Tailor of Gloucester by Beatrix Potter from the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Library’s Rare Book Collection on Juvenile Literature.
Beatrix Potter’s work, while already considered in the Public Domain in the United States, entered the public domain in Europe this year, 70 years after her death.
On this side of the pond, nothing new will enter the Public Domain until 2019, due to a 1998 law increasing copyright to 95 years or more for works published after 1923.
We missed a post on Public Domain Day, the first of the year, but wanted to shed a little light on the topic, regardless. Find out more at the Duke Center for the Study of the Public Domain.
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eatrix Potter was born July 28, 1866. That makes today the sesquicentennial celebration of her birth.
Did you know that in addition to children’s literature, she dabbled in mycology, the study of fungi? Take a look at her amazing illustrations at the Armitt Museum and Library. They are wowsers! Here’s a sneak peek:
A Pretty Taste for Paradox 