱 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.

Want more updates on the initiative? Subscribe to the newsletter: www.commonsdb.org/blog/commons...
​​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.
www.commonsdb.org
March 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
openfuture.bsky.social
🎉 CommonsDB just hit 1 million declarations. Thanks to @europeana.bsky.social and @wikimediase.bsky.social for making it happen. Next stop: 5 million by summer 2026. Read more: www.commonsdb.org/blog/commons...
CommonsDB hit 1 million declarations.
March 31, 2026 at 10:26 AM
openfuture.bsky.social
The first part of CommonsDB Feasibility Study—by @paulk.bsky.social, @culturedoug.bsky.social, @posth.me, @jpquintais.bsky.social, @theflyinglawyer.bsky.social, and Thomas Margon—anticipates launching the first public version of the registry after summer.

Download: openfuture.eu/publication/...
CommonsDB Feasibility Study: Building the Future of Digital Commons – Open Future
This study outlines how CommonsDB is creating a registry of Public Domain and openly licensed works to improve legal certainty when reusing digital content.
openfuture.eu
June 24, 2025 at 8:54 AM
openfuture.bsky.social
CommonsDB has a new dashboard that offers the first comprehensive view of more than three million registry declarations from @wikimediase.bsky.social and @europeana.bsky.social. Learn more about our registry for public domain and openly licensed works:
www.commonsdb.org/blog/visuali...
Visualizing the registry: CommonsDB Explorer gets a dashboard
CommonsDB's new dashboard provides the first comprehensive view of data in the registry
www.commonsdb.org
June 25, 2026 at 7:41 AM
openfuture.bsky.social
🔄 CommonsDB and Wikimedia Commons: A registry of rights information for public domain images to enhance copyright verification, automate licensing processes, and improve media management across digital commons. Read/watch this take from @wikimediase.bsky.social

www.commonsdb.org/blog/connect...
Connecting the Commons: Shared Benefits for Wikimedia Commons and CommonsDB
Jan Ainali from Wikimedia Sverige explains how CommonsDB could enhance Wikimedia Commons for its community of users.
www.commonsdb.org
August 13, 2025 at 9:33 AM
openfuture.bsky.social
The final CommonsDB conference will take place on September 14 in Alicante, hosted by the EUIPO. The one-day program will focus on the project’s results and the future of copyright infrastructure in Europe.

Register for the livestream:
openfuture.eu/event/common...
CommonsDB Final Conference – Open Future
The CommonsDB project's final conference marks its end and looks ahead to the future of EU copyright infrastructure.
openfuture.eu
August 20, 2026 at 10:27 AM
posth.me
Reflecting on the CommonsDB Final Conference –
Highlights from the CommonsDB final conference at EUIPO Alicante, exploring how open standards and federated networks can deliver scalable copyright infrastructure for Europe. www.commonsdb.org/blog/reflect...
Reflecting on the CommonsDB Final Conference
Highlights from the CommonsDB final conference at EUIPO Alicante, exploring how open standards and federated networks can deliver scalable copyright infrastructure for Europe.
www.commonsdb.org
September 17, 2026 at 1:43 PM
bumblefudge.com
"If the identifier can be computed from the work rather than handed out by a registrar, you can join those databases without first settling the politics of who handles all the numbers."
commoncrawl.org/blog/commons...
Common Crawl - Blog - CommonsDB, ISCC, Spaghetti, and Meatballs
Notes from the CommonsDB final conference in Alicante: a registry of 6.5 million open works keyed on ISCC, and the EUIPO's push for federated copyright infrastructure.
commoncrawl.org
September 16, 2026 at 7:24 AM
commoncrawl.bsky.social
Notes from the CommonsDB final conference in Alicante: a registry of 6.5 million open works keyed on ISCC, and the EUIPO's push for federated copyright infrastructure.

commoncrawl.org/blog/commons...
Common Crawl - Blog - CommonsDB, ISCC, Spaghetti, and Meatballs
Notes from the CommonsDB final conference in Alicante: a registry of 6.5 million open works keyed on ISCC, and the EUIPO's push for federated copyright infrastructure.
commoncrawl.org
September 15, 2026 at 10:03 PM
openfuture.bsky.social
📑 Read the first part of our CommonsDB Feasibility Study. Features: greater confidence in content reuse, trust and interoperability through open standards, reliable attribution, low copyright infringement risk, scalability and openness by design.

