On March 6, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York confirmed that historical events are not subject to copyright protection. 

This is true even if the events were discovered through original research. In Ackerman v. Pink, 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 40028 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 6, 2025), the court explained that…