Intellectual Property

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A place for any and all discussion of intellectual property including:

Discussions about current IP and quasi-IP laws.
The intersection of contract law and IP.
Pro- or anti-IP advocacy (general or specific.)
Licensing terms and specific licenses.
Open Source, Free Software, Copyleft, and adjacent ideas.
Relevant court cases.
Expiration of specific IP rights on particular works.
TILs related to IP.

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Please make an effort not to spread misinformation. Say if something is speculation or if you're unsure of a statement you make.
More rules as I think of them.

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We now live in a world where Steamboat Willie is no longer under copyright in the U.S. (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by TootSweet to c/intellectualproperty

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Never thought I'd see the day.

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[–] NABDad 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

So... Here's a question. If I wanted to download a copy of Steamboat Willie, where could I get it? It seems wrong to look to the high seas.

Edit:

Nevermind. Here it is:

https://archive.org/details/SteamboatWillie

[–] TootSweet 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What's "wrong" about downloading it any particular way? Even if one did subscribe to the idea that "if it's illegal, then it is by extension also wrong," there's nothing illegal about getting it via, say, Bittorrent or IPFS or whatever? It's just a network protocol. And plenty of piracy can be done via HTTP as well. (In fact, one could download Steamboat Willie from the specific Archive.org link you posted yesterday when Steamboat Willie was still under copyright.)

[–] NABDad 1 points 11 months ago

Ah. So, humor is dead then. Ok. I'll make a note of that.