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The Something Awful Forums > Main > General Bullshit > Just gonna post some public domain shiz BECAUSE I LEGALLY CAN NOW
 
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Stonehouse Beach
Feb 8, 2019
 Nosferatu is goony as gently caress. But the version of it I had bookmarked now ironically brings up...


You Are A Elf posted:

I know public domain status was originally 70 years, but Disney kept lobbying to extend Mickey Mouse’s status and copyright in general and now here we are.
It was originally way less than that, ~5 years. The further it gets beyond that, the harder it is to justify violating the 1st Amendment for the public good. But of course the real function of copyright is rent-seeking for human expression.

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The Something Awful Forums > Main > General Bullshit > Just gonna post some public domain shiz BECAUSE I LEGALLY CAN NOW