Re:Create Coalition
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We are innovators, creators and consumers united for balanced copyright. Find our coalition starter pack here: https://go.bsky.app/E3vgwHR
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DMCA Safe Harbors protect service providers from liability for their users’ actions, provided that they have policies that properly respond to copyright holders’ notices of alleged infringement. Learn more about why Re:Create supports these safe harbors: recreatecoalition.org/our-issues/d...
DMCA Safe Harbors - Re:Create
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Safe Harbors provide a framework that protects service providers from liability for their users’ actions, as long as they have responsible policies in place...
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January 5, 2026 at 4:36 PM
DMCA Safe Harbors protect service providers from liability for their users’ actions, provided that they have policies that properly respond to copyright holders’ notices of alleged infringement. Learn more about why Re:Create supports these safe harbors: recreatecoalition.org/our-issues/d...
TODAY: After nearly a century, icons from the 1930s, like renditions of Miss Marple, Nancy Drew, Sam Spade, Betty Boop, All Quiet on the Western Front, and the Marx Brothers’ Animal Crackers, finally entered the public domain.
January 1, 2026 at 4:26 PM
TODAY: After nearly a century, icons from the 1930s, like renditions of Miss Marple, Nancy Drew, Sam Spade, Betty Boop, All Quiet on the Western Front, and the Marx Brothers’ Animal Crackers, finally entered the public domain.
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As usual, Mike is spot on. This new AI proposal from Sen. Blackburn is a parade of Internet policy horribles, especially on copyright. FWIW it’s also a million miles away from the President’s approach. www.techdirt.com/2025/12/22/...
Marsha Blackburn Bundles Every Bad Tech Bill Into One, Slaps Trump’s Name On It
Fourteen years ago, right after the FCC issued its order on net neutrality, Marsha Blackburn flipped out and released a video talking (misleadingly!) about how wonderful Facebook and Twitter were a…
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December 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
As usual, Mike is spot on. This new AI proposal from Sen. Blackburn is a parade of Internet policy horribles, especially on copyright. FWIW it’s also a million miles away from the President’s approach. www.techdirt.com/2025/12/22/...
Site-blocking proposals like Block Beard and FADPA pose serious risks to America’s standard of a free and open internet. In a new piece, Re:Create member org @rstreet.bsky.social outlines concerns with this legislation and a path forward: www.rstreet.org/commentary/i...
ISP Site-Blocking is Not the Way to Combat Online Piracy - R Street Institute
Battles over federal taxation and spending policy took up much of the floor time in Congress in 2025. But several tech-related legislative proposals have flown under the radar this year, including a r...
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December 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Site-blocking proposals like Block Beard and FADPA pose serious risks to America’s standard of a free and open internet. In a new piece, Re:Create member org @rstreet.bsky.social outlines concerns with this legislation and a path forward: www.rstreet.org/commentary/i...
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Feeling discontent with civilization? Fear not, it's just about time to celebrate more work ascending into the public domain! We'll see you on the sunny side of the street in January!
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Public Domain Day 2026 | Duke University School of Law
January 1, 2026 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1930 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1925! By Jennifer Jenkins and James Boyle[1] CC BY 4.0 Please note that this site is only about US l...
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December 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Feeling discontent with civilization? Fear not, it's just about time to celebrate more work ascending into the public domain! We'll see you on the sunny side of the street in January!
web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicd...
web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicd...
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Fair use drives innovation that people experience directly through apps, online tools, educational resources, and access to information. These industries posted 3.7% annual productivity growth from 2017 to 2023. See the findings in CCIA’s new report: ccianet.org/research/rep...
25-CCIA-011 Fair Use One Pager-Democrat-V1_3.pdf
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December 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Fair use drives innovation that people experience directly through apps, online tools, educational resources, and access to information. These industries posted 3.7% annual productivity growth from 2017 to 2023. See the findings in CCIA’s new report: ccianet.org/research/rep...
📖🎶🕯️Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was first published on Dec. 19, 1843, so the story has been in the public domain for decades, free for playwrights, filmmakers, and others to adapt and reimagine for changing times, from Mickey’s Christmas Carol to Scrooged.
December 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
📖🎶🕯️Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was first published on Dec. 19, 1843, so the story has been in the public domain for decades, free for playwrights, filmmakers, and others to adapt and reimagine for changing times, from Mickey’s Christmas Carol to Scrooged.
👨🍳Behind every viral holiday recipe is a creator inspired by another! Fair use is the secret ingredient that allows creators to "stitch" and remix content, giving you a front-row seat to new cooking hacks and traditions.
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#stitch with @ @Giada De Laurentiis you really did it with this recipe!
