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Monthly Archives: December 2019
2020 vision #5: Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin
It’s only a few hours from the new year where I write this, but before I ring in the new year, and a new year’s worth of public domain material, I’d like to put in a request for what music … Continue reading
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2020 vision #4: Ding Dong Merrily on High by George Ratcliffe Woodward and others
It’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas everywhere I go. The library where I work had its holiday party earlier this week, where I joined librarian colleagues singing Christmas, Hanukkah, and winter-themed songs in a pick-up chorus. Radio stations … Continue reading
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2020 vision #3: The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell
“Be a realist. The world is made up of two classes–the hunters and the huntees. Luckily, you and I are hunters.” Sanger Rainsford speaks these words at the start of “The Most Dangerous Game”, one of the most famous short … Continue reading
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2020 vision #2: When We Were Very Young by A. A. Milne
I mentioned in my previous post that I was looking forward to works entering the public domain in the US as a routine annual event. This coming January 1, we’ll have the second large expiration of copyrights in the US … Continue reading
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2020 vision #1: Opportunity
In just thirty days from when this post appears, a new crop of works will join the public domain. Exactly what will come out of copyright will vary by country. In Europe and other places with “life+70 years” copyright terms, … Continue reading
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