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Happy Public Domain Day: Works That Copyright Extension Stole From Us In 2015
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."
Does it sound fair to someone who has never created a single patentable invention in his life? Or written a best-selling novel? Or composed a symphony? Or written a screenplay?
I'm sure it does sound fair to parasites who think they are entitled to other people's work without compensation.
Tubby or not tubby. Fat is the question
well, here's the deal. you didn't make the movie. you don't make movies. othr people do this and it's their job and they want to get paid for it. they make contracts with people to get paid. if you don't want to sign the contract (eg, click the EULA/TOS, etc etc) then don't watch the movie. your position is untenable. it's like me going into a store and saying, i think the price on this TV is too high so I'm just going to steal it instead. get it now?