{"id":129500,"date":"2016-01-15T18:14:47","date_gmt":"2016-01-16T01:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/01\/15\/in-a-world-where-us-copyright-law-wasnt-changed-in-1976.html"},"modified":"2016-02-11T22:32:53","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T05:32:53","slug":"in-a-world-where-us-copyright-law-wasnt-changed-in-1976","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/01\/15\/in-a-world-where-us-copyright-law-wasnt-changed-in-1976.html","title":{"rendered":"In a world where US copyright law wasn't changed in 1976"},"content":{"rendered":"

… we in the US would have seen creative works (books, movies, even scientific papers and articles) from 1959 enter the public domain. Instead, they won't become available until 2055. Unless Disney (et al.) gets copyright extended again. Which, I'm sure, they are planning to before anything<\/i> starts falling into the public domain again in 2019 …<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nWhat Could Have Entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2016?<\/a><\/span>
\nWhat Could Have Entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2016? Under the law that existed until 1978 . . . Works from 1959 Tweet. Works that could have entered the public domain on January 1, 2016. The films North by Northwest and Ben-Hur, the play A Raisin in the Sun, the books The Naked Lunch …\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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… we in the US would have seen creative works (books, movies, even scientific papers and articles) from 1959 enter the public domain. Instead, they won't become available until 2055. Unless Disney (et al.) gets copyright extended again. 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