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What really sends home just how ridiculously long it takes public domain to kick in to me is that Mein Kampf is on that list. It feels like something that even
by Fordec 10mo ago
What really sends home just how ridiculously long it takes public domain to kick in to me is that Mein Kampf is on that list.
It feels like something that even in 1996 would have been a bit eye-raisingly overdue.
- chistev 10mo agoWhat does it mean to be in public domain
- fsckboy 10mo agothat the Hitler estate can't sue you for copyright infringement if you publish it yourself and distribute copies.
- chistev 10mo agoInteresting that he still has an estate. And thanks for explaining what it means
- gbear605 10mo agoIn practice, there was not a Hitler estate - the government of Bavaria (a state in Germany) took ownership of the copyright.
- fsckboy 10mo agoHitler did have a nephew by blood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stuart-Houston https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stuart-Houston and I guess a few others, but dwindling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_family https://nypost.com/2018/10/08/some-of-hitlers-last-relatives-are-living-secret-lives-on-long-island/ https://nypost.com/2018/10/08/some-of-hitlers-last-relatives...
- j2kun 10mo ago...did they exercise it?
- gbear605 10mo agoRather the opposite, they disallowed anyone from printing copies
- realityking 10mo agoEstate is a common law concept. There’s no direct equivalent in German law.
- teraflop 10mo agoThat question is answered by the first sentence on the page that this thread is discussing: > At the start of each year, on January 1st, a new crop of works enter the public domain and become free to enjoy, share, and reuse for any purpose.
- estsauver 10mo agoThat is only for Spain, which has copyright of Death of Author + 80.
- rzz3 10mo agoThen why is he listed in that table? I don’t get it.
- GolDDranks 10mo agoBecause that table is "Entering the public domain in countries with life + 80 years".
- mikae1 10mo agoAre you mistaking William Faulkner's mustache for Hitler's?
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- culi 10mo agoIt's absolutely ridiculous and has almost everything to do with Disney trying to maintain their hold on Mickey Mouse. Every single time his expiration came up they managed to lobby for an extension and now we're left with this current mess of a system
- actionfromafar 10mo agoWow, I didn't know the connections between Mickey Mouse and Mein Kampf ran that deep. ;-)
- Oarch 10mo agoI was like you once... takes long drag from cigarette