Doug McCarthy
@culturedoug.bsky.social
Museums, digital strategy, open access. Cat enthusiast. Senior Open Content Specialist at Open Future.
douglasmccarthy.com
#Museums #Libraries #Archives #Copyright #OpenGLAM #DigitalStrategy
douglasmccarthy.com
#Museums #Libraries #Archives #Copyright #OpenGLAM #DigitalStrategy
This Friday, I'll be joining a Copyright Literacy webinar to talk about art, copyright and the public domain. 🌻
Join me, Ana Enriquez, Megan Eve Kilvington, Diane Crawford-Leighton and Sarah Brear online. Jane Secker and Chris Morrison will be our hosts.
copyrightliteracy.org/2025/11/10/w...
Join me, Ana Enriquez, Megan Eve Kilvington, Diane Crawford-Leighton and Sarah Brear online. Jane Secker and Chris Morrison will be our hosts.
copyrightliteracy.org/2025/11/10/w...
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This Friday, I'll be joining a Copyright Literacy webinar to talk about art, copyright and the public domain. 🌻
Join me, Ana Enriquez, Megan Eve Kilvington, Diane Crawford-Leighton and Sarah Brear online. Jane Secker and Chris Morrison will be our hosts.
copyrightliteracy.org/2025/11/10/w...
Join me, Ana Enriquez, Megan Eve Kilvington, Diane Crawford-Leighton and Sarah Brear online. Jane Secker and Chris Morrison will be our hosts.
copyrightliteracy.org/2025/11/10/w...
Reposted by Doug McCarthy
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
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...
Reposted by Doug McCarthy
Might add "Professional Relaxer" to my LinkedIn profile
November 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Might add "Professional Relaxer" to my LinkedIn profile
Cursed machine still trying to download the U2 album from 2014. I will not be free in this lifetime.
November 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Cursed machine still trying to download the U2 album from 2014. I will not be free in this lifetime.
Reposted by Doug McCarthy
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
meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CommonsDB
Great tool in the making presented @ Wiki GLAM in Lisbon today
meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CommonsDB
CommonsDB - Meta-Wiki
meta.wikimedia.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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
meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CommonsDB
Great tool in the making presented @ Wiki GLAM in Lisbon today
meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CommonsDB
Looking forward to #GLAMWiki2025 – see you in Lisbon! 🇵🇹
#GLAMWiki2025: Wikimedia as essential digital infrastructure and trusted tools for cultural institutions.
@culturedoug.bsky.social will showcase CommonsDB as part of our copyright infrastructure work—connecting cultural memory with digital commons.
More info: w.wiki/D5Xq
@culturedoug.bsky.social will showcase CommonsDB as part of our copyright infrastructure work—connecting cultural memory with digital commons.
More info: w.wiki/D5Xq
GLAM Wiki 2025 - Meta-Wiki
w.wiki
October 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Looking forward to #GLAMWiki2025 – see you in Lisbon! 🇵🇹
Our latest CommonsDB post explores registries and the challenge of sourcing trustworthy, legally sound data for AI training.
🔍 Can registries make AI training data more lawful? Our CommonsDB workshop explored this with experts from pleias, @creativecommons.bsky.social , @commoncrawl.bsky.social and @kb.nl. We're building bridges between digital assets, rights info, and AI. www.commonsdb.org/blog/explori...
Exploring CommonsDB’s role in AI training data
Participants at a recent CommonsDB workshop explored whether the registry can support lawful, traceable data for AI training
www.commonsdb.org
October 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Our latest CommonsDB post explores registries and the challenge of sourcing trustworthy, legally sound data for AI training.
Reposted by Doug McCarthy
#GLAMWiki2025: Wikimedia as essential digital infrastructure and trusted tools for cultural institutions.
@culturedoug.bsky.social will showcase CommonsDB as part of our copyright infrastructure work—connecting cultural memory with digital commons.
Register by Sep 30: w.wiki/D5Xq
@culturedoug.bsky.social will showcase CommonsDB as part of our copyright infrastructure work—connecting cultural memory with digital commons.
Register by Sep 30: w.wiki/D5Xq
September 17, 2025 at 10:35 AM
#GLAMWiki2025: Wikimedia as essential digital infrastructure and trusted tools for cultural institutions.
