[HN Gopher] Welcome to the Public Domain in 2025
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       Welcome to the Public Domain in 2025
        
       Author : ecliptik
       Score  : 106 points
       Date   : 2025-01-01 16:59 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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       | philips wrote:
       | Standard ebooks has coverage too:
       | https://standardebooks.org/blog/public-domain-day-2025
        
       | einpoklum wrote:
       | > On January 1, 2025, we celebrate published works from 1929 and
       | published sound recordings from 1924 entering the public domain!
       | 
       | We live in repressive societies in which the state forbids making
       | copies of things for 100 years.
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       | And it annoys me even more when I remember these restrictions can
       | be traced back to the corrupt protectionist collusion between
       | British Queen Anne and the printers' guild:
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       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute_of_Anne
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       | ... but even they did not presume to prohibit copying for more
       | than 14 years. Now it's seven times longer than that.
        
       | vouaobrasil wrote:
       | Awesome. But the world would be even better if copyright expired
       | after 60 years. That should be enough time for a 30-year old to
       | get their share's worth of royalties until they're 90.
        
       | gandalfian wrote:
       | In the USA... In the UK, for instance, even old copyrights tend
       | to run from the death of the creator. So it's still a long wait
       | for a Hitchcock film.
        
         | anthk wrote:
         | Connect to a USA server over RDP or SSH, read Gutenberg ebooks
         | and watch movies there :D
        
       | ChrisArchitect wrote:
       | Related:
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       |  _What will enter the public domain in 2025?_
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       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42290448
        
       | JKCalhoun wrote:
       | I have to say that, looking at the films from 1930, I am a good
       | deal more excited about next year:
       | https://www.imdb.com/list/ls000050037/
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       | Man, what was in the water in 1930.
        
         | doubletwoyou wrote:
         | Probably a healthy dose of lead, arsenic, and all that other
         | goodness.
        
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