U.S. Government work (not including third-party contractors) does not have copyright protection, so it is automatically in the Public Domain. Public Domain also refers to the “realm of material – ...

Last week brought the story of a group of crypto enthusiasts who paid well over the going rate for a rare sci-fi book, then proposed encoding scans of all its pages in a blockchain before making ...

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As The Telegraph reports, the AI firm said in a filing submitted to a House of Lords subcommittee that using only content from the public domain would ... "Because copyright today covers ...

The beloved character Mickey Mouse will enter the public domain for the first time after 95 years, as the copyright of an early version of Mickey Mouse with Disney expires on New Year’s Day.

Disney has faced losing the copyright over its original cartoons several times in the past. The characters were first expected to go into the public domain in 1984, but Congress extended the term ...

This week saw copyright expire on early versions of iconic characters, like Mickey Mouse and Tigger. January 1 was 'Public Domain Day', when icons like Mickey lost their copyright protection ...

The complete list of exemptions to copyright protection can be found in Chapter 1 of Title 17 of the United States Code. You can also use works that are in the public domain. Works in the public ...

When Winnie the Pooh entered the public domain, the loveable bear was turned into the R-rated horror film Blood and Honey, which was one of last year's worst-rated films. US copyright law says the ...