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Tag: Grand Re-Opening of the Public Domain
We’re gonna party like it’s 1923
by Jennie Rose Halperin Events, Open CultureJanuary 14-18, 2019 is #CopyrightWeek, and today’s theme is Public Domain and Creativity, which aims to explore how copyright policy should encourage creativity, not hamper it. Excessive copyright terms inhibit our ability to comment, criticize, and rework our common culture. On January 1, tens of thousands of books, films, visual art, sheet music, plays, and…