Public Domain

339 readers

1 users here now

Share and discuss writing, music, film, and other files, documents, and stories that are in the public domain.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

WandererLagomorph770

Popeye, Tintin and more will enter the public domain in the new year (www.npr.org)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/publicdomain

2 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Zachariah 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Copyright's awesome … but the fact that rights eventually expire, that's a good thing, too, because that's the wellspring for creativity," says Jennifer Jenkins, the director of Duke's Center for the Study of the Public Domain, which spends months poring over records to compile the most famous examples.

Once in the public domain, these works become fodder for remakes, spinoffs and other adaptations.

Once in the public domain, the works don’t even need to be monetized anymore (“… remakes, spinoffs and other adaptations…”). The important part is the ideas are once again owned by the culture that inspired them after a (should be) short monopoly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I think that's a political statement. Like we're for public domain- but normal copyright, copyright is a rock star and we completely love and respect it