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A comment on Five Laws of Human Stupidity (1976). Parent comment

Re:Five Laws of Human Stupidity (1976) by adamc on Thursday July 28, 2022 @02:26PM (#32268345)
He needed to put it in the public domain or something similar if he really cared.
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Re:Five Laws of Human Stupidity (1976) by carapace on Thursday July 28, 2022 @03:24PM (#32269028)
> STATED by the Author in its 1986 version as intended for the public domain (and yes, stated again in 1992, despite having re-published this text in 1988, slightly modified, in his "Allegro ma non troppo" copyrighted collection).

Small print at the bottom of the page.

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Re:Five Laws of Human Stupidity (1976) by adamc on Friday July 29, 2022 @02:54PM (#32280509)
Then how is it that his heirs control the rights? Once in the public domain, it stays there.
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Re:Five Laws of Human Stupidity (1976) by carapace on Friday July 29, 2022 @06:13PM (#32282370)
> Then how is it that his heirs control the rights?

They don't.

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