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 Communia proposes that each country — helped by Europeana and the great universities of Europe — sets up a registry by legally curating works in their nation’s public domain. Each registry should be backed by legal strength to defend its declarations. Each registry should be linked with other national registries and accessible to all countries. When aggregated, the registries will form a global consortium in support of our public domain in cyberspace, and hence a coherent force to hold litigation at bay.

Cyberspace is structured by law and engineering. Communia seeks to build its national parks. The recommendations of this report are timely, wise and important. They should be carefully studied and then adopted.