Recently, The Washington Post wrote an article about copyright in cooking, following a new copyright fight between baker and TikTok influencer, Brooke Bellamy, and food writer Nagi Maehash. Their dispute raises a key question: Can anyone own a recipe? The short answer is “No” – basic recipes are beyond copyright’s boundary: they live in the public domain. Authors, chefs, and…

This month marks 10 years since Re:Create launched! Since 2015, Re:Create has championed balanced copyright policies that protect a free and open internet, benefit creators, users and innovators, and safeguard the core American value of free expression. To honor our past and ongoing efforts to support a pro-innovation, pro-consumer, pro-creator copyright framework, Re:Create members highlighted the decade of impact the…

Through countless campaigns and lawsuits, Big Content has waged a 100 plus years war to throttle and tax emerging technology, ignoring the role it plays in expanding access to information, sparking creativity, and fostering innovation. Contrary to Big Content’s wild claims that these platforms and technologies were dedicated to infringement, cassette tapes, MP3 Players, and online platforms have been vital…

A vibrant public domain is a critical aspect of a balanced copyright system that supports creators and spurs innovation. After 95 years, characters like Popeye, books like “Tarzan and the Lost Empire” and even the voice of Mickey Mouse are in the public domain for the first time in 2025. This allows creators to reimagine characters with new personalities and…

Whether you call yourself an influencer, content creator, blogger, or YouTuber, all “creators” rely on fair use to make and share their content. Whether it’s using trending audio for a video, a health blogger quoting an article about the benefits of walking 10,000 steps a day, or parodying an overused catchphrase with snippets from dozens of films, many of the…

Happy back to school season! As students and teachers return to school, Re:Create created an infographic to highlight how fair use protects many of the daily activities in education. From quoting a book in a research report, to using the tune of “Revolution” to make a new song about the Revolutionary War to creating a comic strip to retell a…

Everyone interacts with copyright everyday. Just as the law gives authors a copyright for their creativity, the law recognizes that everyone has a right to make Fair Use of copyrighted works. Most people rely on their Fair Use rights everyday without realizing it. Journalists rely on their Fair Use rights constantly. From quoting to clipping to publishing, Fair Use allows…

Everyone interacts with copyright everyday. Just as the law gives authors a copyright for their creativity, the law recognizes that everyone has a right to Fair Use. Indeed, most people rely on their Fair Use rights everyday. Capitol Hill relies on Fair Use for daily tasks and common responsibilities. From social media to memes to quotes to AI tools, Fair…