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Beiträge, die mit PublicDomain getaggt sind

New study: "We collected…#copyright statements from a random sample of articles…pub'd in 2019 by authors affiliated with two US govt agencies. 13%…had a copyright statement indicating the US #PublicDomain or US govt authorship. 42%…were behind a paywall. Even when all authors of an article were US govt employees, 29% were labeled in the US public domain & 66% were behind a paywall."
https://journals.ku.edu/jcel/article/view/19857

PS: Articles by US govt employees are uncopyrightable, in the public domain from birth.

Public Domain and Paywalled: Journal Articles Authored or Co-authored by U.S. Government Employees

Academic journal articles authored by U.S. government employees are assumed to be in the public domain, though journals vary in communicating this status, and access is often not provided.
journals.ku.edu
#copyright #PublicDomain

UK Court Ruling Has Potential To Free Up The #PublicDomain; But Museums Might Still Block It - https://www.techdirt.com/2024/02/22/uk-court-ruling-has-potential-to-free-up-the-public-domain-but-museums-might-still-block-it/ "further proof that #copyright not only harms the public and artists, as Walled Culture the book (free ebook versions - https://walledculture.org/the-book/) lays out in detail, but also seems to cause those who are obsessed with it to lose their collective minds."

The Book

Another Milestone on our Journey: the Walled Culture Book is out. Download your free ebook or get the paperback below PDF | Walled Culture - the BookePub | Walled Culture - the Bookmobi | Walled Culture - the Book PAPERBACK Amazon.AUAmazon.CAAmazon.
walledculture.org
#copyright #PublicDomain

Just Because Mickey Mouse Is In The #PublicDomain, It Doesn’t Mean The Battle To Prevent Copyright Term Extensions Is Over - https://www.techdirt.com/2024/02/16/just-because-mickey-mouse-is-in-the-public-domain-it-doesnt-mean-the-battle-to-prevent-copyright-term-extensions-is-over/ "recent events also underline the reluctance of companies whose profits are built on copyright, such as Disney, to fulfil their side of the implicit #copyright bargain"

Just Because Mickey Mouse Is In The Public Domain, It Doesn’t Mean The Battle To Prevent Copyright Term Extensions Is Over

The beginning of the year is a great time for the public domain, since it sees thousands of copyrighted works released from the intellectual monopoly that prevents their free creative use. Which wo…
Techdirt
#copyright #PublicDomain

if 'adagio for strings' was recorded by Toscanini in 39', then this recording should be in public domain, right? in 23' it's 84 years since publication..

#PublicDomain
#PublicDomain

After 20 yrs, #BillWillingham releases #Fables into the #PublicDomain. *HE* is still under contract with #DCComics for future work / #royalties / project approval, but the public is not, not bound by #trademarks or #copyright, & free to do as they like with it in #FanFic & other forms of #art.

He's had disputes with DC Comics forever w/o much relief & this is one of his ways to fight back.

https://billwillingham.substack.com/p/willingham-sends-fables-into-the

#trademark #PressRelease #IP #IntellectualProperty #TellTaleGame #CopyrightLaw

Willingham Sends Fables Into the Public Domain

Here, below, is the press release I sent out today to explain what I did and why.
Bill Willingham (These Foolish Games)
#copyright #art #PublicDomain #trademark #trademarks #ip #intellectualproperty #billwillingham #fables #dccomics #royalties #fanfic #pressrelease #telltalegame #copyrightlaw

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