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Fordectoday at 4:28 AM3 repliesview on HN

What really sends home just how ridiculously long it takes public domain to kick in to me is that Mein Kampf is on that list.

It feels like something that even in 1996 would have been a bit eye-raisingly overdue.


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culitoday at 7:09 AM

It's absolutely ridiculous and has almost everything to do with Disney trying to maintain their hold on Mickey Mouse. Every single time his expiration came up they managed to lobby for an extension and now we're left with this current mess of a system

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estsauvertoday at 4:44 AM

That is only for Spain, which has copyright of Death of Author + 80.

chistevtoday at 4:42 AM

What does it mean to be in public domain

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