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Re:January 1, 2023 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1927 are... by hnfong on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @12:56AM (#34077187)
... and immediately get bankrupt by copyright litigation.

A lot of distribution of media is set in the previous century, where distribution rights are negotiated on a per country basis.

It sucks, and I wholly support copyright reform to address these issues, but making Disney etc into Pirate Bay isn't the way to solve the problem.

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Re:January 1, 2023 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1927 are... by asdfaoeu on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @01:35AM (#34077401)
He was talking about independent studios though.
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Re:January 1, 2023 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1927 are... by hnfong on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @01:41AM (#34077435)
Ah, you're right.
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Re:January 1, 2023 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1927 are... by ajsnigrutin on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @08:27AM (#34080428)
This whole thread is about copyright reform, and what should be done to make it better... and that includes this.
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