I'm Just a Bill: Public Domain Restoration
👀 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). ...