The Mandela Effect and the Law

The Mandela Effect occurs when large groups of people share a collective delusion about some historical event or cultural experience. How does this collective misremembering happen and why is relevant today? Psychology has attempted to explain the reasons for our mistaken memories, as have other fields of study including philosophy, metaphysics, and neuroscience, but what about the law?

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Public Domain Day 2023: IA, IP, and E-Books

Public Domain Day is the yearly celebration of a new group of copyrighted creative works entering the public domain, making them freely accessible to all. Public Domain Day is the perfect opportunity to learn about legal concepts and challenges surrounding intellectual property law and how this evolving area of law affects libraries. The pandemic has increased the demand for access to digital materials as large book publishers merged while library in-person services became limited, resulting in raised tensions between authors, publishers, and libraries.

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