@culturedoug.bsky.social will showcase CommonsDB as part of our copyright infrastructure work—connecting cultural memory with digital commons.
Register by Sep 30: w.wiki/D5Xq
@culturedoug.bsky.social will showcase CommonsDB as part of our copyright infrastructure work—connecting cultural memory with digital commons.
Register by Sep 30: w.wiki/D5Xq
September 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The slides of my Icepops talk are now online at my website: douglasmccarthy.com/presentations/
Thanks to my fellow speakers and everyone who attended yesterday, it was a brilliant day (and night 🎤). Until next time, @jsecker.bsky.social!
Thanks to my fellow speakers and everyone who attended yesterday, it was a brilliant day (and night 🎤). Until next time, @jsecker.bsky.social!
September 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The slides of my Icepops talk are now online at my website: douglasmccarthy.com/presentations/
Thanks to my fellow speakers and everyone who attended yesterday, it was a brilliant day (and night 🎤). Until next time, @jsecker.bsky.social!
Thanks to my fellow speakers and everyone who attended yesterday, it was a brilliant day (and night 🎤). Until next time, @jsecker.bsky.social!
Reposted by Doug McCarthy
📣 Join us at #GLAMWiki2025 in Lisbon (Oct 30-Nov 1)
Explore resilience in cultural heritage with workshops and expert sessions, including @culturedoug.bsky.social presenting the CommonsDB registry for Wikimedians and cultural institutions.
Register by Sep 30: w.wiki/D5Xq
Explore resilience in cultural heritage with workshops and expert sessions, including @culturedoug.bsky.social presenting the CommonsDB registry for Wikimedians and cultural institutions.
Register by Sep 30: w.wiki/D5Xq
September 9, 2025 at 9:28 AM
📣 Join us at #GLAMWiki2025 in Lisbon (Oct 30-Nov 1)
Explore resilience in cultural heritage with workshops and expert sessions, including @culturedoug.bsky.social presenting the CommonsDB registry for Wikimedians and cultural institutions.
Register by Sep 30: w.wiki/D5Xq
Explore resilience in cultural heritage with workshops and expert sessions, including @culturedoug.bsky.social presenting the CommonsDB registry for Wikimedians and cultural institutions.
Register by Sep 30: w.wiki/D5Xq
En route to Manchester 🚄 ✈️ to attend the 6th edition of Icepops, the copyright festival with a smile on its face.
I'll present new research on museums, copyright and the public domain. 🌻
There will be sunflowers, there will be memes. Slides to follow.
#Icepops2025 #OpenGLAM #Museums #Copyright
I'll present new research on museums, copyright and the public domain. 🌻
There will be sunflowers, there will be memes. Slides to follow.
#Icepops2025 #OpenGLAM #Museums #Copyright
September 9, 2025 at 6:23 AM
En route to Manchester 🚄 ✈️ to attend the 6th edition of Icepops, the copyright festival with a smile on its face.
I'll present new research on museums, copyright and the public domain. 🌻
There will be sunflowers, there will be memes. Slides to follow.
#Icepops2025 #OpenGLAM #Museums #Copyright
I'll present new research on museums, copyright and the public domain. 🌻
There will be sunflowers, there will be memes. Slides to follow.
#Icepops2025 #OpenGLAM #Museums #Copyright
Q. How was your summer?
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July 4, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Q. How was your summer?
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don’t be a bad Bohemian
July 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
don’t be a bad Bohemian
July 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Worth reading if you're engaged with this topic.
blog.cloudflare.com/control-cont...
[GLAM-E Lab bat-signal >> @michaelweinberg.org @andeewallace.bsky.social]
blog.cloudflare.com/control-cont...
[GLAM-E Lab bat-signal >> @michaelweinberg.org @andeewallace.bsky.social]
Control content use for AI training with Cloudflare’s managed robots.txt and blocking for monetized content
Cloudflare is making it easier for publishers and content creators of all sizes to prevent their content from being scraped for AI training by managing robots.txt on their behalf, and allowing targete...
blog.cloudflare.com
July 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Worth reading if you're engaged with this topic.
blog.cloudflare.com/control-cont...
