December 5, 2019

Last Updated:
October 28, 2026

The USCO explains Copyright on the Internet

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The US Copyright Office's December 2019 blog post "Copyright on the Internet" explains how copyright applies to material you find online. It points to lawful ways to build content without asking permission each time: fair use, public domain images, and works shared under Creative Commons licenses. This page only links to the original post on the Library of Congress blog, so read it there for the details.

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