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How Does Fair Use Work, and Why Nobody Can Tell You in Advance
Every version of the rule you have heard — ten percent, thirty seconds, eight bars — is invented. The Copyright Office publishes a database of court cases instead.
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When Does Copyright Expire, and Why It Paused for 20 Years
Between 1999 and 2018 nothing entered the American public domain at all. The three separate clocks that govern copyright, and why most old work expired early.