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Finally. This is probably one of the more significant events of the decade. The culture that's locked up behind copyright could have a major societal impact dow
by cocacola1 8y ago
Finally. This is probably one of the more significant events of the decade. The culture that's locked up behind copyright could have a major societal impact down the line.
- philwelch 8y ago> The culture that's locked up behind copyright could have a major societal impact down the line. This stuff is almost 100 years old. It was written for a society very different from our own.
- cocacola1 8y agoThe beauty of the public domain is that it enables people to update that stuff for the modern era. That it can now be widely disseminated is the first step. Look at King Arthur. A thousand year old legend that’s getting another variant next month - The Kid Who Would Be King.
- ryl00 8y ago> This stuff is almost 100 years old. It was written for a society very different from our own. Different, yet still the same in many important ways. If this means great things like Harold Lloyd's seminal comedy Safety Last! will now be freely available, we've all won something...
- ionised 8y agoI don't see how that's relevant.