TikTok video by Paul + Richard
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December 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
👨🍳Behind every viral holiday recipe is a creator inspired by another! Fair use is the secret ingredient that allows creators to "stitch" and remix content, giving you a front-row seat to new cooking hacks and traditions.
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Fair use is not just an excuse to copy—it’s a pillar of online speech protection, and disregarding it in order to lash out at a critic should have serious consequences. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Fair Use is a Right. Ignoring It Has Consequences.
Fair use is not just an excuse to copy—it’s a pillar of online speech protection, and disregarding it in order to lash out at a critic should have serious consequences. That’s what we told a federal
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December 18, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Fair use is not just an excuse to copy—it’s a pillar of online speech protection, and disregarding it in order to lash out at a critic should have serious consequences. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
🗓️ As Public Domain Day nears, Re:Create celebrates the creative works and characters entering the public domain, free for anyone to copy, share, and build upon.
December 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
🗓️ As Public Domain Day nears, Re:Create celebrates the creative works and characters entering the public domain, free for anyone to copy, share, and build upon.
Fair use is the backbone of the U.S.’s balanced copyright ecosystem that supports innovation and creativity. @ccianet.bsky.social’s new report finds that in 2023 fair use industries made up 18% of the U.S. economy and employed 22 million employees.
Fair Use in the U.S. Economy - 2025 Edition - CCIA Research Center
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December 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Fair use is the backbone of the U.S.’s balanced copyright ecosystem that supports innovation and creativity. @ccianet.bsky.social’s new report finds that in 2023 fair use industries made up 18% of the U.S. economy and employed 22 million employees.
👏Enforcing the existing law on federal preemption in regards to copyright is a win for creators, consumers, and innovators. Read Re:Create’s full statement on the Administration’s recent executive order on AI and its application on a federal copyright framework: recreatecoalition.org/press_releas...
Re:Create Applauds Enforcement of Federal Copyright's Preemption of Conflicting State AI Legislation - Re:Create
Washington, D.C. – Following President Trump’s signing of an Executive Order on AI, Re:Create Executive Director Brandon Butler issued the following statement in support of the federal copyright frame...
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December 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
👏Enforcing the existing law on federal preemption in regards to copyright is a win for creators, consumers, and innovators. Read Re:Create’s full statement on the Administration’s recent executive order on AI and its application on a federal copyright framework: recreatecoalition.org/press_releas...
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Last week, CDT joined a letter by the RE:CREATE Coalition urging Congress not to move forward on HR 6028, legislation that would separate the Copyright Office from the Library of Congress, without hearings to carefully consider the ramifications of doing so. cdt.org/insights/cdt...
December 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Last week, CDT joined a letter by the RE:CREATE Coalition urging Congress not to move forward on HR 6028, legislation that would separate the Copyright Office from the Library of Congress, without hearings to carefully consider the ramifications of doing so. cdt.org/insights/cdt...
As seen in IPWatchdog Re:Create, @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social, @arl.org, @ccianet.bsky.social, @cdt.org, @eff.org, @publicknowledge.bsky.social & @sparcopen.bsky.social sent a letter to House Leadership urging them to slow down Rep. Morgan Griffith’s HR 6028.
Re:Create Letter to House Leadership on H.R. 6028 - Re:Create
Re_Create Letter on HR 6028Download
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December 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
As seen in IPWatchdog Re:Create, @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social, @arl.org, @ccianet.bsky.social, @cdt.org, @eff.org, @publicknowledge.bsky.social & @sparcopen.bsky.social sent a letter to House Leadership urging them to slow down Rep. Morgan Griffith’s HR 6028.
🌟Unwrapping Balanced Copyright: Tis the season for end-of-year recaps! Many end-of-year recaps include headlines or snapshots of an organization’s year-end news coverage and this is brought to you by fair use!
December 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
🌟Unwrapping Balanced Copyright: Tis the season for end-of-year recaps! Many end-of-year recaps include headlines or snapshots of an organization’s year-end news coverage and this is brought to you by fair use!
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Read our December #PublicPolicyBriefing, by @katherinejk.bsky.social and @kdmccolgan.bsky.social! www.arl.org/our-prioriti...
#AI #copyright #IMLS @carl-abrc.bsky.social @recreatecoalition.bsky.social @archive.org @wipo.int
#AI #copyright #IMLS @carl-abrc.bsky.social @recreatecoalition.bsky.social @archive.org @wipo.int
December 2025 — Association of Research Libraries
Subscribe to the Public Policy Briefing ARL Public Policy Briefing (December 2025) This issue includes: Artificial Intelligence CARL Participates in Consultation for Canada’s AI Strategy Copyright and...
