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The National Emergency Library Must Support Both Authors and Readers

While the creation of the National Emergency Library is good in principle, the service’s current model is detrimental to authors.

Helen Wajda, Deputy Opinion Editor • April 13, 2020

As libraries across the country have closed in response to COVID-19 in the past month, the Internet Archive announced that they were creating a National Emergency Library that...

Disney’s Domination of the Public Domain

Disney’s message of imagination and creativity contrasts sharply with the company’s actions limiting creative freedoms for the public.

Alexandra Chan, Staff Writer • October 1, 2019

At the beginning of 2019, all published works from 1923 entered the public domain for the first time. Public domain refers to works that are available for public use without copyright...

TPP limits creative expression

Abraham Gross, Staff Writer • November 30, 2015

The extension of copyright in the TPP threatens creative expression across the Pacific and sets a dangerous precedent for the future.