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On January 25, 2019, Creative Commons and the Internet Archive hosted the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/public-domain-reopening/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Grand Re-Opening of the Public Domain</a>, a celebration that featured keynote addresses by Lawrence Lessig and Cory Doctorow, lightning talks, demos, multimedia displays and more to mark the “re-opening” of the public domain in the United States. The event took place at the Internet Archive in San Francisco.

The public domain is our shared cultural commons, a near limitless trove of creativity that’s been reused, remixed, and reimagined over centuries to create new works of art and science. Content in the public domain may be reused in a limitless capacity without any intellectual property restrictions.