Literature – Law Office of Hilary J. Sumner

New Materials Entering the Public Domain

A host of books, musical works, literary works and art created in 1924 have entered the public domain on January 1st and are now free to use. These materials include books by Edgar Rice Burroughs, plays by Eugene O’Neill and art from Georgia O’Keefe. CLICK HERE FOR FULL ARTICLE

Google’s Library Project Found to be a Fair Use

Google’s Library Project offers digital versions of books sent to the project by libraries. Google has not secured permission to use these works by the copyright holders; however, only certain portions or “snippets” of each of the works is viewable to the users of the project. Once a search term is entered, the service providesContinue reading “Google’s Library Project Found to be a Fair Use”