Copying Licensing Public Domain Reporting 
Plagiarism Today
JANUARY 3, 2022
First off today, Andrew Albanese at Publishers Weekly Reports that a collection of publishers and authors have secured a default judgement against a piracy service named KISS Library, this one awarding them $7.8 Copyright Law, works lapse into the public domain on January First of the year their copyright expires.
Plagiarism Today
AUGUST 23, 2022
First off today, Bevan Hurley at The Independent reports that former White House photographer Pete Souza says that he is facing legal threats over his use of a photograph he took on his own website. Second, since he was a federal employee at the time the image was taken, the work itself is in the public domain.
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Dear Rich IP Blog
DECEMBER 15, 2020
Dear Rich: I want to copyright a report I researched and wrote and hope to sell to a museum. My report includes my collection of 19th-century photographs, most of which are extremely rare. W hen researchers use the report, I want them to credit me. These photos are in the public domain and free for anyone to copy.
Plagiarism Today
MAY 11, 2022
First off today, Gene Maddaus at Variety reports that Senator Josh Hawley has introduced a bill that aims to drastically rewrite copyright law in the United States, rolling back the term of copyright to just 28 years with the option for renewal for another 28. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
JUNE 19, 2023
Specifically, a group called Spice DAO purchased an NFT displaying a copy of filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ‘Dune’ for $3 million, assuming it would grant them the ability to produce derivative works, such as an animated Dune series.
JIPL Online
MARCH 15, 2021
2] While most Sherlock Holmes stories are now in the public domain, the estate alleged that some works and character elements regarding Sherlock Holmes are still protected by copyright. [3] 14] Before lawyers got involved, pressure from the photographer resulted in the granting of a licensing fee. [15]
Michael Geist
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
The course packs were copied and typically sold as an alternative to course textbooks. Copyright lobby groups and their supporters have long claimed that the practice relies on fair dealing and that universities are profiting from copying without compensation.
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