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Constitution Day 2019 Event featuring Kannon Shanmugam: “The State of the Constitution”

Posted by: Kelly McKenna

Constitution Day, officially known as “Constitution Day and Citizenship Day,” is a federal commemoration observed each year to mark the signing of the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787, and to “recognize all who, by coming of age or by naturalization, have become citizens.” On September 17 2019, the Law Library will honor this day …

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Published Works Enter the Public Domain in the United States for First Time in Twenty Years

Posted by: Kelly McKenna

The following is a repost from the Copyright Office blog, Creativity at Work. This is a guest post by Anandashankar Mazumdar, outreach and education specialist in the Office of Public Information and Education. New Year’s Day 2019 was a landmark for American copyright law. For the first time in twenty years, published works of expression—including …

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