👀 I’m Just a Bill — Public Domain Restoration

A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster

What is this bill?

Copyright reform in the 119th Congress addressing the documented public-domain shortage created by repeated copyright-term extensions (Sonny Bono Act, Mickey Mouse Protection Act variants).

What does it actually do?

• Tightens orphan-works treatment
• Renewal-registration option for post-1978 works (formerly required)
• Library/archive fair-use clarification
• Statutory-damages cap modifications
• Anti-circumvention DMCA Section 1201 review

How does this affect cooperative-class families?

Composes with #13 JukeBox (cooperative music licensing depends on understanding what’s in the public domain), Save Local Journalism Act (fair-use for archival journalism), and #12 Harper Guild + #14 Didasko (cooperative-education materials benefit from larger public domain).

Shirley Temple Truth Score

🟡 Provisional.

Help Each Other Help Ourselves.