[GLAM-E Lab bat-signal >> @michaelweinberg.org @andeewallace.bsky.social]
blog.cloudflare.com/control-cont...
[GLAM-E Lab bat-signal >> @michaelweinberg.org @andeewallace.bsky.social]
Me: 🥵
Cat: You think YOU'RE hot?
Cat: You think YOU'RE hot?
July 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Me: 🥵
Cat: You think YOU'RE hot?
Cat: You think YOU'RE hot?
Reposted by Doug McCarthy
me: there’s nothing worse than opening a blank document
microsoft word: hold my beer
microsoft word: hold my beer
June 27, 2025 at 9:17 AM
me: there’s nothing worse than opening a blank document
microsoft word: hold my beer
microsoft word: hold my beer
Reposted by Doug McCarthy
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/...
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
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/...
Download: openfuture.eu/publication/...
En garde, I’ll let you try my Wu-Tang style
June 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM
En garde, I’ll let you try my Wu-Tang style
Reposted by Doug McCarthy
AI crawlers generate so much traffic that some web sites are struggling to stay online. What can be done?
Keeping the Web Up Under the Weight of AI Crawlers
If you run a site on the open web, chances are you've noticed a big increase in traffic over the past few months, whether or not your site has been getting more viewers, and you're not alone. Operator...
www.eff.org
June 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
AI crawlers generate so much traffic that some web sites are struggling to stay online. What can be done?
adding UTF-8 encoding errors to the list of things that'll survive the apocalypse
June 5, 2025 at 8:05 AM
adding UTF-8 encoding errors to the list of things that'll survive the apocalypse
Reposted by Doug McCarthy
📆 Workshop Tomorrow
Jun 06, 10:00 AM–12:00 PM EDT
Join @culturedoug.bsky.social and other experts in an online workshop hosted by the Open Copyright Education Advisory Network (OCEAN) to explore the new Open GLAM Toolkit for implementing open access policies:
www.oceancopyright.org/event-detail...
Jun 06, 10:00 AM–12:00 PM EDT
Join @culturedoug.bsky.social and other experts in an online workshop hosted by the Open Copyright Education Advisory Network (OCEAN) to explore the new Open GLAM Toolkit for implementing open access policies:
www.oceancopyright.org/event-detail...
Introduction to the Open GLAM Toolkit | OCEAN
Join the GLAM-E Lab and the Menil Collection for a special OCEAN workshop to discuss the new Open GLAM Toolkit and what it means to adopt an open access policy for your organization, one step at a tim...
www.oceancopyright.org
June 5, 2025 at 7:40 AM
📆 Workshop Tomorrow
Jun 06, 10:00 AM–12:00 PM EDT
Join @culturedoug.bsky.social and other experts in an online workshop hosted by the Open Copyright Education Advisory Network (OCEAN) to explore the new Open GLAM Toolkit for implementing open access policies:
www.oceancopyright.org/event-detail...
Jun 06, 10:00 AM–12:00 PM EDT
Join @culturedoug.bsky.social and other experts in an online workshop hosted by the Open Copyright Education Advisory Network (OCEAN) to explore the new Open GLAM Toolkit for implementing open access policies:
www.oceancopyright.org/event-detail...
Reposted by Doug McCarthy
🛠️ Discover the new Open GLAM Toolkit for implementing open access policies. Join @culturedoug.bsky.social and other experts in a workshop hosted by the Open Copyright Education Advisory Network (OCEAN) to explore this resource. Register for the June 6 event:
www.oceancopyright.org/event-detail...
www.oceancopyright.org/event-detail...
Introduction to the Open GLAM Toolkit | OCEAN
Join the GLAM-E Lab and the Menil Collection for a special OCEAN workshop to discuss the new Open GLAM Toolkit and what it means to adopt an open access policy for your organization, one step at a…
www.oceancopyright.org
May 31, 2025 at 10:12 AM
🛠️ Discover the new Open GLAM Toolkit for implementing open access policies. Join @culturedoug.bsky.social and other experts in a workshop hosted by the Open Copyright Education Advisory Network (OCEAN) to explore this resource. Register for the June 6 event:
www.oceancopyright.org/event-detail...
www.oceancopyright.org/event-detail...