2019 marks the first mass copyright expiration in more than two decades, freeing up works like Robert Frost's "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening" for academic, creative and commercial use.
An animated video that describes what copyright free means ... about the public domain and how anything in the public domain is available and free to use.
Setting up the eCF is easy and is free to all IEEE publications ... or their employers must transfer to the IEEE in writing any copyright they hold for their individual papers. Transferring copyright ...
Open Access items carry what’s called a CC0 designation. This means the Smithsonian dedicates the digital asset into the public domain, meaning it is free of copyright restrictions and you can use it ...
"What that means for us is that as of 2024, anyone will be free to copy ... extension of the copyright term, which prevented its properties from going into the public domain for so long.