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> Anything from before the 1980s should just be on YouTube Agreed, but because all of that should be public domain at this point. The idea that some company n
by LordDragonfang 2y ago
> Anything from before the 1980s should just be on YouTube
Agreed, but because all of that should be public domain at this point. The idea that
some company needs rent-seeking motivation to allow people to view 50-year old media literally until everyone who could have consumed it when it was published is dead is absurd.
- giancarlostoro 2y agoI wanted to say that too, but I rather take any wins we can get. I mean, the best part is, if they made their movies public domain THEN put them all on youtube, they would earn so much ad revenue from them being on their YouTube accounts.
- bsimpson 2y agoIt's such a scandal that even though the original Mickey Mouse cartoons are finally in the public domain, the Mickey Mouse Protection Act is still preventing anything created in our lifetimes from ever joining the public domain during them.