Happy Public Domain Day: Works That Copyright Extension Stole From Us In 2015

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday January 1, 2015 @01:10AM from the it's-ours-now-we-keep-it dept.

Jennifer Jenkins, Director of Duke's Center for the Study of the Public Domain, points out what could have entered public domain in 2015 but won't and why we need to use the upcoming Public Domain Day to focus on the importance of copyright reform. She writes: "What could have been entering the public domain in the US on January 1, 2015? Under the law that existed until 1978 -- Works from 1958. The films Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Gigi, the books Our Man in Havana, The Once and Future King, and Things Fall Apart, the songs All I Have to Do Is Dream and Yakety Yak, and more -- What is entering the public domain this January 1? Not a single published work."

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Re:revolutionary idea? by daremonai · 2015-01-01 01:41 · Score: 5, Funny

Wait, longer movies? Have you sat through any major film lately? Poor Bilbo Baggins already suffered through 8 or 9 hours of Peter Jackson, and you want to send him back for more?
Re:i vote with my wallet by Anonymous Coward · 2015-01-01 03:00 · Score: 5, Funny

down with the capitalist pigs!