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Most people I know don't have any concept that copyright does or should expire. They think if Disney makes a movie, it's Disney's movie forever.
by nfoz 4y ago
Most people I know don't have any concept that copyright does or should expire. They think if Disney makes a movie, it's Disney's movie forever.
- LadyCailin 4y agoIf it didn’t, Disney would not exist, given all the public domain works they have built the company off of.
- nfoz 4y agoI know, but they don't. Outside of creative tech/art spheres, most people don't know much of anything about copyright, and telling them about "works expiring into the public domain" seems to violate their preconceived ideas about "property". It's tragic.
- infogulch 4y ago> Disney would not exist Nonsense. Disney would make plenty of money on Frozen 17 with Snow White in the public domain. Extreme copyright lifetimes just stifle public creativity and are an excuse to implement draconian and authoritarian practices.
- musicale 4y agoI assume PP meant if copyright didn't expire, Disney wouldn't exist. Though I'm not sure that Disney would have been deterred in every case.