9 Best Articles in 2021
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Public Domain Day 2020 | Duke University School of Law
web.law.duke.edu
~14 min read · 29 saves · 2019-12-31 · January 1, 2019 is (finally) Public Domain Day: Works from 1923 are open to all!
In Open Source
Smithsonian Magazine
Smithsonian Releases 2.8 Million Images Into Public Domain
Smithsonian Magazine
6 min read · 143 saves · 2020-02-25 · The launch of a new open access platform ushers in a new era of accessibility for the Institution
Motherboard
Where to Download All the Books That Just Entered the Public Domain
Motherboard
2 min read · 125 saves · From 2019 · Public Domain Day was yesterday, but you were probably hungover, so here’s how to download the tens of thousands of books that became legal to download for free in 2019.
priceonomics.com
How Mickey Mouse Evades the Public Domain
priceonomics.com
10 min read · 26 saves · From 2016 · Every time Disney’s beloved mouse is about to enter the public domain, U.S. copyright law magically changes. Does he deserve special protection, or should he be relinquished to society?
In Education
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Public Domain Day 2021 | Duke University School of Law
web.law.duke.edu
~17 min read · 91 saves · 2020-12-15 · January 1, 2019 is (finally) Public Domain Day: Works from 1923 are open to all!
Gizmodo
Movies, Music, and Books That Enter the Public Domain Today
Gizmodo
1 min read · 30 saves · 2020-01-01 · Today isn’t just a day to nurse your hangover from New Year’s Eve—it’s also a day to celebrate the public domain. Movies, books, music, and more from 1924 are all entering the public domain today,…
Open Culture
The New York Public Library Lets You Download 180,000 Images in High Resolution: Historic Photographs, Maps, Letters…
Open Culture
~12 min read · 43 saves · From 2016 · This week, The New York Public Library (NYPL) announced not only that their digital collection now contains over 180,000 items, but that they've made it possible,
In History
Public Domain Review
The Public Domain Review – Online journal dedicated to showcasing the most interesting and unusual out-of-copyright works…
Public Domain Review
~13 min read · 83 saves · 2020-10-21 · During the 17th century, as knowledge of the Universe and its contents increased, so did speculation about life on other planets. One such source, as Hugh Aldersey-Williams explores, was Dutch…
In Books
VICE
Libraries and Archivists Are Scanning and Uploading Books That Are Secretly in the Public Domain
VICE
3 min read · 44 saves · 2019-09-10 · Millions of books are secretly in the public domain thanks to a copyright loophole, a new project seeks to put them on the Internet Archive.
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In Education
web.law.duke.edu
Public Domain Day 2021 | Duke University School of Law
web.law.duke.edu
~17 min read · 91 saves · 2020-12-15 · January 1, 2019 is (finally) Public Domain Day: Works from 1923 are open to all!
eventbrite.com
Public Domain Day: Looking Ahead To 2021
eventbrite.com
4 min read · 2020-12-07 · Public Domain Day is a celebration of all the rich content that will be newly available from 1925.
Boing Boing
The Great Gatsby has entered the public domain
Boing Boing
2 min read · Jan 4th · Mark Frauenfelder · As of January 1, 2021 Works published in the U.S. in 1925 are now in the public domain, most notably F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby (I check Gutenberg.org but it’s not there yet). Duk…
NPR
Party Like It's 1925 On Public Domain Day (Gatsby And Dalloway Are In)
NPR
3 min read · 21 saves · Jan 1st · Neda Ulaby · Every year on January 1, the copyright on thousands of books, songs, films and other creative works expires. Law professor Jennifer Jenkins says 2021 is "a bumper crop."
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In Music
VICE
Musicians Algorithmically Generate Every Possible Melody, Release Them to Public Domain
VICE
2 min read · 149 saves · 2020-02-25 · Damien Riehl and Noah Rubin generated and saved every possible melody to a hard drive, then turned it back around to the commons.
In Facebook
blogs.harvard.edu
Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica problems are nothing compared to what’s coming for all of online publishing
blogs.harvard.edu
~18 min read · 204 saves · From 2018 · Let’s start with Facebook’s Surveillance Machine, by Zeynep Tufekci in last Monday’s New York Times. Among other things (all correct), Zeynep explains that “Facebook makes m…
In Art
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Paris Museums Put 100,000 Images Online for Unrestricted Public Use
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75 saves · 2020-01-13 · Paris Musées, a collection of 14 museums in Paris have recently made high-res digital copies of 100,000 artwo
Ars Technica
Mickey Mouse will be public domain soon—here’s what that means
Ars Technica
7 min read · 95 saves · From 2019 · Timothy B. Lee · The Internet stopped another copyright extension without firing a shot.
The New York Times
New Life for Old Classics, as Their Copyrights Run Out
The New York Times
6 min read · 23 saves · From 2018 · Alexandra Alter · Works by Marcel Proust, Willa Cather, D.H. Lawrence, Agatha Christie and Robert Frost are entering the public domain on Jan. 1. And that’s just the first wave.
Data Visualization Society
Ten Considerations Before you Create another Chart about COVID-19
Data Visualization Society
10 min read · 120 saves · 2020-03-11 · Amanda Makulec · To sum it up — #vizresponsibly; which may mean not publishing your visualizations in the public domain at all.
Ars Technica
Inventor says Google is patenting work he put in the public domain
Ars Technica
9 min read · 101 saves · From 2018 · Creator of a breakthrough compression algorithm fights to keep it patent-free.
law.duke.edu
Public Domain Day 2019 | Duke University School of Law
law.duke.edu
9 min read · 18 saves · From 2018 · January 1, 2019 is (finally) Public Domain Day: Works from 1923 are open to all!
NY Public Library
Public Domain Collections: Free to Share & Reuse
NY Public Library
1 min read · 22 saves · From 2016 · Did you know that more than 180,000 of the items in our Digital Collections are in the public domain? That means everyone has the freedom to enjoy and reuse these materials in almost limitless ways.
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