Below are the various flowcharts used by the public domain calculators in different jurisdictions. We currently enjoy over 30 completed flowcharts, which have been developed by various institutions around the world. If you would like to get involved in developing the flowchart for one the missing jurisdictions, please let us know.
Generic
- The Generic Flowchart has been developed by the Institute of Information Law (IViR) and Kennisland. It can be downloaded at the following address – in yEd format or as a standalone PDF.
Australia: pending.
- Work is being undertaken by Tom Koltai starting at Copyright AU
- Work is being undertaken by Giuseppe Contissa at the European University Institute
Austria
- The flowchart has been developed by the Institute of Information Law (IViR) and Kennisland. It be downloaded at the following address
Belgium
- The flowchart has been developed by the Institute of Information Law (IViR) and Kennisland. It can be downloaded at the following address
Brazil: pending.
- Work is co-ordinated by Carlos Affonso, CTS/FGV.
Bulgaria
- The flowchart has been developed by the Institute of Information Law (IViR) and Kennisland. It can be downloaded at the following address
Canada
- Work has been undertaken by Access Copyright (The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency), Creative Commons Canada, Creative Commons Corp. and the Wikimedia Foundation. See this announcement for more details. Also, this fits under the CC PDwiki project. Check out the most recent version of the flowchart (v.6) as of December 16, 2008.
Chile: in progress.
- Work is being undertaken by Derechos Digitales under the coordination of Alberto Cerda.
Colombia: in progress.
- Work is being undertaken by Fundación Karisma, under the coordination of Carolina Botero, Creative Commons Colombia
Cyprus
- The flowchart has been developed by Europeana and can be downloaded at the following address
Czech Republic
- The flowchart has been developed by the Institute of Information Law (IViR) and Kennisland. It can be downloaded at the following address
Denmark
- The flowchart has been developed by the Institute of Information Law (IViR) and Kennisland. It can be downloaded at the following address
Estonia
- The flowchart has been developed by the Institute of Information Law (IViR) and Kennisland. It can be downloaded at the following address
Finland
- The flowchart has been developed by the Institute of Information Law (IViR) and Kennisland. It can be downloaded at the following address
France
- The flowchart has been developed by the Institute of Information Law (IViR) and Kennisland. It can be downloaded at the following address
Germany
- The flowchart has been developed by the Institute of Information Law (IViR) and Kennisland. It can be downloaded at the following address
Greece
- The flowchart has been developed by the Institute of Information Law (IViR) and Kennisland. It can be downloaded at the following address
Guatemala: in progress (due in september).
- Work is undertaken by Creative Commons Guatemala and LvM Library for Guatemala and other Central American countries, co-ordinated by Renata Avila and Dr. Grete Pasch with the collaboration of Michelle Carrera.
India
- Work has been undertaken by Jonathan Keller, at CREDOF. The flowchart can be downloaded at the following address and the explanation regarding the flowcharts can be downloaded here.
Ireland
- The flowchart has been developed by the Institute of Information Law (IViR) and Kennisland. It can be downloaded at the following address
Italy
- The flowchart has been developed by the Institute of Information Law (IViR) and Kennisland. It can be downloaded at the following address
Israel: pending.
- Niva Elkin-Koren at the Haifa Center for Law and Technology, Haifa University is leading an Israeli PD calculator project.
Kenya: pending.
- Work is being undertaken by Samuel Kongere.
Latvia
- The flowchart has been developed by the Institute of Information Law (IViR) and Kennisland. It can be downloaded at the following address
Lithuania
- The flowchart has been developed by the Institute of Information Law (IViR) and Kennisland. It can be downloaded at the following address
Luxembourg
- The flowchart has been developed by the Institute of Information Law (IViR) and Kennisland. It can be downloaded at the following address
Malta
- The flowchart has been developed by the Institute of Information Law (IViR) and Kennisland. It can be downloaded at the following address
Netherlands
The flowchart has been developed by the Institute of Information Law (IViR) and Kennisland. It can be downloaded at the following address
Find the IViR diagram here available as PDF, ZIP of SVG, or EPS
Norway
The flowchart has been developed by the Institute of Information Law (IViR) and Kennisland. It can be downloaded at the following address
A separate flowchart has been produced by Gisle Hannemyr at the University of Oslo and Creative Commons Norway.
- Check out the Copyright term note and flowchart for Norway
Philippines: pending.
- Work is undertaken by Philippine Commons and the Arellano University School of Law. Law Professor Berne Guerrero and Law Professor [Jimmy Soriano](http://soriano-ph.com|Jimmy Soriano) will lead the work.
Poland
- The flowchart has been developed by the Institute of Information Law (IViR) and Kennisland. It can be downloaded at the following address
Portugal
- The flowchart has been developed by the Institute of Information Law (IViR) and Kennisland. It can be downloaded at the following address
Romania
- The flowchart has been developed by the Institute of Information Law (IViR) and Kennisland. It can be downloaded at the following address
Slovakia
- The flowchart has been developed by the Institute of Information Law (IViR) and Kennisland. It can be downloaded at the following address
Slovenia
- The flowchart has been developed by the Institute of Information Law (IViR) and Kennisland. It can be downloaded at the following address
Spain
The flowchart has been developed by the Institute of Information Law (IViR) and Kennisland. It be downloaded at the following address
A separate flowchart has been produced by Ignasi Labastida i Juan, Air Jordan 23 and the Oficina de Difusió del Coneixement de la Universitat de Barcelona. Check out the full Flowchart for Spain, as well as the simplified version and the working version as of March 2010.
Sweden
- The flowchart has been developed by the Institute of Information Law (IViR) and Kennisland. It can be downloaded at the following address
Switzerland
- The flowchart has been developed by the Institute of Information Law (IViR) and Kennisland. It can be downloaded at the following address
United Kingdom
- The Open Knowledge Foundation has produced a calculator for the UK.
See the diagram available in PDF, ZIP, and Raid 5 Data Recovery
Another flowchart has been developed by the Institute of Information Law (IViR) and Kennisland. It can be downloaded at the following address
United States
- Work is undertaken by Elizabeth Townsend-Gard and Team at Tulane University.
- Work is undertaken by Creative Commons and the Open Library under the PDWiki project.
- Existing work:
- Peter Hirtle’s comprehensive chart at Cornell
- Public Domain Sherpa
- Paper Copyright Slider from the American Library Association.
- Interested in contributing:
- Hung V. Tran, Department of Computer Science – The University of Iowa
Scott Alexander said on March 9, 2012
The link to Peter Hirtle’s comprehensive chart at Cornell is broken
Primavera De Filippi said on March 20, 2012
Thanks Scott, the link has been fixed !