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2024's public domain is a banger

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Re: 2024's public domain is a banger

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Post by beacon294 »

MichaelZuo wrote: post #9
Eric_WVGG wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it's because the list just isn't all that interesting… are you as hyped about all the new works based on Virginia Wolfe's Orlando as I am? Academically, it's interesting to think over the media that would already be in public domain had Sonny Bono and Clinton not sold us out… basically everything through World War II, and (since all anyone brings up is Steamboat Willie ) all the big foundational Disney movies…

If no one on the entire internet cares enough to compile a list enumerating at least a single percentage fraction of such works, then it suggest the news itself is not that important to any actual, tangible, individual.

Things don't have to be momentous to have a measurable impact in the long term. Unwinding intangible property rights has tremendous value for the public, and we should get it sooner.

Re: 2024's public domain is a banger

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Post by boomboomsubban »

gweinberg wrote: post #7

This is the third "happy public domain day" post I've seen here, and they've all been remarkably sparse when it comes to actually listing what comes into the public domain. Maybe a dozen or so books, I know they can't list everything but I'd like to see at least a few hundred.

https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/cce/to1949.html#y1928

Re: 2024's public domain is a banger

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Post by tootie »

Eric_WVGG wrote: post #8
gweinberg wrote: post #7

This is the third "happy public domain day" post I've seen here, and they've all been remarkably sparse when it comes to actually listing what comes into the public domain. Maybe a dozen or so books, I know they can't list everything but I'd like to see at least a few hundred.

I think it's because the list just isn't all that interesting… are you as hyped about all the new works based on Virginia Wolfe's Orlando as I am? Academically, it's interesting to think over the media that would already be in public domain had Sonny Bono and Clinton not sold us out… basically everything through World War II, and (since all anyone brings up is Steamboat Willie ) all the big foundational Disney movies…

It was a good book and there's already a pretty solid film adaptation. I'm not sure how much more we can do with Orlando. That being said, it's a great story to come back to relevance in 2024.

Re: 2024's public domain is a banger

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Post by stavros »

Eric_WVGG wrote: post #8
gweinberg wrote: post #7

This is the third "happy public domain day" post I've seen here, and they've all been remarkably sparse when it comes to actually listing what comes into the public domain. Maybe a dozen or so books, I know they can't list everything but I'd like to see at least a few hundred.

I think it's because the list just isn't all that interesting… are you as hyped about all the new works based on Virginia Wolfe's Orlando as I am? Academically, it's interesting to think over the media that would already be in public domain had Sonny Bono and Clinton not sold us out… basically everything through World War II, and (since all anyone brings up is Steamboat Willie ) all the big foundational Disney movies…

And, as the article says, all the media that would still exist if copying it wasn't prohibited.

Re: 2024's public domain is a banger

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

MichaelZuo wrote: post #9
Eric_WVGG wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it's because the list just isn't all that interesting… are you as hyped about all the new works based on Virginia Wolfe's Orlando as I am? Academically, it's interesting to think over the media that would already be in public domain had Sonny Bono and Clinton not sold us out… basically everything through World War II, and (since all anyone brings up is Steamboat Willie ) all the big foundational Disney movies…

If no one on the entire internet cares enough to compile a list enumerating at least a single percentage fraction of such works, then it suggest the news itself is not that important to any actual, tangible, individual.

Which I think -- in my personal opinion -- is strong evidence that copyright terms are too long.

We (the demos) are supposed to give people a time-limited monopoly in return for them ultimately enriching the public domain. If the works entering the public domain are spent then we need to adjust the deal until it heavily benefits the pubic domain -- the works should still be culturally relevant, so they should be works that are at most [let's say] 30 years old where a parent could share the cultural experiences of works from their own youth with a child.

Re: 2024's public domain is a banger

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Post by throw_pm23 »

citizenkeen wrote: post #15
throw_pm23 wrote: post #14

What can you (and would want to) do with Mickey Mouse that you couldn't do yesterday?

Make a horror game where Mickey Mouse is hunting you? https://store.steampowered.com/app/2635640/Infestation_88/

OK, so someone somewhere had thought of this. Would _you_ be interested in it?
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