All Of These Works Should Be In The Public Domain, But Aren't | Techdirt

abernard102@gmail.com 2015-01-06

Summary:

"Every year for the past few years, the good folks at Duke's Center for the Study of the Public Domain have put up a list of works that should have gone into the public domain on January 1st had Congress not massively expanded the law. Each year, it's a depressing look at what works should be in the public domain. As a reminder, when these works were created, the creators knew the terms under which they were created and knew that they would have gone into the public domain by now -- and they found that to be more than enough incentive to create those works. Given that, it makes absolutely no sense that these works are not in the public domain. The latest list has many, many examples of classic works that should be in the public domain. Here's a list of famous books from 1958 that should have gone into the public domain ..."

Link:

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150103/06291129584/all-these-works-should-be-public-domain-arent.shtml

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oa.new oa.comment oa.arts oa.music oa.films oa.books oa.licensing oa.usa oa.legislation oa.pd oa.ch oa.libre oa.copyright

Date tagged:

01/06/2015, 08:58

Date published:

01/06/2015, 03:58