Walled CultureJan 14

Walled Culture the book, three years on

Walled Culture the book (free digital versions available) was launched just over three years ago. A few weeks afterwards, I talked with journalist and editor Maria Bustillos about the book and its background, as part of the Internet Archive’s Book Talk series. That interview has just been added to the Future Knowledge Podcast series in a shortened form, so this seems like a good moment to […]

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Matthew RimmerFeb 28, 2025
Licence to kill: Ian Fleming’s original literary works will become open for public use in most countries in 2035, as copyright expires https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/28/licence-to-kill-could-a-james-bond-horror-emerge-when-book-copyrights-expire #copyright #copyrightterm #publicdomain #jamesbond #007
Licence to kill: could a James Bond horror emerge when book copyrights expire?

Character and plots of Ian Fleming’s original literary works become open for public use in most countries in 2035

The Guardian
Matthew RimmerFeb 17, 2024
Just Because Mickey Mouse Is In The Public Domain, It Doesn’t Mean The Battle To Prevent Copyright Term Extensions Is Over - Glyn Moody https://www.techdirt.com/2024/02/16/just-because-mickey-mouse-is-in-the-public-domain-it-doesnt-mean-the-battle-to-prevent-copyright-term-extensions-is-over/ #copyright #copyrightterm #publicdomain #Disney #uslaw #uspol @glynmoody
Just Because Mickey Mouse Is In The Public Domain, It Doesn’t Mean The Battle To Prevent Copyright Term Extensions Is Over

The beginning of the year is a great time for the public domain, since it sees thousands of copyrighted works released from the intellectual monopoly that prevents their free creative use. Which wo…

Techdirt
Matthew RimmerDec 29, 2023
Copyright for original Mickey Mouse persona to run out 1 January 2024 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/dec/28/copyright-mickey-mouse-steamboat-willie #copyright #publicdomain #MickeyMouse #copyrightterm #uslaw #uspol
Copyright for original Mickey Mouse persona to run out 1 January 2024

Steamboat Willie, created by Walt Disney, to enter public domain after 95 years – taking earliest Minnie with him

The Guardian
Walled CultureJan 16, 2023

The #PublicDomain: a belated step forward in the 🇺🇸, two huge steps back in 🇨🇦 & 🇳🇿 with a 20-year #CopyrightTerm extension - @glynmoody

#WalledCulture - the book uncovers more #CopyrightAbsurdities:
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The Book

Another Milestone on our Journey: the Walled Culture Book is out. Download your free ebook or get the paperback below PDF | Walled Culture - the BookePub | Walled Culture - the Bookmobi | Walled Culture - the Book PAPERBACK Amazon.AUAmazon.CAAmazon.COMAmazon.CO.UKAmazon.DEAmazon.ESAmazon.FRAmazon.IT EBOOK Get your Free Digital Copy Our view is that culture should not be …

Matthew RimmerDec 31, 2022
January 1, 2023 is US Public Domain Day: US Works from 1927 are open to all! https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2023/ #copyright #copyrightterm #copyrightduration #publicdomain #commons #uslaw
Public Domain Day 2023 | Duke University School of Law

Tweet       By Jennifer Jenkins, Director of Duke’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain January 1, 2023 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1927 are open to all! On January 1, 2023, copyrighted works from 1927 will enter the US public domain. 1  They will be free for all to copy, share, and build upon. These include Virginia Woolf’s To The Lighthouse and the final Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, the German science-fiction film Metropolis and Alfred Hitchcock’s first thriller, compositions by Louis Armstrong and Fats Waller, and a novelty song about ice cream.