[Irtalk] Why We Still Can't Really Put Anything In The Public Domain... And Why That Needs To Change | Techdirt

[Hilton Gibson]

On the "public domain day" of Copyright Week, Public Knowledge has pointed
out that it's time that it became much easier to put things into the public
domain. Specifically, the PK post highlights that thanks to the way
copyright termination works, even someone who puts their works into the
public domain could pull them back out of the public domain after 35 years.

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150123/15564629797/why-we-still-cant-really-put-anything-public-domain-why-that-needs-to-change.shtml
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