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We now live in a world where Steamboat Willie is no longer under copyright in the U.S.
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this post was submitted on 01 Jan 2024
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It's still illegal for me! Two more hours to go.
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.
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Nevermind. Here it is:
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.)
Ah. So, humor is dead then. Ok. I'll make a note of that.
Amazed they haven't wrangled another extension or even permanent copyright. A day for celebrations.