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> All works first published or released before January 1, 1926, have lost their copyright protection, effective January 1, 2021. That's not the entire story. S
by jcranmer 5y ago
> All works first published or released before January 1, 1926, have lost their copyright protection, effective January 1, 2021.
That's not the entire story. Sound recordings are a separate category, and pre-1923 sound recordings have a special clause that means they don't enter public domain until 2022.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/1401 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/1401
- gundmc 5y agoSo this is WAI per current copyright laws?
- cybersol 5y agoFor now, at least until they extend it another 100 years.
- tablespoon 5y ago> For now, at least until they extend it another 100 years. I don't think there's the political will to keep doing that. https://creativecommons.org/2018/01/15/copyright-term-extension-finally-done/ https://creativecommons.org/2018/01/15/copyright-term-extens...
- jcranmer 5y agoI strongly suspect that Youtube makes no attempt to assess whether or not the claimed copyright is in fact in the public domain, so I wouldn't quite call it "working as intended." But, for the next few months, it's not wrong.