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What Winnie-the-Pooh Lapsing into the Public Domain Really Means

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On January 1, 2022, works that were first published in the year 1926 lapsed into the public domain. Winnie-the-Pooh is likely the most culturally relevant character to enter the public domain since 2019, when works started entering the public domain again in the United States due to the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act.

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3 Count: Plagiarism Again

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This would put all of Disney’s work from roughly 1995 (or 1967) forward into the public domain. 2: Riot Games sues Mobile Legends: Bang Bang for Plagiarism—Again. The 3 Count Logo was created by Justin Goff and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

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My Concerns with the ‘Can’t Be Evil’ NFT Licenses

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Last month, a study published by The Galaxy examined the top 25 most valuable NFT projects and found that, despite many understanding that NFTs transferred either the copyright or the license in the original work, only 1 in 25 of those projects even attempted to do as such. Understanding the “Can’t Be Evil” Licenses.

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3 Count: Sealed with a Kiss

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The lawsuit was filed by SoundExchange after an audit alleged that Music Choice, which relies on a statutory license for the music it uses, had underpaid the royalties it owes. Copyright Law, works lapse into the public domain on January First of the year their copyright expires. Milne’s book Winnie the Pooh.

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3 Count: Grand Theft Copyright

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Second, since he was a federal employee at the time the image was taken, the work itself is in the public domain. AimJunkies continues to argue that the development of cheat software is not an infringement of copyright, though Bungie made claims that code was copied for the purpose of creating the software.

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Is it Dangerous to Use Free Stock Photo Websites?

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In addition, there are concerns that many stock photography sites provide limited licenses to users and many unwittingly overstep them. A variety of services work to find copied images , and many engage in speculative invoicing and litigation as part of their strategy. Reasons to Calm Down (Some).

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The Basics of Open Access

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This means that a majority of published research is hidden behind paywalls and not available to those that don’t or can’t pay for access to it outside of pirated copies. This is largely achieved through the use of Creative Commons licenses. Gratis articles are free to view, but there is no clear license to allow or encourage reuse.