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Published Works Enter the Public Domain in the United States for First Time...
New Year’s Day 2019 was a landmark for American copyright law. For the first time in twenty years, published works of expression—including books, music, and films—started moving out of copyright...
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The Lifecycle of Copyright: 1924 Works Enter the Public Domain
Last year, for the first time in twenty years, published creative works entered into the public domain in the United States. Works from 1923 saw their copyright terms end, meaning they were no longer...
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The Lifecycle of Copyright: 1926 Works Enter the Public Domain
On January 1, 2022, a new class of creative works entered the public domain in the United States. From a certain honey-loving bear and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood to a classic Gershwin ballad,...
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Get to Know the Territory: Musicals Based on Public Domain Works
The following is a guest post by Marilyn Creswell, the 2020–2021 Librarian-in-Residence at the U.S. Copyright Office. Do you hear the people sing, singing the songs inspired by the public domain? It’s...
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Celebrating the Firsts: First Published Novel by a Native American Woman
This year, we are celebrating Native American Heritage Month and Native American Heritage Day with a blog series called Celebrating the Firsts: Shining a Light on Trailblazing Artwork by Native...
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The Lifecycle of Copyright: 1927 Works In the Public Domain
Every year on January 1, a new class of creative works enters the public domain in the United States. This year, thousands of works published in 1927* joined others in the public domain to further...
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Over One Million Card Catalog Records Digitized in Copyright Public Records...
This summer, the Copyright Office reached a new milestone in our modernization efforts: surpassing one million card catalog records digitized with searchable metadata and added to the Office’s...
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Lifecycle of Copyright: 1928 Works in the Public Domain
This blog also includes contributions from Jessica Chinnadurai, attorney-advisor, and Rafael Franco, writer-editor intern in the Copyright Office. Over the last several years, we have witnessed a new...
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