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Truth is stranger than fiction — and more fun. Here are the four best docs of 2022.

Tweet       By Jennifer Jenkins, Director of Duke’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain January 1, 2023 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1927 are open to all! On January 1, 2023, copyrighted works from 1927 will enter the US public domain. 1  They will be free for all to copy, share, and build upon. These include Virginia Woolf’s To The Lighthouse and the final Sherlock

Demands by lawmakers and government officials for locally produced content may lead to online censorship.

The First Amendment shields Americans from censorship, but authoritarian legislation in Britain and Canada warns of what could be in store if that protection fails.

Bill C-11, the Trudeau Liberals’ contentious Online Streaming Act, inched closer to approval this week.

A few weeks ago, Michael Geist began calling attention to plans in Canada to introduce a copyright reform bill that seemed to basically give Hollywood everything it wanted. This resulted in protests, phone calls, emails, letters, faxes and many other forms of communication as concerned Canadian citizens made it clear to their government that they…

The state of Canadian media in four graphs, according to new census data.

Yes, says Dr. Steve. Or worse.

A lucky Tyee reader will win two tickets to ‘Are we not drawn onward to new erA’ and a $100 Modo gift certificate.

The late, noted author (and Tyee commenter) on Indigenous blockades, her most controversial book, life in Tahsis, and more.