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If you already got a copy of a work while it was public domain, does your copy become copyrighted when this happens? What if you made a derivative work while it
by hiccuphippo 8y ago
If you already got a copy of a work while it was public domain, does your copy become copyrighted when this happens? What if you made a derivative work while it was still public domain? Are you liable of copyright infringement?
- taneq 8y agoI'm guessing that, like most legal things, the answer is "nobody knows until some precedent is set in court." :/
- goodcanadian 8y agoGenerally speaking, under common law, laws aren't applied retroactively. Any copy made while it was legal should be fine. You wouldn't be able to make new copies, however.
- miguelrochefort 8y ago> You wouldn't be able to make new copies, however. Good thing I filled my 1TB hard drive with thousands of identical copies of this work that used to be in the public domain...
- goodcanadian 8y agoAs long as they stay on that hard drive, no problem. You would have to copy it to get it off, however, and that would be a violation.
- pbhjpbhj 8y agoYou can move it. Transferring digital goods is possible.
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- Mindwipe 8y agohttp://dictionaryofiplaw.blogspot.com/2013/10/revived-copyright.html http://dictionaryofiplaw.blogspot.com/2013/10/revived-copyri...