Full report: www.commonsdb.org/blog/feasibi...
CommonsDB Feasibility Study: Laying the Groundwork for a Rights Registry
The first part of the CommonsDB Feasibility Study has been published
www.commonsdb.org
June 19, 2025 at 11:18 AM
infodocket.bsky.social
Openly Licensed Works: CommonsDB Surpasses One Million Declarations www.infodocket.com/2026/03/31/o... #culturalheritage #licensing #publicdomain #researchtools @openfuture.bsky.social
Openly Licensed Works: CommonsDB Surpasses One Million Declarations - Library Journal infoDOCKET
“CommonsDB Explorer Helps You Discover Declarations About Public Domain and Openly Licensed Works” From a CommonsDB Blog Post: Since launching the CommonsDB Explorer late last year and moving the prot...
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March 31, 2026 at 5:55 PM
oatp.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy
​​CommonsDB: A Foundation for Transparent Digital Rights Information https://www.commonsdb.org/blog/commonsdb-a-foundation-for-transparent-digital-rights-information/
​​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.
www.commonsdb.org
March 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
posth.me
You may be interested in the CommonsDB project, which will provide a registry based on ISCC fingerprints, providing rights status and URLs to public domain and openly licensed content, which will also allow to clear rights of content developer already have access to.

CommonsDB.org
CommonsDB
We are building a public registry for Public Domain and openly licensed works
CommonsDB.org
June 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
openfuture.bsky.social
We're delighted to welcome @culturedoug.bsky.social to Open Future as our Senior Open Content Specialist. He will lead our CommonsDB project, developing an EU Registry of Public Domain and open-licensed works.

openfuture.eu/blog/meet-do...

#OpenGLAM #DigitalCommons #PublicDigitalInfrastructure
Doug McCarthy, Senior Open Content Specialist at Open Future
February 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
openfuture.bsky.social
🚀 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.

📬 Don’t miss out—subscribe to get the next issue delivered straight to your inbox: www.commonsdb.org/blog/commons...
The CommonsDB website and newsletter have been released.
March 18, 2025 at 11:15 AM
openfuture.bsky.social
🚀 Building trust in the digital commons with @europeana.bsky.social and @wikimediase.bsky.social, CommonsDB has reached 1 million verified rights declarations and counting: www.commonsdb.org/blog/commons...
CommonsDB surpasses 1 million declarations
Since launching the CommonsDB Explorer late last year and moving the prototype registry into active testing, we have focused on scaling up the volume of registry declarations. The registry has now…
www.commonsdb.org
April 3, 2026 at 8:01 AM
openfuture.bsky.social
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
CommonsDB
We are building a public registry for Public Domain and openly licensed works
www.commonsdb.org
March 18, 2025 at 11:15 AM
paul.eurosky.social
Yesterday we published the first part of a feasibility study for CommonsDB—laying out the design principles for the public registry of Public Domain and openly licensed works that we are currently building. Next step: the first prototype, coming after the summer: www.commonsdb.org/blog/feasibi...
CommonsDB Feasibility Study: Laying the Groundwork for a Rights Registry
The first part of the CommonsDB Feasibility Study has been published
www.commonsdb.org
June 20, 2025 at 7:48 AM
paul.eurosky.social
We have just launched the website for the CommonsDB project where we are documenting our work on building a public registry for #PublicDomain and openly licensed works: www.commonsdb.org

If you are interested in #copyright registries & want to follow our work you can subscribe to our newsletter
CommonsDB
We are building a public registry for Public Domain and openly licensed works
www.commonsdb.org
March 18, 2025 at 10:16 AM
openfuture.bsky.social
We've launched CommonsDB Explorer—the first public interface for our registry of Public Domain works. Browse 200K+ rights declarations, upload files to check matches. Read more and try it: openfuture.eu/blog/commons...
CommonsDB Explorer goes live at GLAM Wiki – Open Future
CommonsDB Explorer demonstrates how verifiable rights information can be shared across systems, providing clearer and more reliable rights information for cultural heritage institutions and platforms.
openfuture.eu
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM