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PUBLIC DOMAIN DAY |
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Date-wise Events |
January 01 |
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Description |
- It is observance of when copyrights expire and works
enter into the public domain.
- This legal transition of copyright works into the public
domain usually happens every year on 1 January based on the
individual copyright laws of each country.
- As of 1 January 2010 a Public Domain Day website lists
the authors whose works are entering the public domain.
- There are activities in countries around the world by
various organizations all under the banner Public Domain
Day.
- Copyright protection terms are typically described as
the life of the author plus a certain number of years after
his or her death.
- In many jurisdictions, this usually means that 70 years
have passed since the day of author's death.
- After that period, the works of those authors become
fully available so that everyone - without any need for
prior authorization - can access and use them for any
purpose whatsoever.
- Since public domain rights vary based on jurisdiction,
the passage of a work into the public domain is not
worldwide.
- The most noticeable exception is the United States,
where no additional published works will enter the public
domain automatically until 2019. Australia ' s copyright
scheme is even more restrictive, with no Public Domain Day
possible until 2026.
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