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What countries? Has anyone in those countries ever been sued by using public domain works? And if they don't respect Public Domain, why would they respect the C

• voxic11 11y ago
  The CC0 license is long because it attempts to get as close to public domain in as many jurisdictions as possible.
• cyphar 11y ago
  > What countries? Has anyone in those countries ever been sued by using public domain works? It's a question of "can you willfully put your work in the public domain", not " is there an expiry on copyright". It's also possible that some company's lawyers might get unhappy if their company uses such a work. > And if they don't respect Public Domain, why would they respect the CC0 license? Becuase they still have copyright law, they just don't have a concept of public donation. >How is writing "CC0" on the bottom of the page any different than writing "Public Domain" on the bottom of the page? In western countries there's essentially no difference. But because CC0 is an actual legal document that has provisions for jurisdictions that don't recognise public domain as a concept, it's a significant difference.