Celebrate Public Domain Day!

Copyright law is at best, quite complicated. Educating students about these complexities can be quite challenging. When asked if they can use "something," the answer is almost always, "it depends." Discussions about Creative Commons licensing, fair use, and plagiarism and appropriation abound. With public domain material, it's a pleasure to be able to just say "YES!"On the other hand, the journey of how works become part of the public domain collection is not always simple. Before 1998, in the United States, works 75 years or older graduated into the public domain. In 1998, President Clinton extended that term by 20 years, effectively cancelling Public Domain Day for 20 years.This year we can celebrate the release of music, film, literature, and other works of art from 1926—including Winnie-the-Pooh. Finding work in the public domain can also be a bit complicated. Multiple sources exist. Wikipedia Commons, Europeana, Library of Congress, and many museums are among them. A good place to get started is The Public Domain Review.Enjoy the journey!Source:https://hyperallergic.com/703299/celebrate-public-domain-day-2022/