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Now if only copyright didn't last forever..

• ronsor 3mo ago
  The Berne Convention has permanently burned us there
  • account42 3mo ago
    Past international agreements are only as permanent as the people alive now agree they are. Yes this one will be very hard to change but that's just because there are many powerful interests that want to keep it this way.
• snark_attack 3mo ago
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• cornell532 3mo ago
  Why? The Beatles really wrote and performed Strawberry Fields. Why are you entitled to it for gratis? It’s a taking for public benefit. Ancient writings like Plato or Marcus Aurelius somehow feel different. But high-fidelity live recording feels like it shouldn’t go into the public domain. It’s someone’s commercial work product
  • tekne 3mo ago
    Would they ever have done so without a lifetime of listening to the music and culture of others?
  • goalieca 3mo ago
    Who owns the right for it now? I recall Sony bought it from Michael Jackson.