• 1234567ATEUP@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    if you believe they will let it go. Tons of stuff hasnt made its way to the public domain, its all corrupt.

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      4 months ago

      Not sure what you mean. If you mean they’re going to change the law again to extend copyright, note that Disney didn’t even try for Steamboat Willy. I made that argument 5 years prior to it going public domain that Disney wouldn’t bother, and it was already too late to push it through. People still told me there would be some big secret push to get it through Congress. They kept making that argument until literally the week before, when Congress was already out of session for the holidays. It didn’t happen, and Steamboat Willy hit public domain.

      They don’t seem to have the stomach to continue indefinite extensions. Current copyright terms are probably as far as they go.