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Cabinet Magazine has a great graf that shows the stagnation of the public domain, as well as an interactive version showing the same. If the numbers are right, then this battle to restore (in effect) a renewal requirement is the most important battle to reclaim the public domain that we could wage.

We have posted another letter written to members of Congress from directors and actors about the threat that endless copyright terms creates for our culture. As the letter argues, most of the film from the 1920s and 1930s is not commercially exploited, which means most of the film from the 1920s and 1930s sits unpreserved and rotting away. But because of copyright regulations, it is effectively impossible to restore this film until the copyright expires. And when weill that be exactly?

Meanwhile, we’re approaching 12,000 signatures, which is great great news. Please help spread the news.

So we’ve hit 10,000. This is extraordinarily great news. Thank you to everyone.

We are approaching 10,000 on our petition. That is our goal for this week — so please use the excuse of the weekend to pester your friends. There are more announcements next week, but please do what you can to help now.

for the Reclaim the Public Domain petition.