Things don't "fall into the public domain" at the end of their copyright term, Ugh.

Once released from copyright, works Ascend into the glorious ranks of the public domain, fulfilling their rightful destiny as part of the cultural heritage of humanity!

#copyright #publicdomain #culture

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.

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."

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"

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

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