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Re:Dear Google: Public domain compositions exist by bonzini on Monday June 28, 2021 @08:28AM (#27660977)
The latter. If a creator uses copyrighted (or allegedly copyrighted) material, ad revenue goes to the copyright owner.
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Re:Dear Google: Public domain compositions exist by dspillett on Monday June 28, 2021 @09:57AM (#27662028)
> to the copyright owner

The copyright claimant, which may or may not actually own any such right.

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Re:Dear Google: Public domain compositions exist by mkr-hn on Monday June 28, 2021 @10:00AM (#27662056)
Example: copyright trolls claiming videos that use public domain NASA footage.
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Re:Dear Google: Public domain compositions exist by bonzini on Monday June 28, 2021 @11:28AM (#27663157)
Yeah that was implicit in the "allegedly" part.
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