Copyright Lately
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Oh Mickey, you’re so fine—but you’re not alone: An avalanche of copyrighted works will enter the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2024. public domain on January 1, 2024—and that’s a shame. copyright terms. copyright terms. Here’s what it all means.
Dear Rich IP Blog
JANUARY 5, 2021
Dear Rich: Which (if any) US postage stamp images are in the public domain? I have read that stamps issued prior to 1978 are in the public domain. According to the Copyright Office , U.S. postage stamps issued before 1971 are definitely in the public domain. Is this true? In 1971, the U.S.
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The IPKat
APRIL 30, 2024
Should the EU unify copyright laws? The session started with the highly disputed topic of copyright unification with Prof. see Katpost here ) When finally addressing the question, "Should the EU unify copyright laws?" And in a world brimming with trademarks, what is the ultimate purpose of the public domain?
Kluwer Copyright Blog
APRIL 18, 2024
Article Issue Solution Standing of current draft including suggested amendment by countries at SCCR 45 2–Definitions The treaty’s terms are defined so broadly as to include activities other than traditional broadcasting, e.g., on demand streaming, point to point transmissions. No amendment offered in public session. See Love 2023.
Kluwer Copyright Blog
DECEMBER 17, 2023
For the last few months, I have been wondering if our belief in “fair dealing” (or broadly, “limitations and exceptions”) has silently slipped into our “faith” in it – a faith that demands complete surrender to it while blinding us to the harm it covertly causes to the public domain. Read Section 2(iii) of the Indian Copyright Act ).
Copyright Lately
APRIL 30, 2021
The new lawsuit raises a host of complicated legal issues that, while exciting for copyright nerds like me, are often a nightmare to litigate. Key among them is the extent to which pre-1978 works first published abroad without proper copyright notice are still protected under U.S. copyright law. version did.
Plagiarism Today
JANUARY 24, 2022
The guide is an amazingly thorough overview of copyright, written in a way to be understood by lay people and it includes nearly all of the important information one needs to know in just 10 pages and 4,000 words. Copyright Office, which is part of the federal government, the work itself is in the public domain.
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