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The "20th-century black hole" refers to the gap in the public domain caused by overly restrictive copyright laws that came to affect works published since that time period.[a] The term, coined by librarians, was first used in a general publication[1] in a 2009 Financial Times article by James Boyle.[2] The black hole particularly affects cultural institutions that have to preserve and make available collections that are still in copyright.

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  1. ^ Generally post-1923 in the United States (prior to the copyright thaw that began on January 1, 2019).

References

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  1. ^ Fallon, Julia. "The missing decades: the 20th century black hole in Europeana". europeana pro. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  2. ^ Boyle, James. "A copyright black hole swallows our culture". Financial Times. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
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