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Is Mickey Mouse in the Public Domain?

The IPKat

On 1st January every year we celebrate the array of works entering the public domain, as their copyright term expires. This year, entering the public domain [generally speaking] are copyright protected works created by people who died in 1953, for countries with a copyright term of life plus 70 years (e.g.,

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Mickey Mouse to Enter Public Domain in 2024

IPilogue

Every year on January 1, works protected under copyright law enter into the public domain due to their copyright protection expiring. As a result, the Mickey Mouse copyright was then set to expire at the end of 2003. Serena Nath is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School.

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Mickey Mouse to Enter Public Domain in 2024

IPilogue

Every year on January 1, works protected under copyright law enter into the public domain due to their copyright protection expiring. As a result, the Mickey Mouse copyright was then set to expire at the end of 2003. The post Mickey Mouse to Enter Public Domain in 2024 appeared first on IPOsgoode.

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Civil War Letters Still Copyrighted?

Dear Rich IP Blog

If I can determine that said letters have been on display at those libraries since before 1927, can I conclude that the first publication occurred before 1927, thus placing them in the public domain ? Divide your letters into three categories: Unpublished letters as of January 1, 2003.

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3 Count: Extrinsic vs. Intrinsic

Plagiarism Today

First off today, Massimo Capizza at the National Law Review reports that the Supreme Court of the United States has denied certiorari in a case over the 2003 Josh Groban song You Raise Me Up , leaving a circuit split in place over how to determine substantial similarity between two works. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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Section 22 Vs Section 26 And Section 27: The Contrasting Sections Of Copyright Law

IP and Legal Filings

, “Does the author of any such work loses every right in terms of Copyright after the expiration of the time period mentioned under Section(s) 22, 26 and 27 and have no recourse to the same since the works are in public domain thereafter?”. The works will enter the public domain ultimately.

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Public Domain Day 2024 is Coming: Here’s What to Know

Copyright Lately

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. public domain for failure to comply with the various formalities (e.g., copyright terms.