Jennifer Jenkins discusses the ambiguous battle over the Public Domain

Public Domain Day, which falls on January 1st, is intended to be a celebration of copyright expiration, a day when notable works enter the public domain. In 2014, Public Domain Day in Canada saw the writings of Robert Frost, W.E.B. Du Bois, C.S. Lewis, Sylvia Plath, and Aldous Huxley became public works, free for anyone to use and build upon. However, because of copyright extensions passed by the U.S. Congress, no published works entered the U.S. public domain in 2014, and nothing will until 2019. In this video, Jennifer Jenkins, Director of Duke Law's Center for the Study of the Public Domain, discusses her paper "In Ambiguous Battle: The Promise (And Pathos) of Public Domain Day, 2014." Jenkins offers an analysis of the issues surrounding existing copyright laws and discusses ongoing efforts to bolster open access to information.
Related paper: Jennifer Jenkins, In Ambiguous Battle: The Promise (And Pathos) Of Public Domain Day, 2014, 12 Duke Law & Technology Review 1-24 (2013). Available at: scholarship.law.duke.edu/dltr/...

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Jennifer Jenkins was spot on about copyright laws within the public domain. Congress really screwed up the public domain situation. Access is very limited now until 2019. Google books is a great way to help get around this problem even after being successful in a copyright lawsuit. Copyright fair use doctrine was established to deal with this issue also.

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There are many -Christian bibles that are in copyright I had to pay $50.00 for a facsimile copy of the original King James version. Your best source for public domain books is Guttenberg Project.org. Your best source for films audio and other material is Internet archive.org. The public domain is rapidly disappearing.

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I'm better off with copyright