Happy Public Domain Day! With the start of a new year, we have new works entering the public domain. January 1, 2025 marks the date that items published in the year 1929 enter the public domain in the United States. Items in the public domain are free from copyright protections… read more
Copyright
Scholarly Communications Book Discussion Series
The Medical Library Association (MLA) is sponsoring a discussion series based around the OA book, Scholarly Communication Librarianship and Open Knowledge edited by Maria Bonn, Josh Bolick, and William Cross. The series is not medically focused, is free to attend, and you do NOT need to be an MLA member… read more
Happy Copyright Day!
May 31, 1790 was the date the first U.S. copyright law was enacted. The law was much more limited than today’s copyright law. Copyright lasted for 14 years, with the possibility of a 14 year renewal. It applied only to books, maps, and charts. Today’s copyright lasts for life of… read more
Happy Fair Use Week!
February 26th-March 1st, 2024 marks the 11th annual Fair Use Week. Fair Use Week is designed to celebrate the limitations and exceptions to copyright law that allow the use of copyrighted materials without needing to ask permission of the copyright owner. You can find out more on our fair use… read more
Spring workshop series
The Libraries’ is pleased to announce the schedule for our Digital Humanities Workshop Series and the Data & Donuts workshops for Spring 2024. Digitization, Digital Projects, and Copyright Issues Friday, 2/2, 12:00-1:00 pm Join us for a discussion about some of the common copyright issues that pop… read more
Public Domain for 2024
Happy New Year! With the start of a new year, we have new works entering the public domain. January 1, 2024 marks the date that items published in the year 1928 enter the public domain in the United States. Items in the public domain are free from copyright protections and can be… read more
Who Owns History?
Filmmaker Richard Misek has created a short film composed of videos that are already part of the public domain. These videos lack copyright protection, but because there are few high quality copies, the companies that physically own those copies can charge high prices for access. One of Misek’s goals in… read more
Fair Use Week
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is again celebrating Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week, scheduled for February 20th-24th, 2023. Fair Use Week is designed to celebrate the importance of fair use in the creation of new works – such as books, movies, journal articles, plays, music, art, and much more. ARL… read more
Public Domain for 2023
Happy New Year! January 1, 2023 marks the date that items published in the year 1927 enter the public domain in the United States. Items in the public domain are free from copyright protections and can be legally shared without needing to ask permission or pay fees. January 1st of… read more
Creative Commons Office Hours
The Creative Commons (CC) legal team is making themselves available for office hours on the third Friday of each month. The sessions will start off with some brief comments on current topics and then will open up the floor to anything you’d like to chat about. Note – the CC… read more