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December 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Our latest #ARLviews blog post by @katherinejk.bsky.social & @marjblu.bsky.social revisits the #LibraryCopyrightAlliance (LCA) statement on #AI & #copyright. LCA's founding members—ARL & @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social—represent 300,000+ info pros and thousands of #libraries www.arl.org/blog/revisit...
Revisiting the Library Copyright Alliance Statement on AI and Copyright — Association of Research Libraries
Have you heard of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA)? We are the voice of the library community on copyright policy. Our founding members—the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the...
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December 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Our latest #ARLviews blog post by @katherinejk.bsky.social & @marjblu.bsky.social revisits the #LibraryCopyrightAlliance (LCA) statement on #AI & #copyright. LCA's founding members—ARL & @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social—represent 300,000+ info pros and thousands of #libraries www.arl.org/blog/revisit...
🎥✂️This #FairUseFriday we are reflecting on how teachers, professionals, filmmakers, songwriters and more all rely on fair use to quote, remix, and build on classic Christmas culture in presentations, movie scenes, songs and more.
Glengarry Glen Christmas: Elf Motivation - SNL
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December 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
🎥✂️This #FairUseFriday we are reflecting on how teachers, professionals, filmmakers, songwriters and more all rely on fair use to quote, remix, and build on classic Christmas culture in presentations, movie scenes, songs and more.
📣 Today: Re:Create applauds the enforcement of federal copyright preemption of conflicting state AI legislation.
Read the full statement: recreatecoalition.org/press_releas...
Read the full statement: recreatecoalition.org/press_releas...
December 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
📣 Today: Re:Create applauds the enforcement of federal copyright preemption of conflicting state AI legislation.
Read the full statement: recreatecoalition.org/press_releas...
Read the full statement: recreatecoalition.org/press_releas...
🚨Re:Create @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @arl.org @cdt.org @ccianet.bsky.social @eff.org @publicknowledge.bsky.social & @sparcopen.bsky.social sent a letter to the House Admin Committee urging careful consideration of HR 6028 which would separate the U.S. Copyright Office from the Library of Congress
December 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🚨Re:Create @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @arl.org @cdt.org @ccianet.bsky.social @eff.org @publicknowledge.bsky.social & @sparcopen.bsky.social sent a letter to the House Admin Committee urging careful consideration of HR 6028 which would separate the U.S. Copyright Office from the Library of Congress
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Some members of the House GOP are trying to cram through (by year's end!) a bill, HR 6028, that reorganizes the Library of Congress and splits off the Copyright Office. It was introduced 28 days ago. No committee has held a hearing!
December 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Some members of the House GOP are trying to cram through (by year's end!) a bill, HR 6028, that reorganizes the Library of Congress and splits off the Copyright Office. It was introduced 28 days ago. No committee has held a hearing!
#ICYMI @bb.usefairuse.com spoke to @bloomberglaw.com Kyle Jahner about the Cox v. Sony oral arguments and the merits of the case. “Cox is basically right, and has a very compelling argument that cutting off internet access is an insane remedy for copyright infringement"
Justices Hunt for Middle Ground on Internet Liability ‘Extremes’
Supreme Court justices grappled for a middle ground in a billion-dollar music-piracy dispute Monday, trying to avoid the extreme outcomes pushed by the parties on when broadband providers can be liabl...
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December 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
#ICYMI @bb.usefairuse.com spoke to @bloomberglaw.com Kyle Jahner about the Cox v. Sony oral arguments and the merits of the case. “Cox is basically right, and has a very compelling argument that cutting off internet access is an insane remedy for copyright infringement"
@progresschamber.org's @adameisgrau.bsky.social argues that CA AB 412 should be rejected because it is premature, technically infeasible, short circuits the courts' considerations on AI and copyright issues, and threatens California’s AI industry and innovation economy:
Three Reasons Why California Should Hit the Stop Button on AB 412: - Chamber of Progress
AB 412 was introduced in the California Assembly in early February of this year to – according to its author and SAG-AFTRA sponsors – protect copyright owners
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December 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
@progresschamber.org's @adameisgrau.bsky.social argues that CA AB 412 should be rejected because it is premature, technically infeasible, short circuits the courts' considerations on AI and copyright issues, and threatens California’s AI industry and innovation economy:
🎁Unwrapping Balanced Copyright: Balanced copyright laws such as fair use protect many of the winter and holiday activities we all enjoy. Check out some examples ⬇️
December 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
🎁Unwrapping Balanced Copyright: Balanced copyright laws such as fair use protect many of the winter and holiday activities we all enjoy. Check out some examples ⬇️