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Posted on March 24, 2025 at 02:44 CDT by Max Stul Oppenheimer • Comment in the Forums

LEGAL BRIEF

By Max Stul Oppenheimer, Esq.

Rejoice! The new year brings a new batch of things that were once protected by copyright but are now public domain.

Let’s review my copyright primer. Under current US law, a copyright comes into existence as soon as an original work of authorship is fixed in a tangible medium. Originality is not a very high bar — the work needs only to be something created by the author rather than copied.

Tangible media include electronic storage, so websites qualify.

Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (22.12.0, 2025-03-24).

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