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I think they are implying that public domain works are attacked globally because a company thinks they own it in one country. Take Happy Birthday, for example:

by dafoex 6y ago

I think they are implying that public domain works are attacked globally because a company thinks they own it in one country. Take Happy Birthday, for example: in the UK it is considered a traditional song and is therefore public domain, but in the US there are no such protections against copyright and therefore Time Warner thinks they own it.

est31 6y ago
> in the US there are no such protections against copyright and therefore Time Warner thinks they own it. I don't think even they think that anymore: > On June 28, 2016, the final settlement was officially granted and the court declared that the song was in the public domain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Birthday_to_You#Copyright_status https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Birthday_to_You#Copyrigh...