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Public Domain Enhancement Act
posted by scubacuda on Wednesday February 04, @01:42AM
from the strengthen-the-public-domain-without-burdening-copyright-owners dept.
Copyright The EFF encourages you to send a message to your representative in support of the Public Domain Enhancement Act, a bill that will allow works that no longer have commercial value to enter the public domain. From their website:
Creative works are supposed to end up in the public domain, where anyone can use them without fearing lawsuits from copyright holders. This freedom makes it possible for Shakespeare to be the world’s most performed playwright, and it allowed Disney to create films like Sleeping Beauty and Snow White. However, some powerful copyright holders have stopped works from entering the public domain by repeatedly lobbying Congress to extend the length of copyright terms. This abuse of the law locks people out of their cultural heritage and puts an unfair tax on creativity.

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