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Re:Love Zombies? Thank the Public Domain by Polylactic_acid on Thursday February 27, 2020 @09:30PM (#22440032)
The exact number can be tuned but there is nothing wrong with being somewhat arbitrary. The age we let people drink is arbitrary. Why 18, why not 19 or 17. Its just a number picked to be good enough.

>Don't forget some people might take years of thinking about a story before ever releasing it publicly.

It applies as soon as you release it publicly. Copyright doesn't instantly apply as soon as an idea pops in to your head. It only applies as soon as you can prove you created it at a date.

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Re:Love Zombies? Thank the Public Domain by judge2020 on Friday February 28, 2020 @01:01AM (#22440836)
> The age we let people drink is arbitrary

Maybe this was childhood conditioning but I was told 21 is the general age where your brain is fully developed so that drinking alcohol doesn't affect your cognitive growth.

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Re:Love Zombies? Thank the Public Domain by bcrosby95 on Friday February 28, 2020 @02:00AM (#22441041)
Mid 20's actually. Some earlier some later. Even as late as their early 30s.
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