Previously we have covered things here
https://gbatemp.net/threads/so-a-bu...ew-days-ago-2019-copyright-expiration.528124/
Anyway the thing that (theoretically) stops you from remixing, sharing and whatever else all your favourite creative works is the copyright system. Copyright however has an expiration date. Various laws over the years pumped that way way way over what was originally set (and some do seek to make it infinite) out but as of a few years ago then things did start rolling again.
As the year in the date changed so does the year in which works become public domain. In this case that year not even your grandparents likely remember is up, said year being 1925
https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2021/
https://www.openculture.com/2021/01/whats-entering-the-public-domain-in-2021.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts...orks-will-enter-public-domain-2021-180976648/
As before the video there makes for a nice overview
Though a nice counterpoint might be
Some interesting works from there, F. Scott Fitzgerald with The Great Gatsby probably being the one most recognised today. Do note however that while the base stories, compositions and whatnot might be public domain then later tellings of them, performances of them and possibly even versions if remastered (public domain books might have their typesetting be copyrighted) might* well still be under copyright.
*to gain the full protections of copyright in the US (which is what this concerns) you do have to register things, even if some rights are inherent as soon as the work is made/published. The page above covers the "it's a wonderful life" case a bit for an example of what goes there. Timelines for all that make it a whole weird area of copyright law so be aware of that one.
Though I guess we can all watch
Harold Lloyd - The Freshman (1925)
Didn't know the nerdy kid trope went back that far.
https://gbatemp.net/threads/so-a-bu...ew-days-ago-2019-copyright-expiration.528124/
Anyway the thing that (theoretically) stops you from remixing, sharing and whatever else all your favourite creative works is the copyright system. Copyright however has an expiration date. Various laws over the years pumped that way way way over what was originally set (and some do seek to make it infinite) out but as of a few years ago then things did start rolling again.
As the year in the date changed so does the year in which works become public domain. In this case that year not even your grandparents likely remember is up, said year being 1925
https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2021/
https://www.openculture.com/2021/01/whats-entering-the-public-domain-in-2021.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts...orks-will-enter-public-domain-2021-180976648/
As before the video there makes for a nice overview
Though a nice counterpoint might be
Some interesting works from there, F. Scott Fitzgerald with The Great Gatsby probably being the one most recognised today. Do note however that while the base stories, compositions and whatnot might be public domain then later tellings of them, performances of them and possibly even versions if remastered (public domain books might have their typesetting be copyrighted) might* well still be under copyright.
*to gain the full protections of copyright in the US (which is what this concerns) you do have to register things, even if some rights are inherent as soon as the work is made/published. The page above covers the "it's a wonderful life" case a bit for an example of what goes there. Timelines for all that make it a whole weird area of copyright law so be aware of that one.
Though I guess we can all watch
Harold Lloyd - The Freshman (1925)
Didn't know the nerdy kid trope went back that far.
