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jeremyjhtoday at 1:49 PM2 repliesview on HN

Public domain doesn’t mean anyone can assert copyright. It specifically means no one can.


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voakbasdatoday at 2:33 PM

No, it means you can use that work in the creation of new works, which can indeed be copyrighted.

cyanydeeztoday at 1:52 PM

also, none of it means anything without the lawyers to back it up. Just like you can be a pedophile in the highest office of democracy and escape persecution.