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A comment on Ask HN: Finding the Australian Aboriginal flag in all artworks. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Finding the Australian Aboriginal flag in all art... by ithkuil on Monday August 17, 2020 @11:33AM (#24188212)
well, you first have to create a drawing yourself and somehow get a nation state to adopt it as a national flag. Order of events matters.
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Re:Ask HN: Finding the Australian Aboriginal flag in all art... by sloaken on Monday August 17, 2020 @11:37AM (#24188240)
Like the 'happy birthday' song, if it is not already copyrighted .... and who would copyright their national flag.
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Re:Ask HN: Finding the Australian Aboriginal flag in all art... by 0xfaded on Monday August 17, 2020 @11:51AM (#24188366)
Happy birthday is now public domain https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Birthday_to_You
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Re:Ask HN: Finding the Australian Aboriginal flag in all art... by goodcanadian on Monday August 17, 2020 @12:15PM (#24188629)
Well, technically, the claim was never valid, but I guess it was easier to avoid the song or pay up than it was to take it to court.
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