On January 1, 2020, works from 1924 will enter the US public domain,1 where they will be free for all to use and build upon, without permission or fee.
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The United States as a Developing Nation: Revisiting the Peculiarities of American History
It has recently been suggested that the economic departure of the United States after the Civil War marked a ‘Second Great Divergence’.
How the world’s old printing presses are being brought back to life
A FEW YEARS ago Russell Maret, a New York artist, found himself puzzling over a question. In the 1920s and 1930s some preindustrial fonts were revived by Stanley Morison, a great British typographer. They transformed the quality of book-printing.
The Far Side is officially online for the first time, with new comics to come
Iconic comic strip The Far Side launched its official website today, which debuted with a selection of classic cartoons, doodles from creator Gary Larson’s sketchbooks, and a letter from the cartoonist himself.
I wrote the book on “sharenting.” Here’s how you can do right by your kids online
To save Neverland, Peter Pan fought the pirates. To save their childhood, youth today need us, their parents, to fight against our “sharenting” habits.
Disney
On the Internet, No One Knows You’re Not Rich. Except This Account.
It’s easy to look successful on Instagram. Now, getting caught out is easy, too. In February, an Instagram account called @BallerBusters cropped up and began wreaking havoc on the flashy Instagram entrepreneur community.
TV, or not TV: The story of our bike box
It was a simple idea. But it exploded. In 2015 we began shipping our bikes to the USA. The only problem was that a lot of them were arriving to their new customers damaged. Annoying for them and expensive for us.
Decline of local journalism is likely increasing voter polarization
Front pages of newspapers throughout the world are featured outside the Newseum in 2008. With fewer sources of local news and greater access to national media outlets, voters are becoming more polarized. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images file photo) In May 2017, former Republican Rep.
The Internet Archive Is Making Wikipedia More Reliable
Wikipedia is the arbiter of truth on the internet. It’s what settles arguments at bars. It supplies answers for the information snippets you see on your Google or Bing search results. It’s the first stop for nearly everyone doing online research.