By Natasha Cornelissen
May 22, 2026
NEWS & ESSAYS
SPOTLIGHT
MUSIC REVIEWS
THE COMMONS
THE COMMONS
The Commons is Unmixed’s public discourse platform. It is not an open comment free-for-all, and it is not a one-directional editorial broadcast.
It is a curated exchange between:
Editors
Artists
Organizers
Readers
Cultural workers
Scene participants
We publish contradiction.
We welcome disagreement.
We reject harm disguised as “opinion.”
U.S. Copyright Office proposed the registration fees’≈43%
increase. In return, they received 164 comments from some of the nation's most influential creative and news organizations; the response suggests widespread concern about the accessibility of copyright protection.