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On January 1, 2026, creative works and characters introduced in 1930 will receive their diploma and enter the public domain. Tons of classic works and characters like the original Nancy Drew in Secret of the Old Clock, Betty Boop in the Dizzy Dishes cartoon, hard-boiled detective Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon novel, and more…
As Public Domain Day approaches, Re:Create highlights the creative works and characters first published in 1930 and set to enter the public domain. On January 1, 2026, these characters will receive their public domain diploma, gaining independence from rightsholders after nearly a century, and opening the door for anyone to freely copy, share, and build…
Last week saw another shot across the bow in the fight over the future of digital creativity. First came the announcement that Disney had come to an agreement with OpenAI, then the leaked cease-and-desist letter from Disney’s lawyers to Google. The deal with OpenAI purports to be a license for the use of Disney characters…
Hey, remember the 1990s? For copyright wonks, remember when the copyright maximalist lobby said rightsholders needed broad new powers to control digital copies of their works with “technical protection measures” (TPMs) and “copyright management information” (CMI) or else the “internet superhighway” would be a barren wasteland of nothing but “funny cat videos” (the horror!)? That pitch…
The copyright cartels’ obsession with the American Law Institute’s forthcoming Restatement of the Law, Copyright, is honestly wild. ALI Restatements are reference works authored by scholars, endorsed by the august body of ALI members (judges, scholars, and leading practitioners), and designed to provide judges with useful guidance on the interpretation of complex bodies of caselaw. When a Restatement of Copyright was first…
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