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The Benefits and Triumph of Public Domain Over Disney’s Empire of Lobbying
Contrary to Disney’s beliefs, it’s the releasing of restrictions that fuels creativity.
Getty Images Is Charging $499 to License the CDC’s Public Domain Coronavirus Image
The image was created by medical illustrators at the CDC and has no copyright restrictions.
YouTube Takes Down 200-Year-Old Schubert Public Domain Music Piece on False “Copyright” Grounds
YouTube automatically flagged and demonetized the video saying that it’s a copyright violation – despite it being in the public domain.
The Creative Commons Search Engine Is Now Live
Nonprofit organization Creative Commons publicly launched its search engine today, which allows you to search the commons’ archive of free content available in the public domain under the Creative Commons licenses. Currently, the search engine indexes millions of CC-licensed images. The search
Mainstream Media Organizations Are Republishing and Selling the Mueller Report as Ebooks for Easy Profit
Rehashed versions of the report are coming to an Amazon page near you.
“Giant Copyright Troll” Getty Images Is Being Sued for Trying to Copyright Public Domain Images
But beyond this, Getty is accused of selling non-existing public domain copyright licenses – with the goal of convincing customers “into thinking the company owns the copyrights of all images it sells.”
