Re:January 1, 2023 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1927 are...
by satvikpendem on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @05:49PM
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Then what happens as humans solve aging and no one dies? There should be an age limit regardless of natural or corporate persons.
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Re:January 1, 2023 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1927 are...
by unity1001 on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @06:42PM
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> Then what happens as humans solve aging and no one dies?
Then everything will change. Concepts like copyright would end up irrelevant.
Re:January 1, 2023 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1927 are...
by geerlingguy on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @06:07PM
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> solve aging and no one dies
I believe this may be an HN bubble thing. Fusion energy will be commercialized hundreds if not thousands of years before that will be reality.
Re:January 1, 2023 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1927 are...
by satvikpendem on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @06:15PM
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I was being slightly facetious ;). However it is something I've thought about before, what happens to societies when no one dies, whether we'll keep the same customs and societal opinions forever, etc.
Re:January 1, 2023 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1927 are...
by elliekelly on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @06:42PM
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You might enjoy Kurt Vonnegut’s short story 2BR02B. The Wikipedia article[1] has links to several different places you can read or listen to it for free. (Though I’m a bit confused as to how his work is already in the public domain since he only died relatively recently?)
Re:January 1, 2023 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1927 are...
by tmtvl on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @09:35PM
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It may have been published without a copyright notice? As it was published between 1927 and 1977, that would explain why it's in the public domain: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Hirtle_chart
Re:January 1, 2023 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1927 are...
by WXLCKNO on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @11:08PM
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Death and fusion will both be solved instantly once super human AI arrives.
Possibly because it will kill us all immediately but maybe it will solve those things for us.
Re:January 1, 2023 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1927 are...
by satvikpendem on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @02:01PM
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You know what they say, give a man a fire and you'll keep him warm for a day. Set a man on fire and you'll keep him warm for the rest of his life.
Re:January 1, 2023 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1927 are...
by anthonypasq on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @10:43AM
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i think you're a little off the mark. Google Aubrey de Grey. Ageing isnt that tough of a problem
Re:January 1, 2023 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1927 are...
by dudul on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @05:55PM
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I feel like we can revisit when we reach this point :)
Re:January 1, 2023 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1927 are...
by dmitriid on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @03:13AM
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Melancholy Elephants, a Hugo-winning short story, answers that: http://www.spiderrobinson.com/melancholyelephants.html