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And yet in spite of that, you seem to be ignoring how copyright works.

• nemo44x 4y ago
  Even if there was a copyright claim (not convinced there was), the owner of the copyright (not the artist as they sold that to the publisher) never took action. Don’t you have to defend your copyrights in order for them to be considered not public domain?
  • singpolyma3 4y ago
    No. You need to sue in order for anything to happen. Laws do not enforce themselves. But no, you do not need to do anything to be considered "not public domain" but rather the opposite.
  • ghaff 4y ago
    >Don’t you have to defend your copyrights in order for them to be considered not public domain No. That's more a matter of trademark law. In general (IANAL) I assume an artist's estate could decide to start suing people even though the artist didn't. Though there may be some other wrinkles to them actually collecting money.