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“Public Domain Day” Nears, Famous Works Lose Copyright Protections

Bill Gnade

Smithsonian reports that January 1, 2019 marks the end of 95 years of copyright protection for some well-known works, including Robert Frost's beloved poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" and Winston Churchill's "The World Crisis." 

According to the report, at "midnight on New Year's Eve, all works first published in the United States in 1923 will enter the public domain. It has been 21 years since the last mass expiration of copyright in the U.S."

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Quincy Creates First-Ever LGBTQ Commission, Though Mayor Doesn’t See Point

John Cronin

Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch refused to sign a bill the city council passed creating a commission designed to serve the interests of homosexual, bisexual, and transgender residents, saying it's unnecessary and potentially divisive.

"I am not suggesting that a community of our size would not benefit from advocating for greater tolerance and acceptance," Koch said in a letter to the city council, according to the Patriot Ledger. "It is my belief that we are better served when we seek to find common ground rather than advance opportunities for divisiveness."

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