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June 6, 2014 04:09 am PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/OCZOpCuaEVw/handbook-to-figure-out-whats.html
Handbook to figure out what's in the publicdomain
Jennifer Urban sez, "I'm happy to say that the Samuelson Clinic at Berkeley has just released a handbook to help folks research whether older items (pre-1978) are still under copyright in the U.S., or are in the public domain." This is probably the most esoteric question that normal people from all walks of life have to answer routinely; the Samuelson Clinic has really done an important public service here.
Interestingly the project originated with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Legacy Project, "a nonprofit organization run by civil rights movement veterans that is creating a digital archive of historical materials." Read the rest
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