The Washington Post Is Covering legislation we hope would ensure the American public’s access to the nation’s intellectual and artistic heritage.
The Public Domain Enhancement Act would require the owners of copyrighted works — such as songs, books and software — to pay a $1 fee to maintain their copyrights once 50 years have transpired from the work’s original publication. If owners failed to pay the fee, the work would enter the public domain, and the public would be free to reproduce, republish or alter it. The Bill’s number is H.R. 2601, read a PDF Here.
Tthe American Association of Law Libraries, the American Library Association, and the Association of Research Libraries sent a letter to Congress expressing their support for the Act.
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