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https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2020/
Here are some of the works that will be entering the public domain in 2020. (To find more material from 1924, you can visit the Catalogue of Copyright Entries.)
[...] Unfortunately, the fact that works from 1924 are legally available does not mean they are actually available. After 95 years, many of these works are already lost or literally disintegrating (as with old films and recordings), evidence of what long copyright terms do to the conservation of cultural artifacts. In fact, one of the items we feature below, Clark Gable's debut in White Man, apparently no longer exists. For the works that have survived, however, their long-awaited entry into the public domain is still something to celebrate. (Under the 56-year copyright term that existed until 1978, we would really have something to celebrate – works from 1963 would be entering the public domain in 2020!)
(Score: 5, Interesting) by Snotnose on Thursday January 02 2020, @01:47AM (1 child)
3-4 years ago I decided to encode all 2500 of my CDs (for the 3rd time, sigh, long story). Quickly found out that it's much quicker to look for a torrent and download it. Is that breaking the law? I have the CD. It may not be easy to get to (yeah, you try storing 2500 CDs after a divorce moves you from a 3 br house to a small 1 br apartment) but, if you make me I can find the CD.
Yeah, I was the guy 20 years ago entering track info for Gentle Giant, Van Der Graaf Generator, and such to CDDB. Who turned around and fucked me by going private and selling that info.
Whatever. Seems to me the only thing copyright does nowdays is prevent JJ Abrams from changing Mickey Mouse's origin story. Which, if you think about it, could be pretty fricken awesome.
Trump's Grave will be the world's most popular open air toilet.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 02 2020, @02:17AM
Well, that and deep fakes of Mickey & Minnie Mouse