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Description acceptable. Adam Green co-founded an online "review" named for this status. An event named for this status was popularized in the early 2000s by Wallace McLean and Lawrence Lessig. This status is usually granted after a high value of years p.m.a. as per the Berne Convention. A 1998 law that delayed many things from automatically gaining this status was sponsored by California Congressman Sonny Bono. A mark denoting this status consists of a slash going through a "C." A CC0 (*) ("C-C-zero") license announces to the world that a work has this status. On an informal January 1 holiday, works that newly have this property can legally be added to Project Gutenberg. For 10 points, name this property that artistic works gain when their copyrights expire. ■END■
ANSWER: being in the public domain [accept answers regarding not being under copyright or in the public commons or information commons or commons of the mind; accept Public Domain Review; prompt on being under a creative commons license or being free or not being subject to a license; reject "copyrighted" or "under copyright"]
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= Average correct buzz position
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