Monday Morning Coffee – 5 January 2025

by Nate Hoffelder

After a decade of running The Digital Reader, Nate is a veteran web publisher with experience in design, maintenance, recovery, and troubleshooting. What little he doesn't know, he can learn.

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Morning Coffee

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January 5, 2026

Here are a few stories to read this Monday morning.

The Internet Archive published an overview of what entered the public domain in the USA this past week. Can anyone point me to similar posts for other countries?
AI dominated copyright stories last year. Here are 5 plagiarism and copyright stories without it.
A ban on book banning was just one of many laws which took effect in California this past week.

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