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Public Domain Day 2014

Posted by timothy on from the or-not-so-much dept.

An anonymous reader writes "What could have been entering the public domain in the US on January 1, 2014? Under the law that existed until 1978.... Works from 1957. The books On The Road, Atlas Shrugged, Empire of the Atom, and The Cat in the Hat, the films The Incredible Shrinking Man, The Bridge on the River Kwai, and 12 Angry Men, the article "Theory of Superconductivity," the songs "All Shook Up" and "Great Balls of Fire," and more.... What is entering the public domain this January 1? Not a single published work."

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  1. And none ever will again by TWiTfan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Thanks to Disney and others, the very idea of works EVER entering the public domain will eventually become a relic.

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  2. YOu are so right! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If I weren't sooo lazy, I'd work a bit harder and BOOM! I'd be RICH! Why, if I weren't so lazy, I could get another job on top of my other two, and work some more! After all, I'm only working 80 hours a week and who needs sleep and recreation!

    And we all know that the billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Buffet and all them got where they are by working hard and being honest and forthright people! Anyone can do it!

    We all know that all it takes here in the states is to work hard and wealth is guaranteed! Well, if it weren't for the government regulations.

    I had a chemical disposal business and the fucking EEE, PEEE, AYE stopped me from disposing in the local trout stream! How the hell is one going to make a living with these communist basterds?! And this bullshit nonsense about children getting cancer and whatnot - why there's St. Judes to help them! Business and profits first and health and well being is just a socialist value! Anyway, cancer was created by socialists to punish the hard working creators and rewards the takers!

    And this bullshit of "you didn't build that!" why, the private sector could do just fine building roads and highways and edukating us!

    If you're poor, it's all because of your character! Yes sir! If you worked hard have decent values, you wouldn't be poor!

    Poor people have poor character and they are stupid! It's all their fault! If they would just pull themselves up by their bootstraps like I did, all would be well!

    I tell you, the values in this society have deteriorated. Way back when, those people would be left to starve - as they should - and it allowed for us makers to achieve and better society.