January 1, 2023 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1927 are open to all

Re:January 1, 2023 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1927 are... by haspok on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @03:00AM (#34077891)

There is no "95 years after publication" rule in the EU, so you cannot say the Sonny Bono act was a "harmonization".

Wikipedia also states (with some sources), that "Since 1990, The Walt Disney Company had lobbied for copyright extension." It was in their best interest, they had the money, so no surprises there. I'm sure they weren't the only ones, but the largest, for sure.

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Re:January 1, 2023 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1927 are... by mannerheim on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @08:34AM (#34080507)

True, although in this case the US law is perhaps better than the EU one; the EU lacks any exceptions for works of joint authorship, including works for hire, so it's 70 years from the death of the last surviving author, which would usually exceed 95 years.

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