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Re:Senate passes copyright bill to end 140-year protection f... by lsiebert on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @09:56PM (#18029190)
progress is promoted when people can use existing stuff. Just look at Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and other things remixing existing public domain stuff.
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Re:Senate passes copyright bill to end 140-year protection f... by MereInterest on Saturday September 22, 2018 @02:02AM (#18044720)
Sorry, I forgot how poorly sarcasm translates over text. I completely agree, and think that the current copyright period is far too long, preventing expansion on existing works.
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