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I was all set to expect my childhood to enter public domain during my adulthood. Fucking DMCA.

robin_reala 6y ago
This has nothing to do with the DMCA. You’re looking for the 1998 Copyright Term Extension Act: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Term_Extension_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Term_Extension_Act
- spacemanmatt 6y ago
  accurate, though connected by lobbyists and beneficiaries
danbolt 6y ago
I dearly wish creators inspired by Star Wars in their childhoods could have reimagined it when they came of age.
- rriepe 6y ago
  If we allowed this to happen, we'd have major motion picture Star Wars blockbusters that were basically fan fiction levels of quality. Can you imagine?
  - danbolt 6y ago
    Sounds great; sign me up! I'd love to watch a Star Wars movie with a budget under 10 million.
    - steverb 6y ago
      You're in luck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zCSSd8QCVk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zCSSd8QCVk It's actually pretty great. For all the wrong reasons, but that doesn't detract from its greatness.
      - spacemanmatt 6y ago
        I love this. Do you like any of the "shittyfluted" music on youtube? I've found several of them hilarious!
  - dmitriid 6y ago
    Yes. It's called JJ Abrams sequels.
  - fckthisguy 6y ago
    There still are a huge number of fan fiction movie projects. They just end up on YouTube now rather than going to Cinemas. If we're we're inundated with low quality fan films, Cinemas simply wouldn't screen them. At the very least, we'd have a chance to see alternative interpretations and tellings of stories involving some of our favorite characters. I'd rather see a passion project set in the Star Wars IP than any of the recent multi-million dollar films.
    - enkid 6y ago
      I think the above comment was implying that the most recent star wars movie(s) is fan fiction quality story wise... Which it was .
    - webmaven 6y ago
      > I'd rather see a passion project set in the Star Wars IP than any of the recent multi-million dollar films. I generally agree, though I thought Rogue One was pretty good.
  - Razengan 6y ago
    Do you mean that’s not what actually happened?
    - Vinnl 6y ago
      I was quite sure that they did mean that that was what happened, but looking at the number of other replies I'm starting to think that I'm the one that misunderstood.
      - rriepe 6y ago
        Same.
  - djbebs 6y ago
    Im not sure why you think thats a problem
  - nathias 6y ago
    that would be a vast improvement on quality, I can't imagine them being worse than they are ...
dheera 6y ago
I don't get it? If you want to voluntarily put your childhood photos in the public domain you always can.
- spacemanmatt 6y ago
  The duration of copyright protection was much shorter when I bound childhood expectations. It was a copyright extension act of congress that monetized all the commercial art in my childhood into my adulthood. My parents did not suffer this legal abuse.
  - Anon1096 6y ago
    Before globalization and huge logistical advances there was barely any way to capitalize on works in the public domain... your parents probably didn't benefit nearly as much as you may think. Also, calling this "legal abuse" in any way is just insulting to true abuse and detracts significantly from your comment.
    - noizejoy 6y ago
      Mr. Disney did alright with the stories published by the brothers Grimm.
      - bambax 6y ago
        Or the Walt Disney's company with works by Victor Hugo.
    - dmitriid 6y ago
      Ah, yes, it was so hard for authors to benefit from their works 95 years after their death. Now it's so easy, and inspires authors to produce great new works even in afterlife.
      - spacemanmatt 6y ago
        <giggle>

This has nothing to do with the DMCA. You’re looking for the 1998 Copyright Term Extension Act: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Term_Extension_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Term_Extension_Act

spacemanmatt 6y ago
accurate, though connected by lobbyists and beneficiaries

danbolt 6y ago

I dearly wish creators inspired by Star Wars in their childhoods could have reimagined it when they came of age.

rriepe 6y ago
If we allowed this to happen, we'd have major motion picture Star Wars blockbusters that were basically fan fiction levels of quality. Can you imagine?
- danbolt 6y ago
  Sounds great; sign me up! I'd love to watch a Star Wars movie with a budget under 10 million.
  - steverb 6y ago
    You're in luck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zCSSd8QCVk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zCSSd8QCVk It's actually pretty great. For all the wrong reasons, but that doesn't detract from its greatness.
    - spacemanmatt 6y ago
      I love this. Do you like any of the "shittyfluted" music on youtube? I've found several of them hilarious!
- dmitriid 6y ago
  Yes. It's called JJ Abrams sequels.
- fckthisguy 6y ago
  There still are a huge number of fan fiction movie projects. They just end up on YouTube now rather than going to Cinemas. If we're we're inundated with low quality fan films, Cinemas simply wouldn't screen them. At the very least, we'd have a chance to see alternative interpretations and tellings of stories involving some of our favorite characters. I'd rather see a passion project set in the Star Wars IP than any of the recent multi-million dollar films.
  - enkid 6y ago
    I think the above comment was implying that the most recent star wars movie(s) is fan fiction quality story wise... Which it was .
  - webmaven 6y ago
    > I'd rather see a passion project set in the Star Wars IP than any of the recent multi-million dollar films. I generally agree, though I thought Rogue One was pretty good.
- Razengan 6y ago
  Do you mean that’s not what actually happened?
  - Vinnl 6y ago
    I was quite sure that they did mean that that was what happened, but looking at the number of other replies I'm starting to think that I'm the one that misunderstood.
    - rriepe 6y ago
      Same.
- djbebs 6y ago
  Im not sure why you think thats a problem
- nathias 6y ago
  that would be a vast improvement on quality, I can't imagine them being worse than they are ...

dheera 6y ago

I don't get it? If you want to voluntarily put your childhood photos in the public domain you always can.

spacemanmatt 6y ago
The duration of copyright protection was much shorter when I bound childhood expectations. It was a copyright extension act of congress that monetized all the commercial art in my childhood into my adulthood. My parents did not suffer this legal abuse.
- Anon1096 6y ago
  Before globalization and huge logistical advances there was barely any way to capitalize on works in the public domain... your parents probably didn't benefit nearly as much as you may think. Also, calling this "legal abuse" in any way is just insulting to true abuse and detracts significantly from your comment.
  - noizejoy 6y ago
    Mr. Disney did alright with the stories published by the brothers Grimm.
    - bambax 6y ago
      Or the Walt Disney's company with works by Victor Hugo.
  - dmitriid 6y ago
    Ah, yes, it was so hard for authors to benefit from their works 95 years after their death. Now it's so easy, and inspires authors to produce great new works even in afterlife.
    - spacemanmatt 6y ago
      <giggle>