• Poland: Public Domain Day Celebrations, Warsaw
• Switzerland: Public Domain Neujahrsbrunch 2012, 01.01.2012, Kafi für Dich, Zurich (videos available here)
• Italy: Incontro sul Pubblico Dominio, 25.01.2012, Biblioteca Shahrazàd di San Salvario, Torino (flyer, presentation)
• France: Journée du domaine public, 26.01.2012, Maison des Sciences de la Communication et de l’interdisciplinarité (MSCI), Paris
• Italy: Educational Mashup - Wikipedia e Creative Commons: la rivoluzione del sapere, 09.02.2012, ITI Mayorana di Grugliasco, Torino (the flyer is available here)
• Israel: PD Day Celebration at Haifa University, Haifa
• Macedonia: Events and promotional activities on the Public Domain
• Italy:Celebriamo il Giorno del Pubblico Dominio e la Cultura Libera, Grosseto

Featured authors entering the public domain on 1 Jan 2012*

• Robert Baden-Powell
• Henri Bergson
• Louis Brandeis
• James Frazer
• James Joyce
• Gaetano Mosca
• Rabindranath Tagore
• Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva
• Virginia Woolf

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* In many jurisdictions, not all: please click to read or important DISCLAIMER

• Liber Liber - Public Domain Day: a wonderful initiative of Liber Liber that published on the Web the works of some authors entering the public domain on 1st January 2012

• Journée du domaine public, célébrer le rôle du domaine public dans notre société
• Public Domain Day, by the Center for the Study of Public Domain at Duke University (USA)
• a 1937 radio broadcast featuring the public domain, via Lawrence Lessig's blog
• Public Domain Works
• Sprixi - image search engine
• List of countries' copyright length
• Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States
• Public Domain Sherpa
• Public Domain Calculators

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