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Re:Love Zombies? Thank the Public Domain by diffeomorphism on Friday February 28, 2020 @05:05AM (#22441741)
Obviously yes? The social contract is "we are willing to give you a time-limited monopoly, so that you get compensated for the work you did".

Are you seriously arguing that star wars was financially unsuccessful and needs many more decades to break even?

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Re:Love Zombies? Thank the Public Domain by buckminster on Friday February 28, 2020 @10:59AM (#22443637)
Yet you would struggle to find the original movie, even if it was public domain. I'm pretty sure they keep updating Star Wars so that no available copy will ever fall out of copyright.
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