Post #83985
2025-12-20 01:54 UTC
Replies (14)
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@sns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2025-12-20 05:42
We've been robbed of the public domain - pirate everything with a clear conscience.
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@A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 2025-12-20 07:45
I love the use of color in some movie posters and book covers; clearly full color reproduction had not become the default (in public perception) yet:  
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@ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 2025-12-20 15:45
This just highlights how badly copy right law in general needs to be reformed.
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@kilgore_trout@feddit.it 2025-12-20 06:20
[2026 is Public Domain - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_public_domain)
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@Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 2025-12-20 14:23
One of the now public films is the war film "Hell's Angels" (about fighter pilots, not bikers). It's directed by Howard Hughes, I thought "that's odd" because he was an airplane designer, not a director; so I looked it up on Wikipedia. The more I read the more Hughes' project sounded like a parallel to dumb shit Elon is doing, buying a social media outlet... okay, making a major motion picture... sure, firing a third of the company and running it into the ground... predictable, getting several people killed during filming and never recouping the cost of production... wow. Hughes has a reputation as an eccentric reclusive genius, he designed some great aircraft, he made a lot of money, but he was problematic whenever he stepped out of his lane. We're probably lucky he never got into politics. But here's what really caught my eye, (I'll quote from the Wikipedia page). >When Paul Mantz, the principal stunt pilot, informed Hughes that a stunt in the final scene was too dangerous, Hughes piloted the aircraft himself, but crashed; he suffered a skull fracture and had to undergo facial surgery as well. Three stunt pilots and a mechanic died in accidents during filming. I'm not sure if Hughes really "learned his lesson" from that, but I'm willing to bet that coming that close to death would affect anyone. How do we get Elon to do anything that would actually give him pause? How do we get him a life altering experience (not necessarily a *near death experience,* but I'm not oppressed to that either)?
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@JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org 2025-12-20 10:53
Just a little warning: US copyright works different than copyright in other countries. So be careful if you're not living in the land of the crazy orange one and look up your local rules. Publishers will defend their copyrights even if something is public domain in the US.
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@kilgore_trout@feddit.it 2025-12-20 06:17
[Standard Books new entries in 2026](https://standardebooks.org/blog/public-domain-day-2026)
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@selokichtli@lemmy.ml 2025-12-20 14:12
It's ridiculous. Fuck the Mickey Mouse Protection Act.
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@Zen_Shinobi@lemmy.world 2025-12-20 12:01
A little early to celebrate? ;)
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@kilgore_trout@feddit.it 2025-12-20 06:20
[What will enter Public Domain in 2026?](https://publicdomainreview.org/features/entering-the-public-domain/2026/)
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@prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2025-12-20 13:02
Marx Bros entering public domain? Hell yes.
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@Sine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world 2025-12-21 15:55
I love the public domain
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@chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 2025-12-20 04:26
Waiting till the traditional and best-known version of the Imperialist Rat (read Mickey) enter public domain
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@MildlyConcerned@lemmy.world 2025-12-20 14:41