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What Winnie-the-Pooh Lapsing into the Public Domain Really Means

Plagiarism Today

On January 1, 2022, works that were first published in the year 1926 lapsed into the public domain. Winnie-the-Pooh is likely the most culturally relevant character to enter the public domain since 2019, when works started entering the public domain again in the United States due to the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act.

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5 Spooky Articles About Copyright and Halloween

Plagiarism Today

If you want a more complete list of the Halloween-related articles that have been featured on this site, check out this post from October 2021. However, if you want more of a highlight reel, this article should help get you started. Night of the Living Dead is possibly one of the most famous public domain movies of all time.

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The EU imperative to a free public domain: The case of Italian cultural heritage

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Image via Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Gemäldegalerie / Christoph Schmidt Public Domain Mark 1.0 In this context of international and EU legal obligations to protect cultural rights, the EU has set a legal imperative to protect the public domain.

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Just Because It’s On the Internet Doesn’t Mean It’s In the Public Domain

JD Supra Law

Just Because it’s Published Doesn’t Mean it’s in the Public Domain - Some people think that if something is on the Internet, it’s in the public domain and is fair game to be copied. Giving the public access to an article, photo, music, video, or other art doesn’t put it in the public domain.

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17 Copyright and/or Plagiarism Stories for Halloween

Plagiarism Today

With that said, here’s some spooky copyright stories to send chills down your spine: 5 Copyright Issues for Halloween : Starting in October 2010, this article takes a look at some of the more broad copyright issues and how they impact Halloween. Those include, music, movie characters, costumes, and stories.

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OpenAI Wants New York Times to Show How Original Its Copyrighted Articles Are

TorrentFreak

This includes copyrighted news articles, which are often based on a variety of information gathered by its journalists. In its complaint, the Times described how it invests enormous amounts of time and expertise on its articles, which are sometimes the results of months or years of in-depth investigations. 10-12 read as follows: NO.

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5 Thanksgiving Copyright and/or Plagiarism Stories

Plagiarism Today

To start with a fun one, this article looks at an episode of the children’s TV show Arthur entitled Francine’s Pilfered Paper , where Francine, predictably enough, plagiarizes her paper. See Also: Why You Can’t Copy a Recipe Book. 4: What the ICE Domain Seizures Mean for You. Back in 2010, U.S. Bottom Line.